The travesty of the George Zimmerman trial continues. A jury found George Zimmerman not guilty and every objective legal analyst agrees that this was the proper verdict. But the liberal left is determined to continue trying the case in the vain hope for a different result. As soon as the trial ended, the prosecutors held a news conference where they tried to explain why they were still right. Usually when people suffer a humiliating defeat they back off for a couple of seconds before stepping into another pile of crap.
There is still a large media contingent, fueled by people like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, determined to find a way to punish George Zimmerman. The narrative remains that this innocent, young black kid was hunted down and shot with a gun by an angry white guy. One would think from the rhetoric that this was a daily problem in America. The reality is that the only reason this case is receiving such widespread media attention is that it is an extremely rare occurrence. The liberal left is so desperate to find a case that they brought up Emmett Till. Emmitt Till was a black kid who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for daring to flirt with a white girl. If they had more recent examples, they would be using them. The reality is that young black kids get shot and killed all the time, but it is almost always by other black kids.
The media desperately wanted to find an angry white man with a gun. At first they wanted to paint Zimmerman as an angry white racist. Zimmerman turned out, inconveniently, to have a mother from Peru, so they called him a White Hispanic.
The angry white man theory was shattered by the evidence in the trial. It was also debunked by an FBI investigation into the matter. But there are still some media outlets pretending this is true. Now they are focused on the theory that George Zimmerman must have been guilty of something. This, of course, is based on the false narrative that Trayvon Martin was just some innocent black kid on his way to get candy.
The judge did not allow any evidence with regard to Trayvon Martin’s personal history to be entered into evidence at trial. That was potentially appropriate because this trial was about whether or not George Zimmerman acted in self-defense. But now that the trial is over, it is important to tell the full truth about this incident. This is most unfortunate, because the death of this young man is a tragedy. His parents do not need his name dragged through the mud. They should be allowed their privacy and we must not ignore their personal pain. The best solution would have been to just leave things alone. But when there are wild-eyed people trying to inflame passions based on a false narrative, simple justice requires one to respond with the truth.
Eric Holder is even considering whether or not to try George Zimmerman for violating Trayvon Martin’s civil rights. This goes back to the Mississippi Burning trial where clearly guilty people were acquitted by an all-white jury who ignored the facts. It does not apply when a jury properly reviewed the facts and decided that Zimmerman was not guilty.
The following article from the American Thinker outlines some of the really important things to know about Trayvon Martin:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/trayvon_martins_final_hour.htm
There is much more. Frankly, this version of events makes a lot more sense than the case presented by the prosecutors. That is probably one reason why Zimmerman was found not guilty.
Trayvon Martin was found with Arizona Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail and Skittles. Neither package had been opened. When the prosecutor showed the jury the bottle, he was careful to turn the label so that they couldn’t see “Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail.” This was not necessarily because of the “racist” implication of “watermelon.” There is a street drug called “purple lean” or “purple drank” that is made from: “Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail (other soft drinks like Sprite can be used, but not ice tea), Skittles and Robitussen. Some of the texts from Trayvon Martin’s phone make reference to this drug. His autopsy showed some signs of liver damage that may or may not be related to abuse of a drug like “purple lean.” So there is a legitimate question as to whether Trayvon Martin was out to get candy, or he was out to get the key ingredients to get stoned.
We do know that he had trace levels of marijuana in his system when he was shot. We also know that if he had walked straight home from the 7-11 he probably wouldn’t have encountered George Zimmerman. Zimmerman describes him as walking between houses looking into windows. Recall that it was raining at the time. Zimmerman didn’t start following Trayvon Martin because he was black and because he was wearing a hoodie. He followed him because it looked like he was casing homes.
Following is a link to a video of the 9-1-1 call by Zimmerman. Judge for yourself:
http://news.yahoo.com/video/george-zimmermans-911-call-played-153837912.html
The phone records from Trayvon Martin show an angry young man with serious problems. There are numerous references to fights and suspensions. He had been kicked out of his mother’s home. He was asking people for help in getting a gun. None of this evidence was given to the jury. None of this information was reported on TV, then or now. As a result, we have people rioting all over the U.S. based on a totally false narrative. It is probably too late to stop the violence. There are already reports of Hispanics being beaten up by black gangs. But the problem is that the media continues to promote a false narrative and no one is willing to tell the truth. It is not politically correct to tell the truth about Trayvon Martin, but it is criminally negligent to inflame people to riot based on a false narrative.
But most importantly, we do not honor the memory of Trayvon Martin by distorting the facts. The sad reality is that other Trayvon Martins are dying every day. The death of young black boys is a national tragedy. We don’t have to go back to 1955 to find another example of this problem. It happens every day. Larry Elder does an outstanding job of explaining the problem:
http://www.larryelder.com/b/Foxs-Juan-Williams-Gets-It-Half-Right-on-Guns/-115790498609215153.html
The real tragedy of this case is that while people are rioting, because of a false narrative, more black kids are dying because we are ignoring the real problem. This is the worst thing that could happen. It not only will not help solve the problem, it will make it worse. The problem is not angry white men with guns. It is angry black men, or boys, with guns, knives, sticks or whatever else works.
I recently had a lengthy and enlightening conversation with a very successful black business man. He grew up in the Black Panther mode and blamed all the world’s problems on whitey. He eventually self-destructed. He turned his life around when another black man confronted him with the ugly truth. This real friend even made him a note and put it on his bathroom mirror. It said: “You are looking at the problem.” Once this guy acknowledged the truth, he was able to change.
There are some very good black men, like Larry Elder and Juan Williams, who understand this. If we really want to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin, we should start by listening to them. In the meantime, we must fight back against those who continue to distort the facts in this case. There is no excuse for those who cannot or will not tell the truth, particularly when the results are wide spread carnage that helps no one and solves nothing.
This is a time when the Attorney General of the United States, who happens to be black, could be a positive influence on this. Instead, he continues to pour fuel on the flames of outrage:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/16/politics/zimmerman-holder
Incredibly, he blamed this on the Florida “Stand Your Ground” statue which was not even an issue in this case:
Those laws “try to fix something that was never broken” and “senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods,” he said.
“By allowing — and perhaps encouraging — violent situations to escalate in public, such laws undermine public safety,” Holder said in his first public comment on legislation that more than 30 states have passed in some form.
The main stream media continues to use angry and white to describe Zimmerman. Not true. They continue to describe Martin as an unarmed black kid just out to get candy. Not true. They continue to blame the “Stand Your Ground” statue, which was not even a factor. Not true. Here’s a message to the main stream media. Angry white men with guns aren’t the problem. The “Stand Your Ground” law is not the problem. You are the problem.
TDM