[Vision2020] And so it goes . . .

[Carl Westberg]

I've been following the comments thread in the Zimmerman story in the Spokesman-Review, and many are blaming the"MSM" for making this trial racially charged.  Even granting, for argument's sake, that the media did play up the race angle, it would have been racially charged regardless.  It was only until about fifty years ago that a black man could be shot to death in the deep south (or perhaps three young girls blown up in an Alabama church) and the killing(s) would be, for all intents and purposes, quasi-legal, and the killer would face no justice at all.  People have not forgotten those days, and suspicion about the effort law enforcement expends on investigating the death of a person of color has not gone away.  I don't know the facts in this case, I don't know if the verdict was just or not, but even if the verdict was justified, with or without media help, race was inevitably going to be a major underlying theme in a case like this.  Racial tension in this country still simmers.

Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:56:18 -0700
From: godshatter at yahoo.com
To: thansen at moscow.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And so it goes . . .


  
    
  
  
    

      The media has made this into a full-blown racial-hatred-fueled
      genuine Media Circus (tm) for their own immediate gain.  When it
      comes down to it, there was no evidence to the contrary against
      Zimmerman's claims that he was at risk of his life when he pulled
      his gun and shot Martin in the chest.  Yes, I know, conveniently
      for Zimmerman.  But that's what it comes down to.

      

      I'm amazed at how much hatred there is for Zimmerman.  They both
      did stupid things: Zimmerman for following him, Martin for
      attacking him.  Either one could have avoided this confrontation. 
      But at the end of the day, the jury had to have no reasonable
      doubt that Zimmerman acted with a "depraved mind" and showed "no
      regard for human life".  Since self-defense is a defense against
      second degree murder in Florida, then their inability to rule it
      out without reasonable doubt meant that they pretty much had to
      acquit him.  I say that making no judgments on either Zimmerman's
      actions or Martin's.

      

      You know who I would like to see go to jail?  The person at NBC
      that edited the 9-1-1 tape to make it look more like it was racial
      profiling by Zimmerman.  Read more about that here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin#Misleading_audio_editing_by_NBC

      

      I wish people would stop letting the media get away with this
      crap.

      

      Paul

      

      On 07/14/2013 10:27 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:

    
    
      
      
      
        
        
        

        
        As disagreeable I find the verdict to be, I am not so
          afraid it will give birth to rioting as much as I am afraid it
          will give birth to more George Zimmermans.
        

        
        Thoughts, V-Peeps?
        

          Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
          

          
          "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants
            on)
          http://www.MoscowCares.com
            
          
            Tom Hansen
            Moscow, Idaho
            

            
            "There's room at the top they are
                telling you still 
            But first you must learn how to smile as
              you kill 
            If you want to be like the folks on the
              hill."
          

              
          - John Lennon

              
             
          
          

          
        
      
      

      
      

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