I hesitated to write about the Trayvon Martin tragedy. I really avoid "popular" events and media-hyped "non" stories. I avoid them because they're not political, they're just news stories that the media stirs up because they need something to draw eyeballs. This story though has turned political thanks to the media and our existing leadership in the executive branch of the federal government. I also felt compelled to write a criticism of the left as I've been laying into the Republicans for several blogs now.
Since the President mentioned that Trayvon "could have been his son" he was signalling for something to happen. The street protests and the outrage of the left and most Democrats turned a tragic death into a "left vs right"., "white vs black" thing. The media knew if they kept stirring the pot that the profits would come oozing out of their cauldron of maleficence. And they were right. Now, out of the many thousands of youth murdered every year, this particular tragedy is the defining moment of modern judicial process. The outrage over the actions of a very stupid "white Hispanic" have turned our nation against itself. This time I really blame the left wing for fueling the fire with mostly "fake" outrage to satisfy their black constituents. The final bit of blithering nonsense.? The Attorney General of the United States has ordered an investigation to see if Zimmerman violated Trayvon's civil rights. Huh? That was already tried by the feds when the entire investigation started. Why is this suddenly going to work? So the director of law enforcement for our entire country of 300 million people is demanding action because he and his liberal cronies don't like the verdict they heard. What a ridiculous waste of time, money and effort to placate a bunch of malcontents that don't understand the law. Surely the left can come up with many, many more appropriate situations to be "outraged" over that do fall under violations of civil rights. This was a tragic run-in with a hyperactive Barney Fife and a street smart kid. Both misjudged the situation very badly. There are many, many much more outrageous things going on in our country that merit all this attention from the media.
I understand the anger that is out there regarding the verdict. I felt the same way about Casey Anthony and even wrote a blog about it. I understand the outrage. My opinion of the verdict? You guessed it. Somewhere in the middle. They charged him with second degree murder, but all the physical evidence suggested he was defending himself. It's common sense that if someone has their nose broken and their head is being bashed into the ground that the person is going to defend themselves. Who among us would not? Since the evidence was that he was defending himself the logical plea should have been manslaughter. That's the only way they could have convicted him and they had a very good case. George Zimmerman was told NOT to pursue the youth he was following around his neighborhood. He was also negligent in getting out of his car. He used bad judgment in challenging a strange youth who did not know him and who could have sincerely felt his life was in danger. He was reckless to carry a gun on his body in this situation with no official uniform or badge indicating he was trying to enforce the law. Manslaughter would have brought a conviction. Manslaughter was not pleaded against Zimmerman because the protesters in the street would have howled their disapproval, and after all, "he could have been the President's son". What a sad waste of time and attention, except of course, for the media. They've made a fortune on the whole thing.
In My Humble Opinion.....
3 comments:
For behavior to be considered negligent, the action must be the actual and proximate cause of the injury. Though probably an unwise choice, his exiting the vehicle was not a negligent act in itself. From reports, after he was on the phone with dispatch, he may or may not have turned around and headed back to his car. If so, we was in retreat when Trayvon attacked him, or alternately he attacked Trayvon without cause. The jury appears to have decided the first scenario is more likely than not, and that George was defending himself. This was an unfortunate set of circumstances that ended in a death, one that both parties were each responsible for in their own way. But with the jury deciding there was no intent and no negligence, they have no other choice than not guilty
Good post. The media has definitely ruined this guy's life and what they're doing is criminal. To take it a little further, the jury was allowed to consider manslaughter and they didn't even convict him of that! And now even the jurors are coming out saying that he got away with murder... and in the same breath saying that the evidence wouldn't let them convict him. Well that usually means that he's innocent. I guess we've changed in this country from innocent until proven guilty to guilty even after proven innocent.
Dissenting voice here... There wouldn't have been a complete investigation (which was deserved) or a trial where the evidence was made public without the push from the Martin family and the hoopla. The family deserved their day in court, and Zimmerman deserved it too. If he had been seriously or moderately injured, I would agree with SYG, He provoked the fight, then shot his neighbor's kid. If he felt any remorse, he should have plead out to a lesser charge.
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