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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Jeez, what a blowhard that Elder guy is I've never heard someone talk so much and say so little. Dodged almost every single question piers asked him and started talking about irrelevant cases like the Castro dude in Cleveland or some guy in Phoenix. I assume Piers had him on to talk about the trial and he wouldn't even touch it. What was his point? That the black community has significant issues like black on black violence and teenage pregnancy? That treating a group like victims actually hurts them in the long run? Those are all good points but they have NOTHING to do with this case. People are talking about the case because it's in a legal grey area wrt to a controversial law and there are some racial undertones. I happen to find it a very interesting debate. Does Elder want the media to talk about every single death in the USA before they can talk about this case? The issue is about self defense laws and the trial in a vacuum. What happens in Chicago or any other city is really irrelevant.
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He's talking about how the media has portrayed this as a huge racial issue when in reality the biggest issues come from black-on-black crime. As for Piers, he seemed more interested in trapping Elder in a "gotcha" moment by getting him to say that Rachel Jeantel is stupid. I'd say more than half of what came out of Piers' mouth was about her and good on Elder for not biting.