The verdict

Although I would rather address political issues, it seems the recent Zimmerman/Martin trial has brought politics to the forefront anyway.   

This all began when President Obama as usual opened his mouth without any knowledge on the case as he did when he alleged the "police acted stupidly".  This started the ball rolling for the rip off instigators Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson to begin their usual tirade as another opportunity to remain relevant in the black community.  We already know how Al Sharpton performed in the Twana Brawley case in 1987 and the way Jessie Jackson and his Rainbow Coalition intimidates businesses or better known as legal blackmail to fund their adventures.    

Now we had a police department and the local state attorney review the evidence in the case and their initial determination was no arrest was warranted.  They were never given the opportunity to present what evidence they accumulated to a Grand Jury.  However, since there was a possibility of increased racial tension because of the way the lamestream media was presenting the case as a race case, it became necessary for Governor Scott to appoint another state attorney to review the case.  This is where state attorney Angela Corey got involved.  She ignored all the evidence and did not present the case to the grand jury since she knew it would not past muster.  Even though, some claim when evidence is presented to the grand jury, many times, depending on how the state attorney makes his/her presentation, they can get an indictment.  An indictment does not mean guilty, just that the way the evidence was presented, the grand jury can issue an indictment.   

If the case can presented to the grand jury, the charges may have been different and rather than 2nd degree murder it may have been just manslaughter.  But we now know, based on the evidence presented at the trial, they overcharged, then attempted to improve upon their mistake and in the middle of the trial by adding manslaughter and attempted to add child abuse since Trayvon was only 17 years old.  Like a 17 year old cannot commit a crime.   

This whole case was mishandled from the beginning.  The evidence presented by the prosecution actually benefited the defense attorney.  This case was a joke from the beginning and because of the threat of racial unrest created by the President and the two adorable instigators, and the political prosecution by attorney Angela Corey, only goes to show the extent people will go to create a racial divide in this country.   

No where in the trial was race presented as an issue, but it did not stop the instigators from inflaming the issue before and after the issue.

This case actually involved a failure to communicate by the two participants.  George Zimmerman as a community patrol person and Treyvon Martin who was in a community that had previously experienced a number of burglaries and was suspicious of strangers in the community.  Something anyone with half a brain could well understand.  Now, some community patrols are furnished marked vehicles by the local police agency to provide better identification and create the potential of preventing a crime to anyone who may not belong in the community or may be considering engaging in criminal behavior.  In this case, Mr. Zimmerman was using his own vehicle, not identified either with a magnetize sign on the vehicle or a yellow flashing light.  Also, it was nighttime, raining and Treyvon was observed walking close to the buildings which would be suspicious behavior in a community that experienced previous criminal activity even though such a person had no intention of engaging in a crime, but was attempting to do his best to get out of the rain.   

It may well have been the approach by both individuals that compounded the problem.  One being suspicious of Treyvon's behavior and Treyvon wanting to know why he was being followed.  It all probability, neither one was given the opportunity to engage in a peaceful conversation that may have resolved the situation amicably.  Borrowing a phrase form a movie, "What we had was a failure to communicate" where one thing led to another and eventually a shooting in self-defense. 

A self-defense, defense is justified when one believes his life is in jeopardy.  Now, everyone may react differently when their life is threatened as in this case, but if you believe the threat exist, then you can defend yourself.   Also, all states have a right to defend oneself, but some have an addition that states if you can retreat to safety, you must do so unless of course you are in your own home or if retreating is not possible.   

Now you must also understand, that Florida's Stand Your Ground defense came about when the legislature passed a bill that could be interpreted that a person must retreat even if he was in his own home.  If my memory from the national publicity this received is accurate and since this bill was being interpreted this way, it required the state legislature the following year to rewrite the bill and what they have today is the result.  The bill basically is a right to self defense without requiring a person to retreat if they could do so.  Since George Zimmerman was a community patrol officer he had the right to report and observe any suspicious activity that he did to the police department. It should also be pointed out that he did not dial 911 but called on the regular phone number so Mr. Zimmerman did not consider what he observed an emergency at that time.  Now the question is did Mr. Zimmerman leave his vehicle and remain outside his vehicle or was he returning to his vehicle when he was told by the police operator.  Mr. Zimmerman claims he was returning to his vehicle when he was approached by Treyvon Martin.  So, we have two individuals who failed to communicate to each other and as a result, one thing led to another, resulting in the death of one and the injury to another. 

But the news media, especially NBC that manipulated the police call to generate the case into a race case, the two instigators and State Attorney Angela Corey made this a race case, although no mention of race was made during the trial.  All this was done before the trial and now we see it surfacing again after the trial.  And as the trial ended, the news media started again by claiming George Zimmerman was a white Hispanic in order to promote race into the case again. 

This was a local crime issue and the president should not have addressed this case.  State Attorney Angela Corey should not have been involved and since she was involved, together with the two other prosecutors in withholding evidence she and the other two should be disbarred and sued by the Zimmerman lawyers.  This was a travesty of justice for all parties concerned.   There were, have been and are many other cases of white on black, black on white crimes that are not, have not and will not get the same publicity.  Where is the president and the two instigators with all the violence in Chicago where blacks are killing blacks and not a peep can be heard nor any street marchers demanding an end to this slaughter.  Why, you may ask?   There is no money to be made on the Chicago violence or a political opportunity presented.  When politics gets involved in these types of cases, no one benefits and society loses. 

The prosecution also brought out Mr. Zimmerman's past although the court prevented the defense attorney from presenting evidence on Treyvon Martin's past. It has been reported in the Miami Herald that Mr. Martin was apprehended for two crimes, possession of marijuana and a robbery where he possessed stolen jewelry.  Now I am unsure if he obtained the jewelry as a result of committing the robbery or he was just in possession of the jewelry, which is a criminal offense anyway.  But according to the article, the school district and the police dept. had a deal that they would not prosecute but would consider this a disciplinary problem, thus reducing crime in the school system.  Now, if this report is accurate, then it is quite possible if Treyvon was arrested for these offenses and sent to a juvenile facility, then it is also quite possible Treyvon and Zimmerman may never have met.  It was also reported that when Treyvon's father found out his son did not return home, he called a juvenile facility to see if his son was there.  Interesting.  But regardless of all this information, race was not an issue and the news media must be blamed for inciting this case and responsible for the consequences of their false narratives.