That Zimmerman acquittal.......a Texas take

 

We have a  problem in the USA just now what with the release via a not guilty decision by a jury trying George Zimmerman, a Hispanic/white for the murder of Trayvon Martin, a young black. One could not help watching every bit of the trial as it was broadcast live on most news networks including cable TV.

 

The prosecution had a weak case as it went to trial without a witness and lame testimony from friends and recorded phone calls. Everyone agrees that Zimmerman killed Martin but nobody could prove the act was anything but self defense.

 

The trial paralleled the MB situation in Egypt in that much of our black minority, like members of the Brotherhood, felt cheated out of a just decision. Never mind the circumstances, Trayvon was killed at the hand of Zimmerman and the protesting blacks would settle for nothing short of a murder verdict. Truth is, that reasonable doubt hung over every aspect of the killing and the only reasonable verdict had to be not guilty.

 

Not good enough say the blacks supporting and identifying with Martin. They are prepared to take to the streets in protest to make their point. In short, we have a nasty racial situation on our hands that may possibly chill over the passage of time. The next few days are critical. Meanwhile, Zimmerman has been labeled as the walking dead in light of the many anonymous threats that have been sent to him.

 

Our justice department claims it wants to look into the triall, I imagine for any evidence of mishandling legal procedures or something of that nature. For his part, Obama took to the media stating that the jury has spoken.

 

That must have been intended to put a lid the fury of protestors and undoubtedly did some good in the direction of mitigating their ire. It was a good move after what all serious commentators label a procedurally fair and just trial.

 

The supporters of Trayvon make him out to be a nice  young lad who never did anybody any harm and those backing Zimmerman cast him as a dutiful citizen who patrolled the area as a member of the neighborhood crime watch brigade.

 

My take is that both Martin and Zimmerman had axes to grind and were deeply involved in racial behavior against people of their opposite color. They were an incident waiting to happen and it did because Trayvon had an agenda of some sort for being there and Zimmerman was determined to find a black intruder.