The really sad thing about the Trayvon Martin tragedy is had
the justice system been free to follow normal procedures George Zimmerman would
probably have been convicted of something eventually. This is what happens when politics gets in
the way of justice…a trial based on political correctness rather than
facts. This trial was the confluence of
all that is bad with American media, American politics, and the American
justice system. When the verdict was
announced, the judge actually looked relieved.
She is a trained lawyer, and knew that had there been a conviction, she
would have had to rule on motions to overturn the verdict based on lack of
evidence as a matter of law…and she would most likely have had to grant them.
Geraldo Rivera, someone I don’t normally quote, got it
right yesterday morning. He said this
was a technical legal case. If you picked
it apart piece by piece, there was nothing there. Each act George Zimmerman did was in and of
itself not illegal. It was not illegal
to have a neighborhood watch. It was not
illegal for him to carry a gun. It was
not illegal for him to follow Trayvon Martin.
It was not illegal for him to defend himself if he felt his life was in
danger. The events that could have made
Zimmerman legally culpable were not provable.
Speculation or wishful thinking is insufficient to send someone to jail
for the rest of his life. Worse, the
circumstantial evidence supported Zimmerman’s account of events.
Here is what we know.
We know Zimmerman, as part of a neighborhood watch, followed Martin in
his car and called 911. We know he was
told by the 911 operator not to follow him.
We know he got out of his car and followed Martin at a distance. We know Martin called a girl friend and told
her he was being followed by a “cracker”.
We know that Martin had marijuana in his system. We know there was an
altercation. The only eyewitness said
Martin was on top of Zimmerman pounding his head on the edge of the concrete.
There was a scream from one of the two before the gunshot. We know that
Zimmerman had a broken nose and cuts on the back of his head. We know that Zimmerman’s clothes were wet on
the back, and Martin’s clothes were wet on his knees. We know the trajectory of the bullet
supported Zimmerman’s narrative.
Everything else presented in the trial was fluff.
In order to convict Zimmerman, the prosecution needed to
show that Zimmerman either verbally provoked or physically attacked Martin
sometime after exiting the car. There is
absolutely no evidence of either. In
fact, given Martin’s phone conversation midst the incident, there may be some
indication that it was Martin who provoked Zimmerman. Notwithstanding, given
Florida law which says the prosecution must disprove claims of self defense
beyond all reasonable doubt…and all the physical evidence supported self
defense…this was a no brainer for the jury both for manslaughter and second
degree murder.
Like the Duke Lacrosse rape case, the media went looking
for racism and found it, facts be damned.
When the press discovered that Zimmerman was actually Hispanic, they
even created a new racial classification to continue to feeding the racism
beast…he was a "white" Hispanic. NBC
doctored 9-1-1 tapes to portray Zimmerman as a racist by which all accounts he
is not. Local law enforcement was
literally fired as the State of Florida, at the urging of the press, the race
baiters, the United States Justice Department and Barack Obama himself, took
the case over.
Angela Corey, the whack-a-doodle state attorney, charged
Zimmerman with second degree murder, the highest charge she could bring without
going to a grand jury which would have no billed any charges against this guy
in a second. By the end of the trial,
her prosecutors were reduced to begging for a third degree murder jury
instruction based on “child abuse”. Ms.
Corey’s “have a little tea with Goldie”
press conference immediately after the verdict was totally bizarre and
inappropriate. Who are these people?
CNN and NBC have gone ballistic. David Gregory of NBC made a vague reference
to legal execution in America.
Commentators are now calling for the Justice Department to file civil
rights violation charges against Zimmerman.
This is the ugly side of political prosecutions. It is a different side of the same political prosecution coin embedded in the IRS. Americans should be
concerned. Add to this the allegations
that the Florida State Attorney withheld evidence in discovery; this is going
to get nasty.
The race baiters, be they political or rooted in "for
profit" non-profits, need to feed the race beast to keep the power and money
coming in. While Trayvon’s death by any
calculation is a tragedy, the media has completely ignored the massacre on the
streets of Chicago with black on black violence reaching epic proportions. It is being repeated in various cities
throughout the country. The media simply
won’t report it. It doesn’t fit the
racist narrative. Meanwhile, politicians
won’t touch the problem with a ten foot pole.
This case is bothersome because George Zimmerman was told
by a 9-1-1 operator NOT to follow whom he suspected as being a thief in a
neighborhood experiencing numerous break-ins.
He didn’t follow the operator’s suggestion. But that was not illegal…and the rest is
history.
I can’t imagine the pain Trayvon’s parents feel. His death deserves a serious and thorough
investigation to find out why it happened.
But the investigation has to be honest and not tinged by political
correctness. Political correctness and
make believe parameters about how things are in our society only magnify the
problems, not solve them.
