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George Zimmerman Acquittal Reflections and Lessons Learned

George Zimmerman Sanford, FL --This sad case began with a tragedy.    Travon Martin was a troubled lad who made terrible choices.  The data recovered from his cell phone and was later unlawfully hidden from George Zmmerman’s defense lawyers by prosecutors showed that Martin was heavily involved with illegal guns, drugs and fighting.  Judge Debra Nelson later ruled that cell phone evidence inadmissible and that was not at all unusual in our courts.  It may seem unfair to some but that’s what they normally do. As for Martin he apparently had personal issues with what he called, “crappy assed crackers” and was the one actually profiling Zimmerman clearly by race.  To me it’s logical and believable that Martin caused his own death by assaulting Zimmerman.  However we all must recognize that there are no witnesses or video to establish this fact with absolute 100% certainty. We must not never lose sight of is the fact that we don’t req...

George Zimmerman’s Lawyers Should Embrace Racial Profiling Rather Than Run From it.

Seminole County, FL —Neighborhood Block Watch member George Zimmerman stands accused of murdering Trayvon Martin.   Local political types quickly drew the conclusion that Zimmerman gave special attention to Martin because of his race.   That phenomena is called, racial profiling.   I don’t think they were wrong about that.   But let’s discuss just what that really means. Racial profiling in the Zimmerman case suggests that only racial bigotry was the spark that brought about Martin’s death.   Bigotry may be suspected but there’s not a shred of evidence that racial hate was any factor in this event. The reality is for that area of Sanford violent, sex and property crimes are nearly all exclusively committed by young, African-American males.   Additionally with this demographic hiding their identity with hoodies is commonplace. The elderly, White or female population members are simply not ever involved in these types of crime...