walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[HairOfTheDog]

I am with Duchess, this is going to end badly. Who will want to be on the jury or even want to verbally state they support this guy. They have the chance of being targeted to be killed.

I don't disagree that this is going to end badly. I don't see any possible ending that would be considered good to everybody considering the major divide in play. Whatever happens, some people will be pissed. It's just not the first time this has been the case. It's not new, even the death threats. Easy for idiots to make threats, especially anonymously. Much harder and very rare for these same idiots to have the means or the opportunity to follow through on such threats, or to actually take the high risk of losing their own lives (to jail or death) in order to follow through.

So far, the threat that I've considered most daunting was the bounty put out by the New Black Panthers earlier on. Organized group that was fund raising for the cause. Still, I think it would be better for their agenda to have Zimmerman alive, whether in jail or out (they get to claim victory for having pushed for the arrest/trial publicly early on if he's convicted; they get to claim "ongoing unfair racial prejudice" if he walks). Either one can be well exploited by a group of organized political activitists. JMO.

As for the potential jury, it will be quite similar to the other cases I cited above; not something that hasn't been faced before. I agree with you that it's a big challenge getting "willing" objective jurors in such cases and I often wonder if the jurors who wind up deciding them are less than qualified as a result. Not a declaration, just something I've pondered.

LyToMe wrote: I think a stand-up thing would be if the parents would stop this before it gets worse. They wanted him arrested, he has been arrested. NOW let it go to the jury if he is guilty or not. WHAT MORE DO THEY WANT?? Killing this guy will not make this any easier or any better.

Sorry LTM, I think I might have missed something? AFAIK, Trayvon's parents aren't fighting Zimmerman's release nor causing a stir over it. They were fighting the lack of charges/arrest initially, and they made a statement denouncing the sincerity of Zimmerman's apology at the bond hearing. Late last week, they knew bond was granted and he was getting out. They aren't calling for these crazies to come out of the word work or propagating that in any way based on what I've seen. Here's what they published Sunday in the Miami Herald to thank the community:

"Words will never express how your love, support and prayers lifted our spirits and continue to give us the strength to march on," the letter says.

All JMO...