The “color” gray is made up of two hues that do not actually classify as colors. It is the combination of the black hue, which is the absence of all light and the presence of all color; and the white hue, that is, inversely, the absence of all color and the presence of all light. The two hues are comprehensive opposites.
If the two hues are combined on a canvas, the resulting hue of that canvas is gray. If more of the black hue is added to the canvas than white, the canvas tends to be a “dark gray.” Inversely, if more of the white hue is added to the canvas than black, the canvas tends to be a lighter shade of gray. There is an unlimited number of possibilities for the hue that the gray canvas may take on.
Many law enforcement officers view the law as being either completely black (the wrong choice, according to that person); or completely white (the right choice, in that person’s opinion). There are no gray areas according to some.
Jay Magruder saw his situation in a different light. He now had a choice to make. He could choose to use the information that he had gathered on “Taylor,” the potential leader of the free world, to upend that ambition for this very dangerous man. Or he could use the information to free his compadre, Jose Leal. Jose was his friend whom he had convinced to turn himself in to law enforcement and admit to committing murder. The man whom Jay had asked to trust him. The choice that had resulted in a death sentence for someone that Jay Magruder felt was not deserving of such a fate. It is a choice that most people would not be eager to make.
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