Not much of a surprise, I guess, but George Zimmerman was found not guilty of anything – not even manslaughter. Another fine day for the American “Justice” System. And for our friends in Florida, of course. You can’t even blame the verdict on stupid white men – it was an all female jury (5 out of 6 white, though). I saw that Zimmie’s lawyer said his client wouldn’t have even been tried if he was black. Uh-huh. Especially not if he was a black guy who stalked and killed an unarmed white kid. Though I doubt there are too many black neighborhood watch vigilantes in the gated community of Twin Lakes, Florida. If Georgie is smart, he won’t emulate his attorney, and will just go away somewhere and keep his yap shut, rather than become a Fux news media darling (though I suppose a book is inevitable). I wonder if a civil suit is possible? Sure seems like wrongful death to me (but then, I’m no Fat Tony Scalia).
We’ve had a couple of days of blessed relief from a rather pervasive stretch of heat and humidity here, but that’s apparently going to end today as we’re supposed to get back up around 90 degrees. I suppose I should have cut the grass yesterday, but we were obligated to go to a graduation party for somebody. So that killed the whole day, as I had to do laundry so I’d have a clean t-shirt to wear. Hopefully nobody I know will have any kids left that graduate from anything or get married.
Oh well, enjoy your Sunday, and stay away from Skittles if you’re wearing a hoodie.
How self defense works, in Florida, when you are black:
TAMPA, Fla. — Marissa Alexander had never been arrested before she fired a bullet at a wall one day in 2010 to scare off her husband when she felt he was threatening her. Nobody got hurt, but this month a northeast Florida judge was bound by state law to sentence her to 20 years in prison.
Alexander, a 31-year-old mother of a toddler and 11-year-old twins, knew it was coming. She had claimed self-defense, tried to invoke Florida’s “stand your ground” law and rejected plea deals that could have gotten her a much shorter sentence. A jury found her guilty as charged: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Because she fired a gun while committing a felony, Florida’s mandatory-minimum gun law dictated the 20-year sentence.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/19/marissa-alexander-gets-20_n_1530035.html
Horrendous.
Ladies and Gentlemen, juror B37! Dumbfuckistan’s ‘s newest author and more evidence of prosecutorial ineptitude and malpractice.
George Zimmerman Juror B37 Hates Media, Called Trayvon ‘A Boy of Color’
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A SALON I USED TO KNOW
I used to read Salon all the time. Even paid to be a member (or whatever they called it). Now I hardly ever go there, ‘cuz it mostly sucks.
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