UPDATE: Thank you, U.S.A people, for not taking the bait and protesting peacefully.
"Trayvon Martin verdict brings wide outcry, US review; Accusations of racism follow acquittal; Justice Dept. will examine case" by Adam Nagourney | New York Times, July 15, 2013
NEW YORK — The acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin reverberated across the country on Sunday from church pulpits to street protests, setting off a conversation about race, crime, and how the justice system handled a polarizing killing of the black teenager in Florida....
Not here it hasn't. The "justice" system protects the elite and Jews.
President Obama called the death of Martin a tragedy for the country and urged calm reflection, a message shared by religious and civil rights leaders hoping to ensure peaceful demonstrations and put the focus on ways to prevent a recurrence.
Related: Obama Administration Organizing Race Riots in Response to Zimmerman Verdict
I really can't listen to that liar anymore. I'm tuning him out like I did Bush.
Protests were held Saturday and Sunday in Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, New York, Washington, and four California cities, the Associated Press reported.
Related: In Boston, displays of solidarity for Martin family
In Oakland, Calif., dozens of protesters filled the streets....
Related: Oakland Riots After George Zimmerman Verdict Were Smaller Than First Reported
Well, it's not like I'm believing what I'm reading anyway.
In an interview, Rev. Dr. Raphael G. Warnock, senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, put the killing in the context of a month in which the Supreme Court voted, 5 to 4, to in effect gut the Voting Rights Act....
That is such a non sequitur.
In Sanford, the modest Central Florida city where Martin was killed, the Rev. Valarie J. Houston drew shouts of support and outrage as decried “the racism and the injustice that pollute the air in America.”
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Zimmerman and his supporters dismissed race as a factor in the events that led to the death of Martin, as did his lawyers in court....
Nonetheless, the reaction to the verdict Saturday night — by a six-person, all-female jury, which included no black jurors — suggested that years after this nation elected its first black president, racial relations remain polarized, particularly when it relates to the justice system and the police....
Yeah, I noticed the protesters are not out there protesting the POLICE KILLINGS of MINORITY MEN all across this country every day! They are out protesting a private citizen's trial!
Civil rights leaders, including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, urged peace in the wake of the verdict. Jackson said the legal system ‘‘failed justice,’’ but violence isn’t the answer.
Jesse and Al, sorry to say, are nothing but tools in the great game.
Black leaders questioned whether Zimmerman, who is part Hispanic, would have been acquitted if he had been a black man and Martin had been white....
That's a good point; however, it ha nothing to do with the evidence in this case.
See: Zimmerman Acquitted on All Counts
They never had much of a case to begin with, folks. This was a POLITICAL PROSECUTION!
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"Directions to Zimmerman jury at center of verdict" by Mike Schneider | Associated Press, July 15, 2013
SANFORD, Fla. — Despite a clamoring by some for a conviction against George Zimmerman, jurors acquitted the former neighborhood watch leader of all charges, leaving many Americans to wonder how the justice system allowed him to walk away from the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin....
‘‘Beyond a reasonable doubt’’ is the highest standard of proof prosecutors face in American criminal courts.
I was told it is the greatest justice system in the world.
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Also see: The real Trayvon / Zimmerman race war plan unveiled: Foment racial division, ignite violent riots, declare martial law
Violence, riots don’t materialize after George Zimmerman’s verdict, but some in media cry foul
UPDATES:
Patrick calls Zimmerman trial verdict ‘sad
First of all, what business is it of the Massachusetts governor, and secondly, he doesn't feel that way about all the young black men blown away by police in Boston's streets? Or those killed by gand and random violence, for that matter? I mean, I'm always seeing such things in my Globe (funny. I was told crime was way down).
Golar Richie to hold forum about Trayvon Martin
If she has I apologize; however, has she held a forum on all the young black men blown away by Boston (or Massachusetts, for that matter) police? I mean, she is running for the MAYOR of BOSTON, not Sanford, Florida!!
I'm sorry, folks, but the unexplainable government and media attention being brought to this case is an OBVIOUS ATTEMPT at RACE-BAITING -- and no one is buying it.
NEXT DAY UPDATES:
US rights case vs. Zimmerman would be complex
Zimmerman verdict highlights problems in Florida law
Criminal law must now address the danger that one person will draw another into a physical confrontation and then use a feeling of danger as pretext to shoot.
What an incredible statement coming from a press that plastered Iraq war lies in its pages as a pretext for invasion.
Florida’s unjust gun laws
And how could an FBI blow away an unarmed man and no problem, 'eh?
Also see: Dog Day Afternoon in Detroit Courtroom
