We recently observed the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Perhaps this is a good time to consider what really happened there. Most people are more than aware that the Union won the battle and that it was a devastating defeat for the Confederacy. But not everyone is aware of how this happened. The union forces were entrenched on high ground. Prior to this battle and in most subsequent battles, the Confederate Army always tried to gain the high ground and force the Union to attack. But at Gettysburg Robert E. Lee didn’t know where the Union forces were until it was too late. Jeb Stuart had been on a joy ride around the entire Union army, so he wasn’t available to provide intelligence. Robert E. Lee knew the ground was terrible for the Confederacy, but he decided he could beat the Union anyway. He believed that if he could defeat the Union Army here, he could win the war. So he ordered a series of attacks against Union troops dug in on higher ground. The results were predictable and disastrous. Then he ordered one last desperate assault on the center of the Union lines. That is now known as Pickett’s Charge. It was one of the greatest military disasters of all time.
The liberal left is used to fighting battles on ground of its own choosing. They have never had to fight a battle on bad ground. They always pick on polarizing public figures. They focus on cases where outrage is inevitable, as in the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. And they always get cover from the main stream media. But this time they made a mistake. They went all in on the Zimmerman case without bothering to find out the facts. This time they picked the wrong case, the wrong man and the wrong attorneys.
They thought they would get away with this because the main stream media would continue to provide cover. That is exactly what did happen, but there was a very public trial and the false narrative of the angry white man with a gun evaporated under an onslaught of inconvenient facts. George Zimmerman was found not guilty and there is no chance any court will put him on trial again.
Trayvon Martin’s parents are on national television asking Barack Obama to go through the case with a fine tooth comb. President Obama’s shameless pandering has put him between a rock and a hard place. If he has any competent advisors, they will tell him to stay away from this case like the plague. If someone competent does pour over this case, they will discover the following:
The original police chief refused to bring charges. That decision has been vindicated.
The original prosecutor refused to bring charges. That decision has been vindicated.
Angela Corey, the hired gun brought in by Governor Scott to prosecute George Zimmerman bypassed the Grand Jury process and got an indictment by submitting an affidavit directly to the hand-picked judge. This affidavit failed to include the photographs of the injuries to Zimmerman.
Her actions were repudiated by the jury when they found Zimmerman not guilty. They were also harshly criticized by Allan Dershowitz more than a year ago:
The problem for the liberal left is that Zimmerman won his case and now he can sue those who falsely accused him.
It is possible that Angela Corey will be sued for malicious prosecution. Zimmerman will have a heck of a case. Just imagine calling Alan Dershowitz, a liberal law professor at Harvard who just happens to be a real constitutional lawyer, to testify as an expert witness. If you are an attorney trying to defend Angela Corey you are already starting to sweat.
Breitbart is reporting that NBC has already been sued:
NBC will probably attempt to settle this. That may not be an option.
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson may also get sued for slander and defamation of character. They will be shocked to learn that Zimmerman has a case. They will be even more shocked to learn that their personal assets are at risk. They will be absolutely stunned to learn that they can be called to testify under oath in a court of law and that they cannot plead the 5th. At some point an attorney is going to explain to both of them that this is a case they probably cannot win.
It is important to remember that Zimmerman was a private citizen and he has an expectation of privacy. Unlike someone such as Sarah Palin, George Zimmerman can sue these clowns.
I also expect Zimmerman to sue the prosecutors, particularly the one who called him a murderer on national TV, after the verdict was confirmed. That prosecutor is also likely to have a very troubling meeting with his legal counsel.
Zimmerman could even file a claim against Trayvon Martin’s parents for his injuries. Trayvon Martin was a minor, and they are responsible for him. I don’t think he will do that, but if Trayvon Martin’s parents are foolish enough to sue Zimmerman, his attorneys have the option to counter sue. Even if they don’t do that, Trayvon Martin’s cell phone records will definitely be entered into evidence. This will not be another three-ring media circus where the media ignores one of the rings.
Eric Holder is pretending to investigate this. He has already ordered a seizure of the evidence. He is on dangerous grounds. This is interjecting himself into a case where he is likely to end up with no good options. He just may have pandered himself into the ultimate corner. If he does not try to pursue charges he will outrage the outraged. If he does try to pursue charges, in the face of overwhelming evidence, it will now be at personal risk.
Holder is using the Zimmerman case to try and get rid of the “Stand Your Ground” law in Florida. But he ought to do a little research because it turns out that a lot of black people use this law when they are forced to defend themselves. The following article in the Daily Caller points this out:
Black Floridians have made about a third of the state’s total “Stand Your Ground” claims in homicide cases, a rate nearly double the black percentage of Florida’s population. The majority of those claims have been successful, a success rate that exceeds that for Florida whites.
I predict that this is going to be painfully embarrassing for a lot of people. This may happen sooner than you can imagine. It may change things faster than you thought possible. Forget the rhetoric and look at the facts. This time the good guys have the high ground and if the liberal left keeps launching ill advised assaults they are going to incur major casualties.
At some point, the rest of the main stream media may even start turning on sacrificial lambs in a desperate attempt to save the franchise. As John Kennedy once said, “Defeat is an orphan.” There will soon be a lot of orphans.
TDM