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Posted on 07/11/2013 5:09:38 PM PDT by neverdem
This week, instead of attacking a Hispanic senator, Marco Rubio, I will defend a Hispanic citizen, George Zimmerman, on trial for the murder of Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman would make a better senator.)It’s becoming painfully obvious why no charges were brought against Zimmerman in this case — until Al Sharpton got involved. All the eyewitness accounts, testimony, ballistics and forensics keep backing up Zimmerman. We should send a big, fat bill for the whole thing to Sharpton, courtesy of MSNBC.
With the prosecution’s witnesses making the defense’s case, the inquisitors’ last stand is to claim that, if the races were reversed, the black guy would have been instantly charged with murder. As explained in The New York Times:
“Had Mr. Martin shot and killed Mr. Zimmerman under similar circumstances, black leaders say, the case would have barreled down a different path: Mr. Martin would have been quickly arrested by the Sanford Police Department and charged in the killing, without the benefit of the doubt.” (Also, CNN could have dropped the “white” and referred to Zimmerman exclusively as “Hispanic.”)
The people who say this are counting on the rest of us being too polite to mention that it is nearly impossible to imagine such a case in a world where half of all murders and a majority of robberies are committed by blacks. To reverse the races with the same set of facts, first, we’re going to need a gated, mixed-race community, similar to the Retreat at Twin Lakes, that has recently experienced a rash of robberies by white guys. The only way to do that is to enter “The Twilight Zone.”
There were at least eight burglaries in the 14 months before Zimmerman’s encounter with Martin. Numerous media accounts admit that “most” of these were committed by black males. I’m waiting to hear about a single crime at Twin Lakes that was not committed by a black male.
In another case, a black teenager strode up to Zimmerman’s house and, in broad daylight, stole a bicycle off the front porch. The bike was never recovered.
Weeks before Zimmerman saw Martin, he witnessed another young black male peering into the window of a neighbor’s house. He called the cops, but by the time they arrived, the suspect was gone.
A few days later, another house was burglarized. The thieves made off with jewelry and a new laptop. Roofers working across the street had seen two black teenagers near the house at the time of the robbery. When they spotted one of the teens the next day, they called the police.
This time, the roofers followed the suspect so he wouldn’t get away. The cops arrived and found the stolen laptop in his backpack. This was the same black teenager Zimmerman had seen looking in a neighbor’s window.
The only reason it’s hard to imagine the Zimmerman case with the races reversed is that it’s hard to imagine a white teenager living in a mixed-race, middle-class community, mugging a black homeowner. This is not a problem of society’s reactions, but of the facts.
There is, however, at least one case of a black homeowner fatally shooting a white troublemaker. He was not charged with murder.
In 2006, the ironically named John White was sound asleep at his nice Long Island home when his teenage son woke him to say there was a mob of white kids shouting epithets in front of the house. The family was in no imminent danger. They could have called 911 and remained safely behind locked doors.
But White grabbed a loaded Beretta and headed out to the end of the driveway to confront the mob. A scuffle ensued and White ended up shooting one of the kids in the face, killing him.
White was charged and convicted only of illegal weapons possession — this was New York, after all — and involuntary manslaughter. He was sentenced to 20 months-to-four years in prison, but after serving five months was pardoned by Gov. David Paterson.
With all due compassion for the kid who was killed, the public was overwhelmingly on the father’s side — a fact still evident in Internet postings about the case. The kids were punks menacing a law-abiding homeowner. Even the prosecutor complained only that Paterson hadn’t called the victim’s family first. The local NAACP had campaigned aggressively on White’s behalf. There were no threats to riot in case of an acquittal.
The centerpiece of White’s self-defense argument was his recollection of his grandfather’s stories about the Ku Klux Klan. George Zimmerman’s memory of young black males committing crimes at Twin Lakes is somewhat more recent.
John White wasn’t jumped, knocked to the ground, repeatedly punched, and his skull knocked against the ground. He wasn’t even touched, though he claimed the white teen was lunging at him. Talk about no reason to “follow,” there was no reason for him to leave the safety of his locked home. White’s son knew the kids by name. They could have waited for the cops.
So, yes, this case probably would be very different if Zimmerman and Martin’s races were reversed. It is only when the victim is black that we must have a show trial, a million-dollar reward paid to the victim’s parents and the threat of riots.
Sorry, but the analogy is off. There was absolutely no rape at Duke. A person died in Florida.
I am so sick of Race. We elected Obama to get rid of this and he has made it worse!
She’s working her way back into my heart, but I’ll never fully trust her again.
One of my very first comments as a Freeper involved this White case. Several (I’ll call them “misguided” Freepers) hailed the case a a victory for gun rights. BS! I pointed out, correctly, that if a white man left his home and property and killed an unarmed black kid, he’d be charged with murder I, convicted in seconds, given life, and die in prison. Period. One dumbass passionately disagreed with me when I pointed out there were 2 justice systems in America — one for whites one for beautiful persons of color.
Looks like I was right.
The analogy is PERFECT. The only crime committed in the Duke case was committed by the media darling black “victim.” Innocent non-blacks were put on trial.
In FLA, the only crime committed was also by the media darling black “victim.” Innocent non-black is put on trial.
EXCELLENT analogy.
Make me a sandwich....
there were 2 justice systems in America — one for whites one for beautiful persons of color.
Looks like I was right.
Do I get Blondie as my priz??!!
Good article except for the part saying Trayvon was a victim; Zimmerman was the victim.
Hey, with a smile like that, I guess all ya do is ask...
Ann . . . Ya think?!
This is about our Constitution and the Bill of Right; the right to bear arms, the right to a FAIR trial, etc etc.
Then stop capitalizing "race".
And no, we elected Obama because a majority of the electorate were either incredibly ill-informed or had a socialist agenda.
In this case an armed man chased after a teenager and when the teenager tried to defend himself the man shot him.
That’s funny!
Try reading the column.
Show trials and riots were a hallmark of the early years of the NAZI regime in Germany.
Another Al Sharpton Production... Keep Hate Alive
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