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Originally Posted by MelBridgeman
So because the USA and especially the southern states has a history of racial issues - this case must also be about race? How do you know what Zimmerman was thinking? I know there are a few blow hards and some media outlets that want you to think it's about race - but that still doesn't mean it's about race.
You don't know what Zimmerman was thinking - even if he says it wasn't about race - he could be lying - so what else do we have to go on? Let's look at some reality and evidence shall we.
1. His 'hood had been the scene of a rash of break ends/home invasions
2. Because of this a neighbourhood watch was assembled - zimmerman being top 'hood cop.
3. The job of said neighbourhood watch is to ..... wait for it watch for suspicious activity/people
4. Martin was an unfamiliar face and was said to be causally walking in the rain between houses and "looking" into them.
Right here we have established why Zimmerman would notice Martin - there are many reasons other than race. More evidence
When he called the police non emergency line - Zimmerman only referred to race when asked
Zimmerman was also somewhat encouraged to keep eye on Martin when he was asked not to lose sight of him.
Zimmerman himself
- he is of mixed race, including African American
- The FBI investigate his background - found no evidence of race
"George Zimmerman was one of the few non-black people that helped protest the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a Sanford police officer that was left unpunished."
The evidence and the history point in the opposite direction.
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In testimony to the FBI, Detective Sorino, aside from giving an opinion that race probably wasn't a factor in Zimmerman's decision-making that night, said five burglaries in the neighbourhood in the prior year and a half were linked to a gang called the "Goons" who typically wore hoodies.
Detective Sorino felt that was reason enough for a neighbourhood watch captain to be suspicious of someone in a hoody wandering around in the rain late at night.
Sorino's comments to the FBI are here:
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/serino-fbi-report
Interestingly, in his testimony to the FBI, Sorino says he would have preferred Zimmerman stayed in his vehicle waiting for law enforcement OR, second option, go up to Martin and "identified himself as a concerned citizen and initiated dialog in an effort to dispel each party's concern."
As well, the one juror who has spoken was asked directly if race was an issue in deliberations among the six of them - she said none of them brought up race as relevent topic to the facts under consideration.
Zimmerman mentored two black children earlier in his life and a black woman testified on his behalf at the trial.
Black America probably has plenty of other examples of racial profiling in the country to promote their justifiable cause. Why their leaders would be latching onto this very tenuous case to further their cause is both odd and starting to look painfully ridiculous.
When a black President and a black Attorney General quietly let a call for a Federal hate crime probe die a natural, deserved death in the coming months, that should be pretty telling.
Cowperson