While Zimmerman's defense didn't explicitly appeal to Stand Your Ground, at least one juror referred to it as a reason to acquit. From the interview with Anderson Cooper:
See what you did, Florida? You upset Stevie Wonder, National Treasure. How could you?
I just fundamentally don't see how POC being biased against a system that has actually systematically hurt them (are we gas lighting people here to pretend that's not true?!) is any different in the mind of a jury selection committee than assuming that a white woman has subconscious or conscious racist tendencies. It…
Best kids movie ever.
I'm glad this was brought up....when I heard the song title on the radio I was like, "What the eff? Is it an awareness song?"
I assume he didn't go to college? I feel like everyone in college learns what Take Back the Night is all about.
Jezebel is updating coverage more frequently than most local news stations. Make of that what you will, future scholars.
Yes, you're right! Instead they should sit at home and watch the Big Bang Theory and brush all this silly "Trayvon injustice" aside. What lazy bastards.
LA knows racial profiling and disproportionate acts of state-sponsored violence against people of color more than anyone else in the country. They are showing solidarity on an issue they know all too well.
You want attention in LA, occupy the freeways. Wish I could have been there, might join up if it continues through the week.
This is the point I've been trying to make! This is not a proportional response to what they're doing.
Rubber bullets are not fun and games. A friend got shot by one in the WTO protests and it shattered his shin bone. It took months to heal and he has permanent nerve damage. I imagine if he were shot in the eye he'd be dead.
Well, it's the LAPD pigs. What do you expect? I also say this as a native Angeleno.
They're preparing to shoot people for peacefully walking down the street? Jesus fucking Christ, this shit is insane.
The Sanford PD let George Zimmerman go home the night of the shooting before they even identified the kid he shot. They had no idea what had happened, yet they were completely willing to take the shooter's word that he was assaulted. Then they waited 46 days before they arrested him. It was "whatevs" from the…
She keeps smiling and saying how proud she is.
The state of FL never had any intentions of putting Zimmerman in jail. The police didn't want to even make an arrest. There was an odd selection of jurors. None of the prosecution's witnesses seemed prepared. And the prosecution it's self seemed thrown together. Her smiling is only the icing in the cake.
"Corey personally prosecuted Marissa Alexander to the fullest extent of the law for firing a single warning shot at her abusive husband"
I was very disappointed in every part of this circus they have the audacity to call a trial. It felt like the prosecution just threw up their hands and were like "whatevs" during the whole thing. It was so half-assed.