>>>>>>We may not agree what happened or about the result of the Zimmerman case, but like the juror who was interviewed said, you look at the evidence and apply the law as it is written and this is the result. Now the logic and chain of events, and what could have been or should have been done is entirely a differently matter. It could have been so easy for things to have turned out differently with no one hurt.
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>>>>>I think that the big elephant that nobody wants to talk about, or is talking about, is why there is the need of an armed civilian patrolling the streets of a civilized country, for the rest is just a (predictable?) consequence of this.
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>>>>>[Update]And this is what the news should be talking about, in my opinion. [/Update]
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>>>>I think that the big elephant that nobody wants to talk about, or is talking about, is why there is the need of a person assaulting another person, punching them in the face and slamming their head on the pavement? If Trayvon would have just walked home, he would still be here today and they racism criers would have to find something else.
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>>>Imagine if Trayvon would wait for the cops to arrive or even himself call cops and then accuse Zimmerman of racially profiling him (which he did). A good civil law attorney would have sued the gated community, the county, the city (or anybody else who has money) on the basis of civil right violation and Trayvon would have enough money to pay for any college or university. Too bad his parents never explained to him that fists are not the only way to fight a prejudice.
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>>He did not racially profile Trayvon any more than he profiled him by gender.
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>I believe he did. My reasoning is that if the kid was white I don't think Zimmerman would have call cops. Of course I don't know what was in his mind, as much as you don't. But my point is that in the PC world we live it would be fairly easy for lawyers to civilly sue.

We may have some common ground here. I am not a fan of civil suits at all. Sometimes it is warranted, like in cases of gross medical malpractice, but all too often they are money grabs. Something bad happened to me; give me money. Hey, that's life. Bad things happen without being insidious acts on anyone's part.

I mention only in passing that the last time I was this upset over a jury verdict was the OJ trial, and that he is black. So I don't think anyone can fairly accuse me of reflexively siding with the black person. I was working at home at the time and time shifted my work around the trial on TV. I watched pretty much all of it and there was no doubt in my mind that he killed Nicole and Ron Goldman (who was unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place at the wrong time). The DNA evidence was compelling. OJ had no alibi. The victims' blood was found in his car and in his house. Guilty, guilty, guilty. It was another racial verdict. Anyone who says the Zimmerman case wasn't all about race is in denial.