“Not Guilty” in a Court of Law … “Guilty” in the Media and the Street

Saturday night the jury, after 3 weeks of trial testimony and 11 hours over 2 days of deliberation, found George Zimmerman “Not Guilty” in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Late in the afternoon the jury sent a question to the trial’s Judge Nelson, for clarification on the ‘manslaughter’ charge. The media, who had set aside all other news, to be sure, since the jury was handed the case began the back and forth speculation over what said jury was contemplating. Even their request of the judge had the judge and both sides of the case wanting clarification of the jury’s query of the charge. It was a good chance the jury had easily discarded the second degree murder charge regarding the evidence (or lack there of) relating to Zimmerman’s actions that night, and were seriously examining the evidence’s relationship to manslaughter qualifications as read to them from the 27 pages by Judge Nelson. After a short couple hours more the courtroom filled with everyone involved in the controversial trial to hear the final verdict. The prosecution’s charges against George Zimmerman did not fit, so they must acquit. So let it be written. So let it be done.

The jury in the George Zimmerman trial sat for three weeks through the weak and vague evidence of the prosecution against George Zimmerman. They will discover, as they get caught-up on the outside news after being released from sequestration last night, the prosecution finagled a manslaughter option at the last minute when they had to face the fact they had no 2nd degree murder case against Zimmerman and hoped to play on the all-women jury’s emotions so they would settle on a compromise of manslaughter … cutting the baby in half. I would love to hear the jury members’ reactions when they realize the prosecution had even tried to get presiding Florida Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson to allow a 3rd degree murder and child abuse option. Nobody can tell if any members of the Zimmerman murder trial jury will come forward for television interviews. They are not obligated to. Given the rage and death threats in the street over Zimmerman’s acquittal nobody can blame any of the 6 female jurors if they wish to protect themselves and their families by remaining anonymous. But you have to wonder if the identities of these six jurors will be safely kept, considering this media’s ability to bribe and poke until a leak is flowing.

Ahhh … The American mainstream media…

It has to be noted who was directly responsible for spinning this case from the start. It was the MSM. Even George Zimmerman’s defense attorney took the MSM to task, and in their face, in the post-verdict press conference. They clearly had an agenda every step of the trial in painting a half Hispanic man as “white” to spin Zimmerman with a racial/racist motive, and portraying his actions that night as against the law … from leaving his vehicle – to following Trayvon through his own gated community – to legally owning and carrying a gun – to defending himself when he was being physically attacked. While the prosecution kept bringing up these details in the trial the perception being presented, also by the media, was that Zimmerman had broken laws all through that tragic night through his actions. While they might have been unwise, they were not illegal.

The fallout from this trial will be the manipulation by mob rule in even forcing the state of Florida to take the case away from local authorities and take it to trial. Yes, mob rule. The demonstrations (and death threats) from the professional race-baiters, the complicit media, and even the interloping of Obama and some democrats in the Congress. All of this designed, encouraged, and fueled by the MSM to make that horrible night into something it was not.

For your consideration:

“KUHNER: The media lynching of George Zimmerman: A tragic death was spun to fit a racial narrative”

“Guilty Until Proven Innocent: How the Press Prosecuted Zimmerman While Stoking Racial Tensions”

“Dershowitz: Zimmerman Prosecutors ‘Should Be Disbarred’”

“AP Reporter on Zimmerman Verdict: ‘So We Can All Kill Teenagers Now?’”

MSNBC: “Sharpton: ‘Slap in the Face to Those Who Believe in Justice in This Country’ …’Atrocity … A sad day in the country.’

“NBC Incorrectly Claims Zimmerman Jury Is All White”

An after thought or few…

This is the second big, televised media-obsessed trial that the Florida prosecution (not the exact same players, mind you) not only over charged on but lost. The Casey Anthony murder trial had far more solid physical evidence that the prosecution had for the Zimmerman trial and lost that murder conviction as well.

This case should have never been as big as it was in the national media. It was a local story and should have been left as such. Looking at Zimmerman’s background prior to the fateful night anyone could see trying to spin him into the seething racist monster the media and the prosecution tried to do would have far less than clay feet. In closing arguments rebuttal I could not help but hear nothing but complete mind-reading of Zimmerman by the prosecution. It was as if they hoped these six women were stupid and ignorant and would not see past the attempt at “thought crime”.

My thoughts on the media’s obsession with this local case are that I really believe the media wanted to threaten the notion of “stand your ground” and self-defense in this country, and by that the ability to carry/use a firearm in self-defense. Were Zimmerman found guilty of either the 2nd degree charge or manslaughter the next step would have been targeting Florida’s (and any other state’s) self-defense laws, and probably even their concealed carry laws. Again the mob rule is foaming as I saw people outside the courthouse last night with signs saying as much. Geraldo Rivera on FNC interviewed a woman whose son had also been killed and the person who killed him acquitted under the “stand your ground” defense. She wants the law done away with because she feels it’s being abused. She feels it should be restricted to in your own home only. I would ask this woman if she would feel that way were she or a family member being kidnapped or raped in a dark parking lot. Your ground is your personal space, no matter where you are. “If” the MSM were serious about gun violence and the murder of black youth they would be in Chicago where just last year they had over 500 murders, and right now are on pace to surpass those numbers this year. As of July 10 the Chicago murder rate is over 200, with at least four more added in the last 24 hours. But nobody with their sanctimonious, self-righteous ass in an anchor’s chair on Cable TV gives a rat’s ass. (Cue the *crickets*)

This case also reveals how our society has changed so drastically over the decades. A simple verbal exchange between Zimmerman and Martin would have ended the encounter quite differently. We no longer communicate directly with each other anymore. Our youth (no matter what color) are filled with attitude and are ready to escalate situations with one small misunderstanding. The social media is partly to blame for this, and it has been coming for well over a decade of truncated remarks to fit within the limited character space of Twitter tweets, and inflectionless remarks/comments on Facebook. Even the prosecution’s key witness of Trayvon’s friend Rachel Jeantel revealed the failings of our low-expectation public school systems in this country as she was so weak in being able to vocalize her testimony (her strongest verbal annunciation being spite-filled “Sirs” when answering questions on the stand), and her admission to not being able to read cursive writing. And then her reveal of how uncivility of race identification is no big deal in her community/culture. Yet, it was the keystone of the media’s, the race-baiters’ and even to an extent the prosecution’s case against George Zimmerman, a white man killing a black child … although the prosecution in closing arguments couldn’t themselves quite settle on if Trayvon was a “young man” or a “young boy” or a “child”. Here’s a clue: had Trayvon Martin killed somebody this same prosecution would have fought to have him tried as an adult.

If you take anything away from the last year of this case it should be that it is a sad and disgusting commentary on where our society is right now. Here is an example of what I mean from the Twitter reaction(s) last night via Twitchy:

“It’s ‘n*gga season’: Marlon Wayans tweets epic meltdown about ‘fat guck Zimmerman’”

“In wake of Zimmerman verdict, libs say it’s open season on black boys”

REALLY? Actually, as I stated above, had Trayvon killed somebody the prosecution would have wanted to have him tried as an adult. What do you think??? But let’s don’t let facts get in the way … or the fact(s) that, as I pointed out above, the murder rate in Chicago is primarily black-on-black, and many of those killed young/teen boys AND girls … but nobody seems to give two damns. No, the post-verdict move now is to set-up white Americans as hunters and “black boys” as prey. There are endless examples on Twitchy/Twitter of the warped nonsense and insanity in the reaction to the Zimmerman verdict. All of them complete bullshit, driven, of course, by feelings and emotion … something that should have very little if any influence over our justice system. But in all the smog and fog of outrage and death threats on the nation’s police, Zimmerman, the jury, and whomever else the greatly-disappointed in the streets want to strike out at, came one lone voice of wisdom and truth…

“Rapper Lupe Fiasco: ‘Black blood spills in the streets of America nightly at the hands [of] other blacks’”

Sometimes you can find truth and clarity in the most unexpected place. Lupe Fiasco has been very vocal in the past year regarding Obama and the out of control murder and crime in places like Chicago that have gone buried or ignored by the media and the powers that be in this country. I am not holding Fiasco as some hero, but his blinding bright light on reality really broke through the fog and smog last night.

You’d better check yourself before you mess yourself rings very true right now. And it is not just the black community in places like Chicago, but our nation in general. We must refuse to be sheeple for the MSM, the self-serving activists, pampered celebrities and the comfortably numb politicians in Washington D.C. that refuse to allow the republic to work the way it was designed to work. We need to realize these people only have as much power as we allow them. Refuse to be manipulated and played. We need to start thinking for ourselves, and from the ground up in our communities. Low expectations need to be thrown off and high expectations demanded from each other, especially of our children. I mean, really, what does it say … WHAT DOES IT SAY about us when there has to be a pre-emptive plea for calm and civility ahead of a trial verdict? Do those who pushed the idea of Zimmerman as a racist realize THEY are the racists in assuming the hood will explode, no matter the the events in previous cases. This media and political pre-fab racism in our country has become a drug for the self-imposed ignorant masses. In the words of Nancy Reagan, “JUST SAY NO!”

Get a damn grip, America, and wake the hell up. We are being led to the slaughter, one way or another…

Related:

Roger L Simon @ PJM – “Obama Big Loser in Zimmerman Trial”

Da Tech Guy: “It’s the 50?s again Black Man Acquitted of Murder Powerful & Influential outraged!”

UPDATE:

“Obama Responds to Zimmerman Verdict: ‘Stem the Tide of Gun Violence’–For Trayvon”