Op-ed by Peter Children –
At 10PM Saturday evening, July 13th, one of the greatest travesties ever to have occurred in America took place. George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin.
This “was” 17 year old youth, a child who was walking home, not bothering anyone, did nothing wrong, had no police record and had every right to be where he was. This tells us all that if you’re black you are not safe on the street after dark….it says you can be legally shot to death with impunity. This “used” to be America….oh, I forgot, it IS America, only a America wrapped tightly in a big white sheet.
What took place last night in Stanford, Florida shook my faith to the very core; when the verdict was read aloud and the words not guilty came across the room, I was immediately overwhelmed with a profound sadness. I distinctly remember this Northern section of this country and the unbelievable prejudice that was present in my own community….now this verdict tells me we are still where we started.
Racists from across the entire U.S sent Zimmerman in excess of $700,000.00 to afford a smoke and mirror team of litigators he otherwise couldn’t have afforded. And even at that, he tried to hide that money by putting it other accounts. The fact that the money was sent….by itself tells me how wide spread this cancer is. I know where I am at, I know where I live and I expect a deluge of “anonymous” response….but none of which will step in front of that white sheet and write their real name.
Peter Children
Disturbing. Very disturbing. Between the threats of violence, outright lies and twisted attempts to justify yourselves, a surprising number of you really do not believe you are racist frightened ignorant people.
If Zimmerman had stayed where he was and let the cops handle this “scary black guy” none of this would have happened. But he just couldn’t do it. He had to go stalk him and scare him – regardless of whether Martin was good or bad – and caused this whole incident. Zimmerman did. If Martin was a bad guy, let the cops deal with him. If Martin was a good guy, he’d be alive to eat more skittles.
It’s ALL Zimmerman’s fault. For you people to try and blame the victim is just shocking. And to try to make this less egregious by bringing up other unrelated cases is ridiculous.
If you don’t see that Zimmerman is 100% to blame for starting this, you are lying. And if you are lying, it’s because you are racist.
Nationwide boycotts have already taken place against the entire state. Pressure will be brought to bear that will prevail in the end. It won’t be overnight but it will happen. We’re are the bushes? He lied about the money to begin with…then he lied about everything else.
Now after less then a dozen days we are beginning to see the repercussions surrounding the Zimmerman trial. Chances are good that ” stand your ground” law will be abolished as a license to kill. Read Donald Kaul in today’s Globe-gazette….it says a lot….a hell of a lot. Once more it makes perfect sense. There were no bushes from which to jump out of.
Now Zimmerman is in hiding, maybe for the rest of his life. This guy wouldn’t last 48 hours in any prison on earth….and his legal problems are just starting. What does all this tell us? It tells me that Jesus hands down the final verdict.
Obamma! We all should know he’s just saying what he’s saying to keep the peace. No doubt he feels Martin was a kid acting stupidly and now he’s dead because of it. And hopefully those of like nature will learn something.
It could be said Zimmerman was over zealous. But maybe not. A greater fact exists. Martin took the oportunity to have a confrontation. A physical attack is a bigger thing than being stopped for questioning. Martin’s own anger killed him.