The verdict came as no surprise to those of us following the evidence. It came as a shock to those who bought into the false narratives. The short answer is, YES. The lies, distortion and deception that surrounded this case are epic examples of this tactic. That is a direct quote from the prosecutions star witness, Rachel Jeantel in response to questioning from the defense. Trayvons parents because it was written in cursive. I watched the entire trial.
George Zimmerman may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was innocent of the charges. The mainstream media narrative was full of lies. The prosecution was pretty despicable. Living in Central Florida and watching the local tv, the coverage was fairly balanced. The coverage by Legal Insurrection was on target and informative. Finally, finally. Two points: 1 Zimmerman did not call , he called the police non-emergency number.
Andrew was brilliant and LI was the go-to place for the real stuff all through this little American vignette. Lies are needed to maximize donations. Democrat Convention speaking gig surely helped. It is unfortunate that Trevor Dooley did not receive as effective counsel as did George Zimmerman:.
The last one is the non-emergency call. I also created a transcript of the non-emergency call that included my interpretations of the sounds that you can hear on the tape. The one thing about the case that has always bothered me is why the prosecution proceeded with the case when they had to know that he would be found not guilty.
If I remember right, there was a lot of political pressure to bring the case to trial. To drop the case would have been political suicide and quite possibly being hounded to death by the above people.
Yea, you could say that. The first investigators, police chief, and prosecutor to review the case refused to charge Zimmerman. Oh, and this was done going around the Grand Jury that was already seated at the time and had more than enough time to review the case. And that was just getting to trial without bringing up all of the unethical behavior by the prosecution and judge. Listened to the YouTube interview, and it went about as I expected.
When I voted in November, I stood in line in front of an educated judging from their speech and chatting with me black couple about my age. These were heroes in her eyes. There are still, regrettably, some actual cases of racism and police misconduct. The Martin-Zimmerman case was a classic example of liberals being played. Whether one views the death of Trayvon Martin as tragic or not is irrelevant to the legal aspects of this case.
Whether one finds George Zimmerman to be an unsympathetic figure or not is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether the use of deadly force by George Zimmerman was legally justified under Florida law. But, to the politicians, media, damage attorneys and fellow travelers [with multiple agendas] that point was irrelevant. The local police investigation was excellent.
And the original SA was entirely correct in his decision that there was more than sufficient evidence to support a conclusion that the use of deadly force, in self defense, was lawful under statute. And, it was all based upon falsehoods, for which no one was ever held accountable. This case was never about justice. It was about the Benjamins. Look at who benefited from the false narrative provided and how they benefited.
Follow the money here and you get a very clear picture as to how the criminal justice system was used to ruin a man for the benefit of others.
It is terrifying. And, people still have not learned the lessons taught by this case. I am curious to find out what happens to the off duty copy in CA that had a bunch of thug teenagers attacking him and he pull his gun. Also, whatever happened to the cop in Minn. These things seem to have disappears. Is it because they became unless for the media to exploit? The HOA Dallas party case has been lost too….. I guess the media has gotten bore. So any clue to what happen to College Graduate Rachael?
The Marxist media gins up these stories leading up to every election. But African American advances were short lived. Southern whites clung feverishly to a slaveholder mentality and wanted desperately to reestablish control over black labor. And so, when southern whites returned to power in the s, they began enacting laws that stripped African Americans of their most basic freedom rights, including equal justice under the law.
The federal government sanctioned the process of turning back the clock. After Homer Plessy challenged segregation on public transportation by deliberately sitting in a whites-only car on a Louisiana railroad, the U.
Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of segregation. In Plessy v. Ferguson the court ruled that in all facets of public life African Americans and whites could legally be kept separate as long as equal accommodations were provided. The court ignored the fact that separate always turned out to be unequal.
In the wake of Plessy, white southerners rapidly created the extensive Jim Crow system of laws and customs that locked in and enforced southern racial segregation. And whites used violence and terror to ensure that African Americans adhered to the new status quo. Indeed, violence was the cornerstone of Jim Crow, much as it had been during slavery.
It was used to control black labor and regulate black behavior. It took many forms, from beatings and sexual assaults to wanton murder. The most dramatic form of violence, though, was lynching.
Many of these murders were public spectacles, drawing huge crowds. They also frequently involved local lawmen and civic leaders. Between and , whites lynched some 2, African Americans in ten Southern states from North Carolina to Louisiana.
Mississippi led the nation in lynching with over , but Florida had more than its fair share. In the history of American race relations, Florida has been no different than the rest of the South. In Lafayette County, Florida in , three black men were kidnapped by a group of white men. The three were blamed for the death of a white woman, an accusation they vehemently denied.
The blood flowed in streams from their ghastly wounds, and their screams rent the air only to be silenced by the tearing out of their tongues by the roots. Almost anything could trigger an act of racial violence. In , F. Senator William Chandler. For this crime Allison was never arrested. I am told this by a Democrat , an eye witness to the affair. Such dastardly outrages are of daily occurrence in the South of which you hear nothing, and we are powerless to prevent it.
The arbitrariness of Jim Crow made every African American susceptible to violence, making it difficult for them to live free of fear. Racial terrorism was not the preserve of a single group or class of whites. All manner of whites—rich and poor, old and young, men and women, professional and working class—engaged in acts of racial terror. And rarely did they hide behind hoods. They committed their acts of violence in the open, knowing that sheriffs would not arrest them, prosecutors would not try them, and all-white juries would not convict them.
It is hardly surprising, then, that his name leapt from the lips of African Americans nationwide when they learned of the killing of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
In August , Mamie Till sent young Emmett to Money, Mississippi to be with family and friends while school was out, a common custom among black migrants from the South. Till had only been in the sleepy town a few days when he and several buddies visited a convenience store to purchase candy and cold drinks. But as he left the store, something happened. Whatever transpired, Bryant felt insulted and assaulted.
Having not grown up in the South, Till did not realize the dangerous line that had been crossed. It was the last time anyone saw him alive. She wanted the whole world to see what Mississippi had done to her only child. For them, it made the horror of white supremacy all too real. They understood that Emmett Till could just as easily have been them.
It also lit a fire under them. Five years later, in , these young people—the Emmett Till Generation—were the same college students who struck a mighty blow for freedom by launching the sit-ins. In an important moment in the larger Civil Rights movement, young African Americans all through the South sat at lunch counters and restaurants in the white seating areas in nonviolent protest of segregation.
Meanwhile, back in Mississippi, Bryant and Milam stood trial for their crime. In the article, they confessed to murdering Emmett Till, and their justification serves as a sobering testament to white racial views in the mid-twentieth century.
He was hopeless… I like [African Americans]—in their place—I know how to work 'em. But I just decided it was time a few people got put on notice. As long as I live and can do anything about it, [they] are gonna stay in their place. If they did, they'd control the government. They ain't gonna go to school with my kids. And when [an African American] gets close to mentioning sex with a white woman, he's tired o' livin'. Defense attorneys called Tracy Martin to testify about the call and his exchange with Sanford police officers.
Martin said he never told officers he didn't recognize Trayvon's voice, despite an investigator's previous testimony that Tracy Martin told him he didn't think he could hear his son on the tape. More details and watch the LIVE stream of the trial.. Tracy Martin claimed to the jury on Monday that he was simply unsure and told officials, "I can't tell.
Tracy Martin said he listened to the call at least 20 times at the Sanford mayor's office. After that, he said, he was convinced the voice screaming was Trayvon's. Friends and former co-workers of Zimmerman's also testified, saying it was Zimmerman's voice screaming for help on a key call.
Former Sanford police chief Bill Lee testified that he recommended the recording be played for family members of Trayvon Martin individually rather than in a group to avoid any improper influences. Sanford's city manager, Norton Bonaparte, however, didn't heed his recommendations and instead gathered the family members in a room and played the tape for all of them, Lee said. The former police chief added that he had offered to be in the room when the recording was played but Bonaparte declined to have him or other law enforcement officials there.
Lee added that it was rare for the mayor and city manager to become involved in police investigations. Bonaparte later fired Lee for the way the police department handled the investigation into Trayvon's death.
Circuit Judge Debra Nelson ruled Monday afternoon that the jury will learn about a toxicology reporting showing Trayvon Martin had marijuana in his system at the time of his death. State attorneys had tried to keep the information out of trial arguing that the amount of marijuana was minimal and would prejudice the jury.
However, Zimmerman's attorneys succeeded in arguing that the report was important and would give the jury insight into the night of the shooting. Nelson, in siding with defense lawyers, said not allowing the jury to learn about the marijuana use would be an error. Shiping Bao, the medical examiner who did the autopsy of Trayvon, said he believes the marijuana may have had some effect on the teen. He initially thought the amount of drugs didn't have an impact but later changed his opinion and now believes the drugs had an effect.
Now, Bao, who testified for the state last week, may be called to testify for the defense. Another witness, Adam Pollock, owner of Kokopelli's Gym, said Zimmerman trained at his facility for about a year doing boxing and grappling classes.
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