so putting this particular investigation aside – and Bez”H no fault should be found anywhere among us – I am wondering about how things seem to be getting lost in the translation, as they say.
How does – “be dan l’kaf zchus” translate into “”We know he is innocent”
How does – “Daven he should not go to jail” translate into “He should suffer no consequences, natural or otherwise”
How does -“presume him innocent” translate to “destroy the witnesses and celebrate the man as a hero”
When I don’t know the facts of a case i refuse to make judgement. But refusing to make judgement does not mean mudslinging the prosecutors, victims or investigatory team (whether or not they deserve it).
as an outside example, When a frum mother was investigated for possibly facilitating her child’s illness there were rallys and destructive cries of anti semitism and calls for her release. What if it was true and she really was harming her child? does the hospitals political stand make them automatically wrong in their suspicians? do the people who cause riots and scream foul play know for a fact that this mother was really safe for her child? My question is – Why would an obligation to judge favorably and presume innocence allow for that type of behavior?
I have worked with frum patients who were victims of crimes r”l that were perpetrated by frum people r”l. NOBODY would have suspected such things and i myself was shocked. When the man’s friends rallied around him to get him off the hook, they were actually putting this patient of mine in danger. They meant well, but they were very, very wrong. is that part of our obligation?
People need to be very careful to learn the true meaning of being dan l’kaf zchus. When you don’t know the facts, be big enough to admit it and find something else to talk about.