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What is with Florida?
Jul. 13th, 2013 11:24 pmBy now, I assumed everyone has heard the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case: George Zimmerman is acquitted. He is found not guilty.
In some ways this is O.J. Simpson all over again: the constant media court coverage and people believing the Prosecution did not do their job.
From what the legal correspondents said on Disrupt with Karen Finney, the Prosecution continuously missed opportunities to bring home the point of Zimmerman's premeditation to confront "suspicious looking" guys and decision to ignore 911's advice of not pursuing the "suspicious looking" guy. These points lead into an argument for racial profiling by Zimmerman, which no one wanted to bring up in court.
In other words, congratulations to the Prosecution for your EPIC fail. You proved Justice is not only blind but incompetent.
But this is not the only tragedy the Floridian court system has seen this week. Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville, Florida, fired a warning shot to protect herself and her children from her abusive husband. The shot did not hit anyone.
In other words, she stood her ground.
However, the Court did not believe Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law was not applicable in Ms. Alexander's case. The Court sentenced her to 20 years in prison. Article Fla. mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots
So the message Florida is saying is it's okay to kill someone especially if he's African American; however, if you're an African American who shoots to protect herself and kills no one, you deserve to go to jail for wasting ammo.
In some ways this is O.J. Simpson all over again: the constant media court coverage and people believing the Prosecution did not do their job.
From what the legal correspondents said on Disrupt with Karen Finney, the Prosecution continuously missed opportunities to bring home the point of Zimmerman's premeditation to confront "suspicious looking" guys and decision to ignore 911's advice of not pursuing the "suspicious looking" guy. These points lead into an argument for racial profiling by Zimmerman, which no one wanted to bring up in court.
In other words, congratulations to the Prosecution for your EPIC fail. You proved Justice is not only blind but incompetent.
But this is not the only tragedy the Floridian court system has seen this week. Marissa Alexander of Jacksonville, Florida, fired a warning shot to protect herself and her children from her abusive husband. The shot did not hit anyone.
In other words, she stood her ground.
However, the Court did not believe Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law was not applicable in Ms. Alexander's case. The Court sentenced her to 20 years in prison. Article Fla. mom gets 20 years for firing warning shots
So the message Florida is saying is it's okay to kill someone especially if he's African American; however, if you're an African American who shoots to protect herself and kills no one, you deserve to go to jail for wasting ammo.
