It would be interesting to hear Obama's reaction to this terrible verdict.
Lest we forget what we have just lost ....
Swimming pool was more like a talking pool!
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It would be interesting to hear Obama's reaction to this terrible verdict.
It is indeed a very worrying verdict. If the boy had killed Zimmerman, in self defense as he was being attacked for no more reason than being a young black man in a 'white' area- he would be on death row.
I don't feel uncomfortable at all. Your diatribes are the sort of psuedo-socialist ravings that bore me to tears, so I won't be reading any more of your posts. Bye
Or girls ??????
Peter, many share your views but you undermine them when you hurl insults. Cosy sewing circle this is not!
A)I have followed the case with interest on CNN, the evidence in court clearly showed Zimmermans contempt for the black race.Southern State Law IS written by whites for whites, had the positions been reversed he would have been described as a vigilante and now be on death row. There is plenty of evidence for that, Not made up by me to suit my own arguments. I prefer to call them points of view. Sorry if my views upset because they dont fit in too a standard pattern but the vast majority of members have never met a rapist/murderer, have never seen the oppression imposed on human beings by their so called betters. The tax payer is quite happy to pay for others do do their dirty work but would prefer to have nasty elements brushed under the carpet. I have no beef at all at putting myself on the firing line, I signed on in both services in the full and informed knowledge of what the contracts entailed. now that I am free to campaign, in my own, obviously unpopular way to bring about change. At a time the rich and privileged are making sure they get richer and more privileged our teachers are, in far too many cases, feeding the children of working parents out of their own pockets the sick,disabled and poor don't choose that status, but too many people want to believe the blatant propaganda of two top class cars in the drive, designer clothes, always on foreign holiday. Go on to the government websites, look at the maximum rates and do your sums. The people, a tiny majority are and have to be getting the additional cash from elsewhere. There are a significant but tiny majority who work the system, that was my job to try to prevent such people succeeding, but now we are told that the bulk of legal aid we can no longer afford was spent on the rich and major institutions using the system to save paying insurance. A 20p tin of beans stolen from a Walmart, sorry Asda, cost the taxpayer many thousands in police, court, probation etc etc time. Because We Always Prosecute. The number of free graduate level security guards on " work experience " would escalate at a rate prosecution rates would fall if they were made to pay towards the prosecution. No I,m nor advocated legalized theft, how many desperate mums are going to go down that route when austerity for the poor working families really kick. in.
If even one person feels uncomfortable by my pointing out what I see as an urgent need for change press the report this post button. until then put forward arguments that stick, not truisms half baked misunderstandings and shock horror you must be wrong automatically, no not you as an individual If this is to be a comfy sewing circle or all lads together, so be it.
Peter
MOGGSYS77 You are so filled with anger at everything and everybody, but surely your experiences in the Forces, Courts and Probation Service could be put to better use than firing off ill informed (no evidence that Zimmerman was a white supremacist) posts. You cannot simply change the facts because it suits your argument.
I think it is badly drafted legislation, but the jury followed the law. The people vote in the law-makers. The ballot box is the route to take to change that law.
Not seen TV for several days. What has he been found 'not guilty' of?
Not guilty of murder I can just about understand given no witnesses (or none who came forward), but he does admit killing him so he must at least be guilty of manslaughter 
I wonder if he would have been acquitted if he had shot an unarmed white teenager?
I am afraid some of the British police are still not above some covert racism - black youths are seven times more likely to be stopped and searched than their white peers. The searches rarely result in any charges being brought but they serve to cause justified resentment among black people.
It boiled down to a lack of evidence.A shame but it MUST be there.Wish they had figured out who was the one that screamed.
As far as I am aware Zimmerman was not a white supremacist, he was the local neighbourhood watch organiser.
Are you not yourself guilty of judging him to be a racist simply because he is white?
It is very difficult for us to form an opinion simply on the newspaper and news reports.
I do have some misgivings about the verdict.
The family and legal representatives of the unarmed 17 year old black 17 year old killed by a white supremacist have appealed for calm and echoed the worlds of The Reverent Martin Luther King, Our time for equal justice will come. His and his families words.
WHEN. ( my words). The Metropolitan Police show exactly the same racist approach. WHY.
Please dont tell me juries hear all the evidence and decide on the facts. Out of 25 years a an officer of the court and having worked in prisons I guarantee white juries and the police condemn black people because they are black. WHY. When we have scapegoated every race, class ,creed that is different to our own who do we blame for the problems we face, OURSELVES, heaven forfend, surely we have have got it 100% right, or, hmmm, have we?
Peter
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