A Sanford, Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty on all charges late Saturday night in the trial he faced involving the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.
The trial quickly became a media spectacle after supporters of Martin's family convinced the left-leaning national press that regional law enforcement authorities had declined to prosecute Zimmerman because Martin was black. Local officials insisted that Zimmerman was unlikely to be convicted of anything based on the evidence they could find. It appears that initial judgment was correct.
A brief news summary via Yahoo:
The six-woman panel signed they had reached a verdict 9:45 pm ET and filed into the courtroom around 10 pm. After the verdict was read, Judge Debra Nelson polled the jurors to make sure each agreed with the decision. She then told Zimmerman he was free to go.
Zimmerman showed little emotion as the verdict was read.
The decision from the jury was expected to spark outrage from Martin family supporters who say the teen's death was ignored by police and prosecutors for weeks because of his race. Martin was black, and Zimmerman is half white and half Hispanic. Protesters outside the courtroom began chanting for nationwide demonstrations after news of the verdict reached them.
Martin's father, Tracy, tweeted his thanks to supporters.
"Even though I am broken hearted my faith is unshattered I WILL ALWAYS LOVE MY BABY TRAY," he wrote.
At a press conference following the verdict, prosecutors expressed disappointment with the outcome but urged the community to remain calm.
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"We're ecstatic with the results," defense attorney Mark O'Mara after the verdict. "George Zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense."
Another member of his defense team, Don West, said he was pleased the jury "kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty."
Besides propelling the case into the national spotlight, the biased coverage of some media outlets did apparently have at least one other effect. One witness, Jeannee Manalao, stated that she had mistakenly believed Martin to have been younger than he was at the time of his death because the media had only shown older photos of the Florida teen.
The trial was marred by numerous incidents of sloppy and deliberately unfair reporting. NBC News is currently being sued by Zimmerman for editing the audio of a telephone call that Zimmerman made to 911 during the night of the altercation with Martin. In the NBC-edited recording, Zimmerman is made to sound as if he was following Martin because he was black. The false edit was first exposed by NewsBusters. It is highly likely that Zimmerman's victory today will increase his ability to win his suit against NBC.
CNN embarrassed itself by falsely claiming that on the 911 call, Zimmerman had used an archaic racial slur to describe black Americans. In fact, as even the prosecution later admitted, he had used the word punks. At least the cable news channel did not resort to fraudulent editing though.
One of the other persistent flaws in the media's coverage of the case against Zimmerman were reports claiming he was "white" when in fact, he is Hispanic, white, and also part black. For months on end, Zimmerman was repeatedly described as a "white Hispanic" even though other people of mixed race such as President Obama are never described as "white blacks."
Additionally, left-leaning media were fond of repeating false statements favorable to the prosecution such as the claim that Zimmerman got out of his car despite being instructed to remain in it. In fact, he was already out of his car when the 911 dispatcher told him "we don't need you to do that." According to Zimmerman, he turned around and tried to return to his vehicle and was subsequently confronted by Martin. Biased outlets almost always ignored the evidence which clearly suggested that it was Martin who initiated their conversation and Zimmerman's testimony that Martin initiated the violence. They also rarely reported the fact that Martin circled Zimmerman's car while he was in it, looking at him menacingly.
Additionally, viewers and readers were repeatedly subjected to hours on end of speculation and hypotheticals about how the fatal confrontation could have been avoided--but only if Zimmerman had acted differently. The speculators never discussed how Martin's father was providing almost no supervision to him, never talked about how the situation would have been prevented if Martin had not been suspended from school due to his own behavior. They also never discussed how the telephone evidence in the trial clearly indicated that Martin had more than enough time to return to his father's girlfriend's residence if he truly had been in fear of his life. Most Americans also likely were unaware of Martin's admitted love of fighting.
The public was also subjected to countless hours of ignorant pronouncements about if Zimmerman had started the fight, that would determine his guilt or innocence. Rarely were viewers ever told the truth that self-defense law in Florida is about whether the surviving person rightfully feared for his life, regardless of who started the physical confrontation.
While the public couldn't get away from information about Zimmerman's run-ins with local criminals who happened to be black, the public was rarely told about other facts about him such as that he fought successfully to get justice for an elderly black man who was beaten by the son of a white police officer, how he mentored black youth, or even that he was a supporter of Barack Obama and not some sort of far-right white nationalist.
The trial of Zimmerman would likely have remained strictly a local news story had it not been for the antics of MSNBC's Al Sharpton who was advising Martin's parents on how to gain more publicity (and also calling for Zimmerman's arrest) while simultaneously serving as a commentator for the Democratic network. Despite criticism from other media outlets, MSNBC never told Sharpton to choose between his dueling roles even though it harmed their overall reputation.
In the end, it is regrettable that Trayvon Martin died that fateful night. What is also regrettable is how America's elite news media willingly went along with a smear campaign designed by racist frauds like Al Sharpton who were looking to boost their own fortunes at the expense of an innocent man. George Zimmerman is not a perfect man. But he did not deserve to become a real-life version of Emmanuel Goldstein.
http://m.newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-sheffield/2013/07/13/zimmerman-found-not-guilty
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8 comments:
The ladies on the jury came up with absolutely the correct verdict based on the, so called, law and the evidence. I don't know why it took them so long to come to the correct verdict. If I had been on the jury it would have for all intents and purposes, been over within 10 minutes of going into the jury room because I would have told the rest of the jurors that my vote is to acquit and that is final. No amount of arguing would have changed my mind. So, in that case, the rest of the jurors would have either sided with me and the verdict would be "Not Guilty" as it turned out to be or it would have been a hung jury because they never would have gotten me to change my vote. The facts are the facts and arguing against the facts doesn't change them. Am I sorry the young man is dead? Yes, but he had the opportunity to leave the area and go home and watch the ball game. But he decided to hang around and confront Zimmerman which obviously was a bad idea on his part.
THE TRAGEDY HERE IS A BOY RETURNING FROM A STORE ARMED WITH A CAN OF ARIZONA TEA AND A PACK OF SKIDDLES IS DEAD.. YOUR POLITICAL B.S. AND DISLIKE FOR REVEREND AL SHARPTO!N PALES TO THE FORMER.. WE SHOULD BE OFFERING PRAYERS FOR BOTH
THE MARTIN AND ZIMMERMAN FAMILIES BECAUSE THEIR LIVES ARE FOREVER CHANGED !
You loon, Martin was a punk thug and your reference to skittles is lame. Al Dullton should be imprisoned for inciting race hatred. Sure the punk is dead, but I for one think his wanna be father, obozo, deserves the same. (remember, obo said if he had a son, he would be like Travon) Well interesting indeed, since this was a drugging troublemaking thieving scumbag. Martins parents should be ashamed of themselves for raising a son to act the way he did, and now their son is dead. Tough beans!
The media is the biggest part of this travesty. They misinform and misdirect to propel audience attention to the worst aspects of man. They are evil and hopefully the U.S. Provost Marshal General will grab them up by their corrupt collars and replace them with good truth sayers. They continually showed a twelve year old boy instead of a tough street punk. And, Al Sharpton is as corrupt as the rest of the liars. What would you do if one of these punks got your child down and had his way with them? I was born and lived in the ghetto of Cincinnati and dealt with this fear of street toughs like this my whole life. My neighbors like Charles Manson, Larry Flynt, and reverend Jim Jones were toy boys compared to Martin and his growing glands and weak mind. He was running towards death at light speed and his father cared very little about him. No man should ever volunteer for neighborhood watch for you see how fast the law dumped him. Let's hope we are in the 5th dimension so people like this can remain here to learn more and we can learn to live in peace with each other.
A boy? You mean a CROOK! This was a hyped-up race warfare by the OBAMA/JARRETT administration, hoping and PRAYING for an all-out class war across the U.S. Most Americans are not taken in by this OVERT & COVERT federal government and their media whackos to start a race war, so they can implement martial law.
Any prayers should be directed at ridding 315 million Americans of our corrupt, lawless, war-mongering, murdering federal government. Sharpton is just another Jesse Jackson shill who NOBODY listens to.
The tragedy here is that this going on 18 year old kid - NOT THE 11 YEAR OLD CONTINUALLY PORTRAYED BY THE BLACKS AND BY THE BOUGHT AND PAID FOR MEDIA - had a very poor attitude (why? the parents contributed to that) and a poor rap sheet (what is wrong with this? parents that do not know how to teach their kid respect for others and honesty in his daily affairs) a mile long of wrong doings with the local police All of this information, including documentation of the witnesses to the event and the medical findings, was PURPOSELY WITHHELD FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE 'TRIAL' by the crooked bought and paid for 'judge' and the 'defense attorney.' Instead of answering Zimmerman's questions and assuring him that there was no foul play intended, Martin decided instead to physically attack Zimmerman using moves that were literally life threatening to Zimmerman. Are you implying that Zimmerman had no right to defend himself? I beg to differ. Martin is lucky there was only one shot - obviously a lucky shot - and Zimmerman was fortunate to have got that one in to defend himself from a broken skull, brain concussion, and other injuries leading to his death. And what was this all about? A smart ass kid who was 'too good' to respond to an Hispanic neighborhood watchman with an honest civil answer to a man who represented his neighborhood. Why was there a neighborhood watch? Why was Zimmerman on watch at that time? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE WERE PROBLEMS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PERCEIVED NEED BY THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE NEIGHBORS SERVING AS NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMEN OUT WATCHING FOR THOSE CAUSING THE INCIDENTS. Looks like one of the troublemakers was caught but the guilty parties never will admit their wrong doings, especially parents who are in the end responsible for the actions of their children.
May God (the Vindicator) have mercy on us ALL, what if it had been our child...then what?
Facts or no facts, God is the only one who knows the honest truth (and details) of what really happened. Our position as a people is to walk in love and follow peace with all men, regardless of race, creed or color. In this outcome of what is declared as a "victory" we still have parents (the Martins) who have to find peace in the midst of what must be tremendous pain. Our words either justify us or condemn us, let's be considerate. Losing a loved one is never easy, especially a young child.
My heart goes out to each person affected negatively by and during this uncomfortable situation and loss. As a Nation, change has to come..."Wisdom is the principle thing but in all thy getting get an understanding."
Be mindful, each family represented needs our support in one capacity or another...
Love and Peace
It would have been a crime to let the Corporately owned Politicians use the Corporately owned Media who used this shooting to push for gun control, and used this shooting to push for racial division to win.
However they play both sides. They sought to influence the outcome of the courts via the highest office, POTUS. Just the President saying if he had a son he would be just like Travon, is reason for a mistrial, or at least an appeal if he lost. However in preparation of losing they planned to win by bussing in the Black Panther organization to insite racial riots.
Travon, was walking home with Watermelon Arizona Tea and Skittles. Interestingly a researcher studying Travon's Facebook content discovered a reference to his seeking prescription liquid DXM to make something called Lean.
DXM is Codeine contained in cough medicine, but the prescription form has much higher content of codeine.
Lean is a drink made from Watermelon Arizona Tea, Skittles, Soda and DXM. This drink provides a powerful high.
Lean taken at it's strongest levels apparently creates psychosis.
Another researcher has discovered that Travon's Father is a 33 degree Freemason.
From everything I have read, it appears Travon may have been drug seeking and possibly high at the time of the incident. Only God and his Freemason Father know why this child was drug seeing. Most drug seeking is done to numb the remembrance of past or present Trauma.
The real tragedy is the destruction of our children and society by the trauma of War. War is being waged on every part of society, for the profits of the Elite/banker Slave masters.
We are the slaves.
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