George Zimmerman found not guilty.

[Sovereign]

It's OK to kill black people in America.

Also, this happened:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57433184/fla-mom-gets-20-years-for-firing-warning-shots/

 

[Dmitri]

I won't be surprised if the media tries to pull the racism or sexism card on the woman's case. "Oh, this white man shot and killed a man and got away scott free yet when a black woman shoots and doesn't kill a man yet gets 20 years." Welcome to America.

 

[Sovereign]

I won't be surprised if the media tries to pull the racism or sexism card on the woman's case. "Oh, this white man shot and killed a man and got away scott free yet when a black woman shoots and doesn't kill a man yet gets 20 years." Welcome to America.

That's what I just said.

 

[YOLT]

The Obama Administration is filing federal charges in the Zimmerman case.

 

[Sovereign]

The Obama Administration is filing federal charges in the Zimmerman case.

That's not a trustworthy news source.

 

[YOLT]

That's not a trustworthy news source.

What is these days?

Another source

 

[Empress]

wife told me FOX did it again. after predicting it would be a not guilty and going on about expecting mass riots....after the fact and nothing really happened they tweeted " riots in miami" and put video of the VANCOUVER riots...... then back peddled after a while saying ' no no, we just said that because we are expecting riots in miami not that there were any and the videos were to illus trait it!" then they removed it completely

 

[Snake Eater]

Obama should have better things to do .

 

[Bee-Den Iosis]

Why did this story become so famous?

 

[Malakhov]

Wish I could say I was surprised.

 

[Sovereign]

It's OK to kill black people.

 

[Cassel]

Redacted.

 

[Dmitri]

The world isn't going to "shit". It's improving, as compared to the past. Is there still room for improvement? Hell yes. But we must not forget we have come a long way (and a long way still to go). Probably a hundred years ago if this tragedy had occurred, there wouldn't be as much publicity for it as it is now. It would just be "Oh, some ***** got shot." And that would only be local, likely, and that would be the end of it.

From what I've been hearing, and I can be wrong, but the bit reason for the verdict was too many conflicting stories, which prevent "guilty without a reasonable doubt". I leave the technicalities to our residential lawyer and expert, the Honorable Prospero McSomething.

 

[Rom]

Honestly the charge they went for required proving that he had malicious and murderous intent, and they did not have the witnesses or evidence to prove that state of mind beyond a reasonable doubt. Had they gone for a manslaughter charge rather than tacking it on at the end I think the jury may have returned with a very different verdict.

 

[Brandon Rhea]

Re: Obama is pressing charges.

No he's not. That's a right wing conspiracy. All that's happened is that the NAACP is asking the Justice Department to press charges.

This is an emotional story so it’s easy to let that cloud the verdict, but the problem is that there was a reasonable doubt. The prosecution did a terrible job and, given the evidence, the jury chose to say Zimmerman was not guilty because they could not say it was not self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt.

But even though I can’t say I disagree with the verdict in the context of the law itself, not guilty is not the same thing as innocent. He is obviously guilty, but the law is stupid. What the jury had to consider is what happened in that moment when Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin. A witness said that Martin was on top of him. I don’t doubt that, because Zimmerman was stalking him and Martin probably felt like he had to defend himself too. Zimmerman alleges that in the moment he pulled the trigger, he felt his life was in danger and had to defend himself. The only other witness to that moment is Trayvon, and he’s dead. The prosecution was put into an impossible position to try to prove what happened at that moment, but they couldn’t. The entire burden of proof was on them, and the evidence was not that great.

That being said, the reason I don’t like the law is because the verdict couldn’t taken into account the fact that Zimmerman created the situation given the claim of self defense only covers one moment. He willingly put himself into a situation, with a gun, that led to Trayvon’s death. George Zimmerman is a racist, vigilante asshole who deputized himself and decided that Trayvon was guilty of walking through a neighborhood while black. He profiled this kid because he was black and wearing a hoodie, so in Zimmerman’s stupid mind, that meant the Trayvon was a thug. He was judge, jury, and executioner.

George Zimmerman was an unqualified hack who failed out of the Police Academy and decided to put himself in charge of law enforcement, to the point that he felt it was his duty to get out of his car, while armed, and follow Trayvon in spite of the fact that law enforcement, over the phone, told him to sit the **** down and stay in his car. Zimmerman ignored law enforcement and went off and decided to play vigilante anyway. He started a confrontation, and because I think Zimmerman’s a giant coward (real tough until the guy you're harassing turns the tables), Martin immediately got the better of him and Zimmerman murdered him. I don’t doubt Zimmerman felt the need to defend himself in that moment, but he created the situation. Zimmerman was the stalker and the aggressor in this situation, and the fact that this doesn't matter is appalling.

So now, the terrible law will allow other racist assholes to do this same thing. All they need to do is say it was self-defense. This should never be allowed to happen again.

 

[Ping]

Shame. I would have bet my house on him getting convicted of manslaughter.

 

[Emma Lou]

I won't be surprised if the media tries to pull the racism or sexism card on the woman's case. "Oh, this white man shot and killed a man and got away scott free yet when a black woman shoots and doesn't kill a man yet gets 20 years." Welcome to America.

Zimmerman isn't white. He's Hispanic.

 

[Cassel]

Zimmerman isn't white. He's Hispanic.

Just out of curiosity, what do you define as "white?"

 

[Dmitri]

Zimmerman isn't white. He's Hispanic.

Apologies. Though what's sad is that many of the complaints I've been seeing on Facebook are ignorant in taht they believe him white and think it's a classical stereotype soap opera. Next we'll find out Bac is Boli's real father. ¡Oh dios mio!

 

[Cassel]

What do any of you define as "white?"