To begin it is time for an African American Foundation to join the voice of so many about gun violence. I thank the Trayvon Martin family for taking that difficult step.
I also am grateful for Rachel's friendship with Trayvon until his dying moments. Little did she know she was the best friend he ever had. Now, the African American community has a role model for people to react and speak out when people they care about are being followed, attacked and ultimately killed. I applaud that young women every time I hear or see her. She is full of demonstrated strength for young women and men just like her. She has to continue to speak the truth and fill friends and young people full of the values that carried her through to the trial and afterward.
I am not certain whether Mr. Tracy Martin and Ms. Sybrina Fulton have formed a 501(c)3 and/or a 501(c)4, but, their goals are admirable to seek to assist with education costs for other young African American children. However, they should seriously consider joining the ranks in the USA of other American families in voicing their demands for a safer USA.
There are so many others:
"Brady Campaign for Gun Violence" (click here)
"Americans For Responsible Solutions" (click here)
"Sandy Hook Promise" (click here)
There are many good people that share the same values.
I see the trial very differently than what I have heard so far. I believe the outcome was determined by a tainted jury pool facilitated by Right Wing propaganda and the defendant's attorneys themselves.
The juror that spoke to Anderson Cooper was very self-righteous. Sure, everyone wept, but, she knew how to make that "Not Guilty" verdict count. A leader, I would say. I believe her spouse was an attorney. It is all too convenient the names of the Jurors are not known. The Department of Justice can overcome that in their investigative process.
I want the Federal Department of Justice to investigate any possible corruption in the jury process including any relationships the Jurors and their spouses may have had with O'Mara and West other than all being licensed attorneys. I also want the DOJ to investigate the propaganda campaign that occurred through FOX News and other media outlets that tainted the jury pool. The propagandists had a political agenda.
One might recall Mr. Zimmerman was first offered attorneys provided by the NRA. That matters.
I believe Mr. Tracy Martin is correct. I believe the juror that was interviewed knew how she would decide the case before she was choice and I believe her own political views tainted the outcome. I also believe she was determined to have it turn out in the way it did.
When she stated, "Some of the jurors wanted to sentence him with something." She was stating the other jurors were cheating and not following the law. That can be an outcome if Mr. Zimmerman's PEERS understood something about Trayvon Martin's reality that was never stipulated in the law. There is a very real reason the USA Constitution states, "By a jury of his peers." There is a specific reason for that and that is the fact there is no way the legislated word can offer every real life scenario in words of written law.
I believe the "Stand Your Ground Law" is written to protect the gun owner no matter the reason and in doing so provides a platform for gun sales through fear of not owning or carrying one. It is an egregious law and one that kills innocent people with the most minor of excuses.
A review of every killing that was dismissed under "Stand Your Ground" will find a reality most Americans have not ever bargained for nor would consent to. The DOJ has it's work cut out for it and they have every right to do it.
