Comments on: JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 18:43:53 +0000

The CSM: "Trayvon Martin killing in Florida puts 'Stand Your Ground' law on trial"The shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a gated Florida community has raised allegations of racial injustice and highlighted the burden that 'Stand Your Ground' laws impose on law enforcement officers.Excerpt:The shooting also presents a tragic snapshot of so-called "Stand Your Ground" laws, what critics call “license-to-murder.”Such laws eliminate the English Law concept of a “duty to retreat” from dangerous situations outside the home. Without that, an armed citizen has no obligation to stand down in the face of a threat.The problem, as the Martin case highlights, is that making the duty to retreat "totally irrelevant," as http://cdn.js-kit.com/tags/topic/Stetson+University" rel="nofollow">Stetson University law professor Robert Batey has said, means the law gives prosecutors fewer factors to consider when determining self-defense, including, potentially, the extent to which a person claiming self-defense may have aggravated the situation.Florida became the first state to pass a specific Stand Your Ground law in 2005, essentially expanding self-defense zones from the home to most public places. Seventeen states now have such laws. […]Read: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0316/Trayvon-Martin-killing-in-Florida-puts-Stand-Your-Ground-law-on-trial" rel="nofollow"> http://;http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0316/Trayvon-Martin-killing-in-Florida-puts-Stand-Your-Ground-law-on-trial;http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2012/0316/Trayvon-Martin-killing-in-Florida-puts-Stand-Your-Ground-law-on-trial
It's important to note that this crazy-azz, very dangeorus, *Law* was enacted in Florida in 2005 NOT in 2008, "after the election of Pres. Obama," as some commenters on other blogsites have claimed.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:48:06 +0000

Charles Blow @ the NYTimes: "The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin"The racial sensitivity of this case is heavy. Trayvon’s parents have said their son was murdered. Crump, the the family’s lawyer, told me, “You know, if Trayvon would have been the triggerman, it’s nothing Trayvon Martin could have said to keep police from arresting him Day 1, Hour 1.” Even the police chief recognizes this reality, even while disputing claims of racial bias in the investigation: “Our investigation is color blind and based on the facts and circumstances, not color. I know I can say that until I am blue in the face, but, as a white man in a uniform, I know it doesn’t mean anything to anybody.”Zimmerman has not released a statement, but his father delivered a one-page letter to The Orlando Sentinel on Thursday. According to the newspaper, the statement said that Zimmerman is “Hispanic and grew up in a multiracial family.” The paper quotes the letter as reading, “He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever” and continues, “The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth.” And disclosures made since the shooting complicate people’s perception of fairness in the case.According to Crump, the father was told that one of the reasons Zimmerman wasn’t arrested was because he had a “squeaky clean” record. It wasn’t. According to the local news station WFTV, Zimmerman was arrested in 2005 for “battery on a law enforcement officer.”Furthermore, ABC News reported on Tuesday that one of the responding officers “corrected a witness after she told him that she heard the teen cry for help.” And The Miami Herald published an article on Thursday that said three witnesses had heard the “desperate wail of a child, a gunshot, and then silence.” [...]Read: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/opinion/blow-th...

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:32:27 +0000

From darn near NO coverage to coverage nearly everywhere. Rod Dreher @the American Conservative: "Trayvon Martin's Killing"The Orlando Sentinel reports that in the 13 months prior to the shooting, Zimmerman called 911 an astonishing 46 times. This is not a vigilant neighbor; this is a paranoid with a 9 mm handgun. Trayvon Martin was not an interloper; he was Zimmerman’s neighbor, and he was gunned down only yards from his own door.The issue here is not only that Zimmerman shot and killed Martin, who, again, was in his own neighborhood, and doing nothing wrong. The issue is also that Zimmerman was not arrested by the police, who appear to have done a slipshod investigation. [...]Orlando Sentinel: "Sheriff's Office releases more 911 calls made by George Zimmerman"http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-19/ne...

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 16:04:02 +0000

US News-MSNBC: "Trayvon Martin case to go to grand jury, Fla. state attorney announces"A grand jury will investigate the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old shot to death in a gated community in Florida on Feb. 26, state attorney Norm Wolfinger announced Tuesday."I share in the desire of the family and the community to accurately collect and evaluate all the facts surrounding the tragic death of Trayvon Martin," Wolfinger said in a news release. "The public is entitled to no less than a thorough, deliberate, and just review of the facts. We intend to honor that commitment." [...]Read: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/20/1077...Amazing what a little national exposure can accomplish.

By: Truthiz

Truthiz — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:53:46 +0000

The sad and ugly truth is, that even TODAY, in 2012 America, a Black mother of a son, ANY age, still has to worry about the health and safety of her Black son due to that deadly American disease called RACISM. Yes. I'm very aware of young Black males (and young black females) dying in the streets at young ages due to Black-on-Black violence. It remains a CRISIS, a sin and a sham. And it is absolutley a critical topic worth highlighting and having a Serious discussion. But THAT's another story. THIS story is but another horrific chapter in a book that WE (Black-Americans) have been experiencing, in America, for well OVER 200 YEARS. In this case, Black-American males, having to face possible DEADLY THREATS to their lives EVERY DAY (to say nothing of OTHER injustices) simply FOR EXISTING...SMH.From the details that have emerged thus far THIS story_the MURDER of Trayvon Martin_a young Black male at the hands of some RACIST nut AIN'T nothing new!!! In fact, it's all too "American." And just as BD expressed, I'm real angry about it!