It couldn't have been any different… Zimmerman was found not guilty of a second-degree murder and also acquitted of manslaughter, a lesser charge!
To say the least, the fight for equal justice suffered a huge blow last night with that verdict releasing Zimmerman of any wrongdoing when he actually shot dead Trayvon Martin…
If you think the verdict wasn’t racially motivated, it will be fair to say it could've gone either way, because proving <<beyond any reasonable doubt>> the killer intended to kill is very hard to call, let alone assessing if he was acting in self-defence or not, bearing in mind tragedies like that often happen when no one's around to give account of the facts.To say the least, the fight for equal justice suffered a huge blow last night with that verdict releasing Zimmerman of any wrongdoing when he actually shot dead Trayvon Martin…
One thing above it all, the justice system in the US has to take the whole blame. Something has to change…
Its approach when trying people (with the thought well spread that the victims sometimes feel treated like actual suspects at trials, rather than the prosecution having the burden to bring to light, some sustainable contentions, with no single small doubt hanging that the defendant is guilty) is damaging…
We have therefore the perfect alley for some brutal criminals to walk free with a smirk for their victims. Zimmerman did just that last night!
We have therefore the perfect alley for some brutal criminals to walk free with a smirk for their victims. Zimmerman did just that last night!
The consequences are even greater when justice has to be met when race related issues are brought forward. Again, the last night verdict didn't do any good to that assertion and this is why:
On one hand, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, only 17 years of age at the time, was shot dead by George Zimmerman, a white neighbourhood watch volunteer, later found not guilty of second-degree murder, neither was he for manslaughter despite the fact it was for a lesser charge, putting forward allegations it was only self-defence… On the other hand, in 2007, a 54 years old black man, John H. White, was found guilty for doing exactly the same thing as Zimmerman, killing an unarmed white teenager… To defend his case, self-defence was also put forward and had reasonable grounds to stand for that, but found guilty, he is facing a maximum term of 5 to 15 years in prison. This is what we call double standards
On one hand, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, only 17 years of age at the time, was shot dead by George Zimmerman, a white neighbourhood watch volunteer, later found not guilty of second-degree murder, neither was he for manslaughter despite the fact it was for a lesser charge, putting forward allegations it was only self-defence… On the other hand, in 2007, a 54 years old black man, John H. White, was found guilty for doing exactly the same thing as Zimmerman, killing an unarmed white teenager… To defend his case, self-defence was also put forward and had reasonable grounds to stand for that, but found guilty, he is facing a maximum term of 5 to 15 years in prison. This is what we call double standards
In both cases, white men were the ones the doubts benefited to, either as the victim or the suspect... Strange!
Personally, i've always thought racism was fading away, but it is horrifying to find out it is actually still motivating some of the decisions taken, that always go against black people. It is in a sense a reflexion of how we are perceived in our society... Make no mistake, things are still horribly wrong.
The law ultimately prevailed with the Zimmerman case, but justice as a whole, wasn't on the winning side...
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