Civil rights groups and advocates’ response to the George Zimmerman “not guilty” verdict was so predictable: justice was not served.

Rev. Al Sharpton said the verdict was a “slap in the face.” NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock stated, “Justice failed Trayvon Martin and his family.”

The undisputable facts are as follows:

George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin on a dark and rainy night on February 28, 2012. Zimmerman admitted to the killing but claimed he acted in self-defense. Zimmerman was charged with Second Degree Murder.

Approximately 16 months later, Zimmerman’s trial started. The prosecution and defense mutually agreed on a detailed juror questionnaire that was filled out by 211 potential jurors. Over the course of nine days, both sides sifted through every response, whittled their way down to 40 prospective jurors, and picked a final jury of 6, with four alternates.

Over the course of 14 days, the jury heard opening statements, viewed over 200 exhibits, and listened to the testimony of 56 witnesses (38 for the prosecution and 18 for the defense), and heard closing arguments.

The jury received detailed instructions on the elements required to find Zimmerman guilty of second degree murder, as well as a lesser-included offense of manslaughter.

On July 13, 2013, the jury of six women made a unanimous decision: “Not Guilty.”

The president of the Florida NAACP State Conference also chimed in: “Justice did not prevail,” said Adora Obi Nweze.

Justice did not prevail? How so?

In the same statement, Nweze said “Last year we pushed for the arrest of George Zimmerman and a thorough investigation and trial.”

Not only did “they” push for a trial, they received a trial.

Oh wait, the NAACP and other opponents of the verdict did not ask for a “fair trial.” They wanted a trial without the constitutional requirements of due process and an impartial jury.

The opponents’ message is clear: they believe in “selective” civil rights where race trumps gender and that the all-woman jury's unanimous decision was wrong.

Lady Justice, the symbol of our judicial system, represents the six women who took an oath to reach a verdict based strictly on the evidence presented in the four-corners of the courtroom.

A Martin family attorney told Greta Van Susteren, “We never endorsed that jury…They didn’t properly consider the evidence.” When I heard this baseless statement by a fellow member of the bar, I was disgusted.

Since when do prosecutors need approval from a victim’s family about the makeup of the jury?
The NAACP, Al Sharpton and others speaking out against the Zimmerman verdict clearly forgot that discrimination based on gender is also a civil rights violation.

These “leaders” are equally guilty of injustice: gender injustice. Six lady justices spoke. We do not have to agree with the decision but we must certainly respect every one of the six women and their collective, unanimous decision.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/07/16/stop-insulting-zimmerman-jury/#ixzz2ZFT2Q257

Liberal, white hating, bigoted idiots, who only hear what they want will see his race and rant guilty.

Why they are given a second thought is beyond me.

I suggest boycotting the hate on Whitey folks.

didn't a jury find the men who hung emit till not guilty too?

there is nothing wrong with calling wrong wrong,,,and even jurors get it wrong

when they get it wrong, its often referred to as justice not being served,,,,


,,,,I agree, we have to accept the decision, I don't believe we have to 'respect' or 'disrespect' it if it was the wrong decision

This case has NO comparison to the Emmit Till case.

it has one,, someone got away with hunting down and murdering a child,,,

not nearly as heinous

but jury was just as capable this week of getting it wrong as they were then,,,,

One was a case of murder and one was a case of self defense. Martin got what he deserved. He tried to be a hard a$$ and tried to show off for his girlfriend and tried to hurt the wrong person.

If Zimmerman wouldn't have been armed, Martin would have been arrested for either attempted murder or murder and put away for a good many years at tax payers expense and NO ONE would have known about this case.

lol,, ok

I just hope you are never in a situation where someone follows you,, (First in a car and then on foot) while you are walking alone at night,,,let alone has the gall to question YOu about your behavior before attempting to grab you,,,,

if treyvon had killed Zimmerman, he could have gotten off with self defense too as long as z still got a shot off

after all, who WOULDNT fight an armed stalker who had confronted him? then his 'being on top' would be irrelevant, and proving beyond a doubt what initiated the fight would be all about whatever treyvon claimed,,,,,

which would align with the evidence of z himself admitting to following him , being heard calling him a fing punk , and being irritated that he might get away, and then having a BULLET HOLE in martin,,, Im sure the evidence could easily back up treyvon when he said he was fighting in 'self defense',,,,,

why didn't Martin call the Police about being "stalked"?
He did have a functioning Cellphone after al!

"it has one,, someone got away with hunting down and murdering a child,,,

not nearly as heinous

but jury was just as capable this week of getting it wrong as they were then,,,,"



George Zimmerman didn't "hunt down and murder" Treyvon Martin.

Have you even been paying attention to the details of Zimmerman's self defense and the testimony tapes?

Treyvon Martin was not an innocent little angel in this.
He attacked George Zimmerman while he was on his way back to his car to wait for the police and beat him down to the point where George Zimmerman had that reasonable fear of imminent bodily harm or death and shot Treyvon Martin in self defense.

Treyvon Martin is not alive to tell his side of the story so you have to go based on George Zimmerman's testimony as well as other witnesses and the evidence which by the way supports George Zimmerman's self defense.

People keep trying to paint George Zimmerman as this evil murderer when the facts do not support it.

why didn't the grown man and watch 'captain' follow someone at night...? both against neighborhood watch policy and instructed by police not to

perhaps the boy didnt think anyone would respond to someone 'following' him as illegal or an emergency,,,,apparently he was right,,,,

guess it depends upon if you believe Zimmerman,, I Watched the trial EVERYDAY,, its on at our job,,, I listened to both prosecueion and defense witness describe a situation where Z was the stalker and instigator ( from the phone witness account of ts description of being followed by a creepy cracker, by his account of trying to lose the creepy cracker a couple times, including running once, of him being unsuccessful in getting rid of him , of him turning around when this man was 'right behind' him and asking why he was being followed and then of the man (instead of defusing the situation by answering a very reasonable question) becoming combative instead by asking HIM why he was there and grabbing him , t saying to get off o f him,,,,,and then by the DEFENSE attorney who lived right there saying he also SAW a vertical TUSSEL,, as opposed to a man stumbling backwards after some alleged sucker punch....)

both sides testimonies dispute the idea that this started from some wild ATTACK by this boy,, but the jury and people like yourself I guess find zs story of the innocent citizen being attacked by the 17 year old viscious kid more believable)


the evidence also didn't prove a level of a fight that would warrant deadly force,,, in my opinion,, the man just couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag and panicked,,,,,,the gun was an easy go to

he suffered a not so uncommon broken nose which happens in fights,,,and his head had injuries consistent with 'impacting' pavement, which wouldn't be unusual for a fight that was on pavement,,,not evidence at all of anyone SLAMMING His head into anything,,


as I will continue to say,, oh well, karma sometimes cleans up messes that 'justice' turns a blind eye to....

Home invasions have ceased in that neighborhood.

Saving many lives.

On the other hand, this won't help pass Hussein's Amnesty bill. What with Hispanics poppin cap on a feral a$$ .

home invasions had already 'ceased' before the incident

and Im doubting many people are relating to that man as an immigrant Hispanic,, which is where the most prevalent anti Hispanic sentiment seems to stem from,,,,

What about Bradley Manning, the young hero who exposed the atrocities permitted by this administration on the citizens of foreign countries who is being persecuted quietly while the DOJ and Obozo keep the racial fires burning over this circus?

Where is the media, the outrage, the good people so upset with injustice?

What a joke!

Scream injustice for a violent banger and sleep while a hero is being persecuted!

How proud you all must be of yourselves!

why not start a thread and discuss what you want to discuss about Bradely Manning, instead of whining about people choosing to discuss this topic,,,?

I'm the one who's whining?

If someone was following me like that I would use my cell phone and dial 911, then run to the nearest house and dial 911 and not try to show off for my girlfriend and call the guy a cracker and approach him and try to fight him. Just sayin'

Because e wanted to be a harda$$ and show off for his girlfriend.

Not only that, but times were different, the court was even segregated and they picked the jury from a racist part of town and the Sheriff investigating the case welcomed the African Americans into the court by saying "Hello Ni**ers!" and many members of the jury on the Till case were intoxicated during the trial as the court allowed them to drink beer and other liquor during the trial and those two animals kidnapped, tortured, brutalized and murdered a little boy for talking to a white woman. Till wasn't out high on drugs with a history of violence, drugs, being uncontrollable and being expelled from school for violence.