The news has been filled with the big trial down in Sanford, FL. The incident that led to the trial was given a lot of press when it happened until George Zimmerman was charged with murder. Why? I've seen a number of African-Americans on television lately saying that things would be different if George Zimmerman was black and Travon Martin was white. They are saying that people would be outraged if a white teenager had been "murdered" by a black man. They believe that the African-American man would have been found guilty and sentenced to death. Are they right?
I'll bet an unarmed white kid murdered by an African-American man with a gun would not have made national headlines. I don't believe that a black man who killed a white kid after the kid jumped him would have been charged with a crime. I don't believe the DA would have been forced by public pressure to charge him. I absolutely don't believe that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson would have butted in.
Now everyone is outraged because George Zimmerman was acquitted. Is the Justice Department going to pursue the case and charge George Zimmerman with a hate crime? Were Travon Martin's civil rights violated? With George Zimmerman being acquitted of the crime for which he was charged, how can he be charged with a hate crime? If he didn't commit a crime, then there was no hate crime. Could he possibly be guilty of a hate crime, but not a crime? Huh? That makes no sense at all.
Whose civil rights were violated? George Zimmerman was walking down the street within the confines of the gated community where he lived. He has every right to walk down the street in that neighborhood, doesn't he? I know what your going to say. He kept following Travon Martin, even after the 911 operator told him to stop. He was harassing Travon Martin and provoked him to attack. Or maybe Travon was scared and was just defending himself. All of those things are a possibility. However, there was never any evidence produced in the trial that definitively showed that George Zimmerman lied about the incident. George Zimmerman told his story over and over right after the incident and in television interviews. I never heard his story change or evolve at all. I don't know how anyone could expect a conviction in this case. There was certainly "reasonable doubt" that there was a murder committed. I never heard a shred of evidence that backed up the prosecution's case.
Look at the evidence. George Zimmerman somehow had his nose broken in the scuffle that ensued. He also got cuts or scrapes on the back of his head. How would that happen if he was on top of Travon pounding him in the scuffle? Why didn't Travon have injuries beyond the gunshot wound? If George Zimmerman had the upper hand in the fight, why would he shoot Travon at all? If there was lying involved here, the only people that know would be George Zimmerman and Travon Martin. Only one of them is talking.
The MessAPolitico was forced to charge George Zimmerman because it was the politically correct thing to do. Then, the people would not be satisfied with any verdict except "guilty." Millions of Americans now believe that the acquittal is a sign that America is still the same as it was in the 1960's.
Maybe the problem is a law that allows people to protect themselves with a gun. What if George hadn't had a gun? Chances are that Travon Martin would still be alive. If George Zimmerman has been truthful about the incident, he would likely have been badly beaten and injured. Would he have died from his injuries? What if he did die from the injuries? Would anyone care? Would the media care? Would Travon Martin have even been charged without definitive evidence against him?
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