Posted on 07/20/2013 3:10:19 PM PDT by kristinn
Natalie Jackson, co-counsel for the family of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin accused the nearly all white jury that acquitted George Zimmerman in the February 26, 2012 shooting death of Martin in Sanford, Florida of viewing Martin as “the black boogeyman everybody is afraid of.”
The jury was comprised of five white women and one mixed race woman believed to be black-Hispanic.
Jackson made the racially inflammatory charge in an interview with Bright House Networks’ CFNEws 13, a cable TV news channel serving central Florida, broadcast on Wednesday.
Jackson criticized juror B-37, who spoke out this week on CNN, for not identifying with Trayvon Martin as her own child. Jackson compared the juror’s lack of identifying with the 5’11” 158 pound athletic 17 year old black male to the universal sentiment for two year old Caylee Anthony, a central Florida white female found murdered in 2008 whose case similarly garnered obsessive national attention.
While Jackson said “everyone has to accept” the jury’s verdict, she accused the jury of racism and basing their decision on “emotional elements.” Jackson accused juror B-37 specifically of deciding the case on “other things besides the law” for stating her opinion of Zimmerman as a good person.
Asked what she thought changed the jury to vote not guilty after the initial vote of three for acquittal, two for manslaughter and one for second degree murder, and what was missing in the prosecution’s case, Jackson said, “I think there was not a real dialogue on race. I think that the fact that race played a part in this and how even when it came down to the defense putting on a witness who talked about crime at her house, being burglarized in 2011 (note: by two black males while the white woman resident hid in the house with her young child), and that was associated with Trayvon, a person George Zimmerman didn’t even know, that you know to me that, that brought it in. You have a picture of Trayvon shirtless that was shown to the jury–an upshot of a 17 year old body shirtless. You have silhouettes of a hoodie person and silhouettes of George Zimmerman. And that silhouette looked hulking over George Zimmerman. And it was, it was the black boogeyman that everybody’s afraid of.”
Jackson was asked about her expressed confidence before the trial that an all-white jury would convict Zimmerman and what she thinks about that now.
“I’ve always thought it was, I’ve always thought that (the racial make-up of the jury would matter.) The reason I wanted a white jury was because I wanted to see how far we’ve come in America. If people would base their evidence on the information that was presented in trial and base it on the common sense of this case, because I thought if they did that then surely George Zimmerman would be convicted.”
Asked what that meant about America, Jackson said, “I think we’re seeing it with the demonstrations. I think we’re seeing that people are not happy with the justice system, they’re not happy with the way that young black males are thought of in this case. And that’s why it was important to have a white jury. It was important for America to see that people who said, “Surely you can’t do this!” you know, they need to see where we are. This is not a po–we’re not in a post-racial society. Race certainly plays a part in everything that we do in life. And so now, that was to me the reason I wanted the white jury. It was the tough discussion. It was either the confirmation or the disappointment. And many people got the disappointment. And now, let’s talk about it.”
While expressing support for the prosecution in the interview, Jackson went on to reiterate her criticism of the prosecution for taking race out of the case. Jackson also made more direct her accusation that the defense engaged in race-baiting.
“The one thing that I’ve said was missing and I’ve already told you that of this case was that the element of race was taken out. And the only person that presented an element of race was the defense and they presented the ‘scary boogeyman black boy’ to the jury. So I think that if there was any tactical mistake it was that mistake.”
Jackson then went on to accuse the jurors of being liars and racists, “I will submit to you all of them will say that race played no part in this case when we all know that it did.”
Jackson’s blasting of the jury as racist follows softer attacks on the jury made by two of her co-counsels in interviews with Greta Van Susteren, host of the Fox News Channel show On the Record. As an experienced trial attorney, Van Susteren was quite upset with her guests’ attacks on the jury.
Jasmine Rand told Van Susteren she considers herself a “social engineer” more than a lawyer as her reason for seeking to overturn the verdict by rabblerousing for federal prosecution of Zimmerman.
In a subsequent interview with Van Susteren, Daryl Parks attacked juror B-37 over her statements to CNN.
Parks is co-founder of Parks & Crump, the firm representing the Martin family. Rand works for Parks & Crump. Jackson is an independent attorney based in Orlando.
(Transcription of CFNews 13 interview by Kristinn Taylor.)
When logic is no longer in vogue, the excrement will hit the fan. We live in interesting times. May your belt have more notches than your killer.
Yawn. I am done with this crap.
Lol...
Almost made me shoot beer out of my nose...
There is a black boogeyman out there, and her name is Natalie Jackson. Be GLAD that Trayvon was not the one on trial, and it could so easily have been the course of events that would have led to that outcome.
A hulking teenager with an attitude IS the nightmare of a lot of folks, and it has not one thing to do with the color of the skin. Gansta is gansta, whether it is a skinhead in Idaho, a member of MS-13 or the Mexican Mafia, or one of the Crips. Menace is stalking America, and they approach under the cover of night, with their features deliberately obscured, but the hostility is beamed out like a searchlight.
these people just keep on digging...
Indeed I do. I get crap from Libs for pointing that out, but never a refutation. Don’t frickin’ matter a hoot to them.
“glistening black buck” I believe that was cheerful Charles Blow projecting some personal homo-erotic fantasy.
I get him confused with Leo Pitts. Leo’s latest contribution to the discussion is the phrase “racial justice” with its tribal, shield banging connotations.
Very perceptive post.
Screw the entire Martin “family” and their ambulance chasing atty.
Meanwhile, OJ Simpson chopped off the heads of two white people(Including a Jewish man) and not a peep from the DOJ..maybe OJ was a racist who killed Ron and Nicole because of their race
Looks like race baiting bastards are determined to start another civil war. Maybe that’s why Obama’s Gestapo is sucking all the ammo off the shelves.
Tracy Martin was an ex gang banger(Goes by the street name “Fruit”) and Trayvon’s Mom left him in the care of his gang banging Crip aunt at the age of 2..no wonder Trayvon became what he became, he was destined to be a gang banging thug from the moment he was born
It was the Prosecution that rejected the Afro American! Their choice so cry me a river jack!
Given the case the prosecution put forth, she’s lucky she didn’t get a directed verdict.
I'm fed up with being called 'racist' just because I'm not black or disagree with Obama or think George Zimmerman acted in self defense. These race pimps have totally distorted the reality of the Zimmerman-Martin incident and conjured up a fabricated story where Travon Martin died solely due to 'being black' instead of the fact that Martin had assaulted and was beating down Zimmerman, who was on his back but armed and used his gun to defend himself.
This attorney is full of it and basically trying to blame the jury and pretend they voted not guilty due to Martin being black and Zimmerman being, well, not black. Absurd and hardly worth taking seriously at this point.
Quite a turnout for those nationwide rallies...fizzle fizzle for St. Skittles / sarc
Per Drudge: Miami to LA: Hundreds turn out for Trayvon rallies...
‘Justice for Trayvon’ DC: Boycott Disneyland
The approximately 500 “Justice For Trayvon” protesters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday heard calls from progressive speakers for specific boycott actions they want to use force Florida and other states to eliminate “Stand Your Ground” laws.
This would be a nice experiment to see. Wonder how far the crime rates will drop once any protests are initiated.
How the hell did she pass the bar exam?
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