And the Zimmerman verdict is...

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We are all being victimized by the growing levels of demagoguery in the Angersphere; and in that realm, applying the cool balm of logic and reason is like putting a band aid on a fully metastasized brain tumor.

When this case got picked up by the media, they thought they had a perfect example of a rich racist white guy gunning down an innocent black kid unprovoked. Oh the ratings they'd get!

"George Zimmerman." Sounds white, German-American, heck, maybe even Jewish!

"Gated community." Hey, everybody knows that gated communities only exist so rich, racist white people can keep those bothersome minorities out, right? That must be a land of mansions that Zimmerman lives in and his neighbors must all be rich racist whites, too!

The rest flowed from there. By the time they discovered that Z is Hispanic, not rich, (and not Jewish); and the much-touted "gated community" is mixed-race and mixed-income, they were too heavily invested in The Narrative to back out. So we got deceptively edited recordings, chronic misrepresentations of the evidence, invention of the term "white Hispanic" and calling 17-year-old Trayvon a "child" instead of a "young man," amid much else.

Did Zimmerman make bad decisions? Yes, particularly exiting his car to walk around in the dark looking to see where Martin went. Doesn't mean he "provoked" Martin in any way that justifies being beaten bloody.

OddButWhy...Okay...so you answered my questions. Thank you.

Since I do not have a television, I did not follow the court proceedings and my information was from reading news reports. I am assuming you have superior information, but it sounds as though you are saying that it was established that Trayvon Martin ran down George Zimmerman...I thought there were no witnesses at that point.

If Mr. Zimmerman got out of his car in 'response' to a 911 operator's question, then he was a fool. Even though he was not on official watch (which explains his being armed), volunteer training consistently emphasizes not putting yourself on the street or ever trying to get closer to a suspicious person (whether Trayvon Martin was a suspicious character or not goes to the mindset and intelligence of George Zimmerman).

When he got out of the car to 'help' answer the operator's question, he was not following the normal protocols of Neighborhood Watch...which he should have been since he was supposedly acting under police direction. It's like this: when he called 911, he should have donned his metaphorical volunteer's hat and behaved 'as though he were on official patrol'.. That means no gun and you don't get out of the car when asked a question...you say, you can't see, or you drive closer. You describe what is happening, you do not get involved. .I cannot see how one can say that he did everything 'right'...the kid died, and he shot him - after he put himself in a place where all his training should have told him - you never go.

Anyway, that's my take...I just hope that now he is a free person, he no longer has the right to carry a gun and that he is no longer associated with any type of watch program. He has proven himself to be too unstable in his judgement to be a member of Neighborhood Watch.

In any event, the entire thing remains a grotesque tragedy that has served to split and infuriate communities across the country. With the protests and disturbances continuing since the verdict...and with more marches planned...I am seriously concerned that the general dissatisfaction, frustration and anger that people have on every front will only escalate.

We are all being victimized by the growing levels of demagoguery in the Angersphere; and in that realm, applying the cool balm of logic and reason is like putting a band aid on a fully metastasized brain tumor.

So, we see Judge Nelson's incredibly pro-Zimmerman jury instructions, that she allowed irrelevant testimony about the alleged neighbourhood issues be introduced favouring Zimmerman and the incredibly ignorant and proud of it Juror B37 shows that she was lapping up that irrelevant testimony and showed herself to be racist and predisposed to Zimmerman... it's delegitimising the result and that is a welcome thing.

Zimmerman dad is a high ranking mason so is trayvons, seems fishy to me

I for one am perfectly comfortable living somewhere that doesn't throw people in jail based on emotional reactions and hyperbole rather than factual evidence; you seem to prefer that it be the other way around...

where did you find that out?

Evidence? It takes evidence to convict, not feelings.
And if anyone had called me a "child" at 17 I would have shot them.


I would have felt no different if Zimmerman were black and Martin white.

For the reason I already stated and then some, that's a weak very defense in a situation like this.
I doubt Zimmerman asked for proof of age before the altercation started.

OddButWhy...Okay...so you answered my questions. Thank you.

Since I do not have a television, I did not follow the court proceedings and my information was from reading news reports. I am assuming you have superior information, but it sounds as though you are saying that it was established that Trayvon Martin ran down George Zimmerman...I thought there were no witnesses at that point.

Ironically you are agreeing with Barak Obama, the real reason Zimmerman wasn't thrown in jail is i) local laws pertaining to being allowed to carry a weapon ii) laws allowing the use of weapon in (alleged) self defense and iii) the lack of witnesses which conveniently for Zimmerman means (as it turned out) a lack of evidence to prosecute him