Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest

[Aucoq]

Jorge Rodriguez, a friend of Mr Zimmerman's, said he had told him of his relief. He told Reuters he did not understand the anger at the verdict.

"Everybody asked for justice, and they got it. Everybody asked for George to be arrested, and they got it. Everybody asked for George to be tried, and they got it. Everybody asked for a fair trial, and they got it."

"It was nothing about racism. It was about the community being robbed and broken into, and one man stood up," he said. "The state should be giving this man an award, and instead they took him to trial."

I get defending your friend, but really?  Zimmerman should get an award for shooting an unarmed, innocent teen because he was black looked suspicious?

[Pergamos]

Uncle Tom weighs in...

http://www.tpnn.com/project-21-black-conservatives-analyze-aftermath-of-zimmerman-case/

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Uncle Tom weighs in...

http://www.tpnn.com/project-21-black-conservatives-analyze-aftermath-of-zimmerman-case/

Do I even WANT to click that link and read? Or have I had enough homicidal ratbag stupidity for the day?

OK, OK, Horrible Truth_(TM) and all that...

McClendon is a Project 21 member and tea party activist.

*closes window*

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Internalized oppression, anyone? 

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

This made me feel a little better. It won't fix it, but it was good to see. Travon Martin March, San Francisco

[The Johnny]

This made me feel a little better. It won't fix it, but it was good to see. Travon Martin March, San Francisco

wow

im a bit mad, cause i discussed it with a RL friend from here and he defaulted to "he had it coming, I know how blacks are, starting shit and then falling back to calling <<racism>> if it doesnt work"

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

This made me feel a little better. It won't fix it, but it was good to see. Travon Martin March, San Francisco

wow

im a bit mad, cause i discussed it with a RL friend from here and he defaulted to "he had it coming, I know how blacks are, starting shit and then falling back to calling <<racism>> if it doesnt work"

I'll be mad for a good while, from all the willful STUPID.

And Obama pussied out ROYALLY, called for "calm reflection" and tried to make it a gun thing, when it's a race thing. http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/14/politics/obama-zimmerman/index.html

But there's protests going on in Times Square, in LA, Oakland...it's happening. There's still people out there besides us who know how utterly fucked this is.

[Roly Poly Oly-Garch]

It boils down to reasonable doubt, the prosecution sucked... so I don't blame the jury. There is little doubt that he racially profiled and stalked... but the case was about the confrontation and I don't think the prosecution could nail the case.

And the case being about the confrontation is where it turned to stupid. Racially profiled + stalked + packing = manslaughter, at least. What I'm hearing a lot is that stalking is not an initiation of force...you know...because there's no touching. It's like telepathic adrenal stimulation, and who believes in that shit.

Also the especially favorites I've heard is that Zimmerman's suspicion negates a claim of stalking at all. Also cute. Because you know, it's not what you do, it's what you THINK you do...just ask every rapist who never raped anyone.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It may have been the right verdict according to the law... but the law is wrong, if that was the right verdict.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/zimmerman-found-not-guilty-technically-but-cmon,33124/

SANFORD, FL—More than 16 months after he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in an altercation at a Florida condominium development, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was found, technically speaking, not guilty of murder Saturday, but c'mon.

Following two days of intense deliberations, a six-member jury determined that Zimmerman had, from a purely legal standpoint, not murdered Martin, a black teenager, in February 2012. According to jurors, Zimmerman lawfully acted in self-defense—but let's be serious here, shall we?—when he shot Martin at point-blank range in the chest, leaving him dead within minutes.

"The jury acted within the letter of the law, I guess, if you want to be official about it, and acquitted Mr. Zimmerman of both second-degree murder and manslaughter charges," said legal scholar Jeffrey Frazier about Zimmerman's culpability in the events of February 26, 2012, which, trial or no trial, have been pretty clear all along, right? "Mr. Zimmerman did not violate any Florida state laws—although, please, give me a break—and is an innocent man, I suppose, if you're sticking to the strict legal definition of that word."

"And thus, this trial was properly conducted in full accordance with the U.S. justice system," Frazier added. "For whatever that's worth."

The highly anticipated verdict was announced late Saturday evening, when the jury's foreman informed the dozens gathered in the packed courtroom that, in purely technical terms, mind you, Zimmerman had been cleared of wrongdoing, using her middle and forefingers on both hands to pantomime quotation marks while stating the words "not guilty."

"Is George Zimmerman, juridically speaking, guilty of a crime? Under the precise stipulations of this particular law, no, he wasn't," said the foreman, adding, "Although, I think we all know what happened here, don't we? Seriously, don't we? And so we the jury find the defendant, George Zimmerman, you know, Christ, I guess I have to say not guilty? Do I really have to say that?"

The trial, which gripped the nation for three weeks, was particularly notable for Judge Debra B. Nelson's order barring any discussion of race, which she stated had no bearing on the case, but, again, let's be serious here for a second, as the victim was a black teenager.

In the wake of the verdict, large protests are confirmed to have erupted in cities throughout the country, which, frankly, is pretty understandable because, Christ, did you watch this fucking trial? In response to the nationwide outrage over Zimmerman's innocence, and, boy, we're using the term "innocence" pretty goddamned loosely here, President Barack Obama urged calm.

"I ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son," said Obama in an address Sunday, sighing. "We are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken."

"But c'mon," added Obama.

[The Johnny]

Magically, the technicalities always favour certain groups while punishing others. Wonder why that happens?

[Bruno]

It may have been the right verdict according to the law... but the law is wrong, if that was the right verdict.

I think there should be some obligation, if you're carrying a firearm, not to be creepy.

[Left]

Girlfriendo and I were pissed, but we're also kind of evilly happy that things are actually worse for Zimmerman this way than if he pleaded guilty.

If he'd done some time, the whole country wouldn't have been outraged this way...he probably wouldn't have got a stiff enough sentence, but there wouldn't be this collective outrage, he would have done his time and it would be over for him in a few years.

This way...for the rest of his life he's gonna have to watch his back.  He's a marked man, pretty much...
That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

[Junkenstein]

Girlfriendo and I were pissed, but we're also kind of evilly happy that things are actually worse for Zimmerman this way than if he pleaded guilty.

If he'd done some time, the whole country wouldn't have been outraged this way...he probably wouldn't have got a stiff enough sentence, but there wouldn't be this collective outrage, he would have done his time and it would be over for him in a few years.

This way...for the rest of his life he's gonna have to watch his back.  He's a marked man, pretty much...
That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

I'd love to think for the rest of his life people will shout "I'm standing my ground" whenever he walks towards them. Unlikely, but it would be amusing.

Can't shake the feeling he's going to be able to turn this into a sack of cash somehow.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

Girlfriendo and I were pissed, but we're also kind of evilly happy that things are actually worse for Zimmerman this way than if he pleaded guilty.

If he'd done some time, the whole country wouldn't have been outraged this way...he probably wouldn't have got a stiff enough sentence, but there wouldn't be this collective outrage, he would have done his time and it would be over for him in a few years.

This way...for the rest of his life he's gonna have to watch his back.  He's a marked man, pretty much...
That gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling.

I'd love to think for the rest of his life people will shout "I'm standing my ground" whenever he walks towards them. Unlikely, but it would be amusing.

Can't shake the feeling he's going to be able to turn this into a sack of cash somehow.

Yeah, disgusting SELLS. Octomom, Honey Boo Boo and Bobbittpr0n, MOVE OVER.