I can't help but wonder what the verdict had been if the circumstances were the same but if Zimmerman had been
black and Trayvon had been white. X 🤔

xibbumbero wrote:

White people wouldn't have rioted. They would have gone on a binge at Costco.

8trackdisco wrote:

That and we would have never knew who Travon or George was.

dubleuhb wrote:

Leave them alone. At least they're getting exercise & not doing crack.

bloody spaniard wrote:

Court cases should be decided by the evidence, not the color of one's skin or the media.


😱

Burner02 wrote:

this one was. I'm moving on.

frankj1 wrote:

I'm guessing you were pulling for one team or the other.


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Burner02 wrote:

Serious subject, deserves serious reply. I have posted virtually nothing on the subject since this began. I always hope that we approach the model of perfection in our system of justice, but I know better. Both political and emotional pressures do creep into the process, from investigation focus to charges filed to final decision. We are humans, not models of perfection.

From the reports true and false, to sensationalized peripheral garbage that gushed for months before the trial (much of it reported here by both camps), to what I learned of the real admissable facts/evidence... no one should have died that night, no fight should have happened, and Z was not guilty as charged either.

I believe the system worked and that was the side I was pulling for.

Also, I pray there will be no resulting violence.

frankj1 wrote:

Serious subject, deserves serious reply. I have posted virtually nothing on the subject since this began. I always hope that we approach the model of perfection in our system of justice, but I know better. Both political and emotional pressures do creep into the process, from investigation focus to charges filed to final decision. We are humans, not models of perfection.

From the reports true and false, to sensationalized peripheral garbage that gushed for months before the trial (much of it reported here by both camps), to what I learned of the real admissable facts/evidence... no one should have died that night, no fight should have happened, and Z was not guilty as charged either.

I believe the system worked and that was the side I was pulling for.

Also, I pray there will be no resulting violence.

frankj1 wrote:

Serious subject, deserves serious reply. I have posted virtually nothing on the subject since this began. I always hope that we approach the model of perfection in our system of justice, but I know better. Both political and emotional pressures do creep into the process, from investigation focus to charges filed to final decision. We are humans, not models of perfection.

From the reports true and false, to sensationalized peripheral garbage that gushed for months before the trial (much of it reported here by both camps), to what I learned of the real admissable facts/evidence... no one should have died that night, no fight should have happened, and Z was not guilty as charged either.

I believe the system worked and that was the side I was pulling for.

Also, I pray there will be no resulting violence.

frankj1 wrote:

Agree with that, misunderstood your previous post.

Burner02 wrote:

I could tell, that's why I gave the full explanation.

Originally I was replying to your statement that you wished race was not a factor in the decision, and you wanted cases decided by the evidence...so I said "this one was"...

Never had a problem with ya.

frankj1 wrote:

Serious subject, deserves serious reply. I have posted virtually nothing on the subject since this began. I always hope that we approach the model of perfection in our system of justice, but I know better. Both political and emotional pressures do creep into the process, from investigation focus to charges filed to final decision. We are humans, not models of perfection.

From the reports true and false, to sensationalized peripheral garbage that gushed for months before the trial (much of it reported here by both camps), to what I learned of the real admissable facts/evidence... no one should have died that night, no fight should have happened, and Z was not guilty as charged either.

I believe the system worked and that was the side I was pulling for.

Also, I pray there will be no resulting violence.

frankj1 wrote:

Frank, all I know, brother, is that most parents don't teach their "children" to confront and attack folks following them around.
Guess the drugs were playing tricks on his violent imagination. Either way too bad both had to go through that.

bloody spaniard wrote: