Posted on 08/30/2016 5:49:28 AM PDT by marktwain
| Angel Corey, Kenny Leigh, Melissa Nelson |
The most damning moment for Ms. Corey in this case was her commentary to the press after the acquittal. A prosecutor should respect the system, and the jury’s verdict. The man she assigned to spearhead the state’s case, Bernie de la Rionda, obviously understood that. One journalist asked both of them to describe the defendant and the deceased in a single word.Massad Ayoob's analysis from three years ago has proven prescient.
De la Rionda chose the words “lucky” for defendant George Zimmerman, and “victim” for the deceased Trayvon Martin. He knew how to straddle the line. Despite Zimmerman’s ordeal, a lot of people think anyone who is facing life in prison and gets set free is “lucky.” And “victim” is the term that is generally and automatically used for someone who is killed.
But Corey described the young man who was shown by the evidence as the one who started the fatal battle as “prey,” and the man the jury had just found Not Guilty of Murder as “murderer.”
The difference is profound. It doesn’t just show her to be a bad loser, it shows her to be utterly contemptuous of the jury, and the system she is sworn to serve. Her answer was simply egregious.
There are those who believe that Ms. Corey took the case and tried to destroy Zimmerman’s life because, in the cases mentioned in the links above, she had lost voter support in the African-American community and thought that prosecuting Zimmerman would be a good political move. If one accepts that, it begs the question, “How did that work for ya, Ms. Corey?”
Many disagree with that statement and view Corey as both vindictive and hostile to critics. Corey also said her office and the criminal justice system is fair to black people, a point that prompts disagreement from minorities.Corey has justifiably angered Second Amendment supporters as well. From abcnews.go.com:
“She’s lost the trust of the black community,” said Jacksonville NAACP President Isaiah Rumlin. “And I think she’s too set in her ways to change.”
Rumlin, who has donated money to Nelson’s campaign, said Corey angered many with her prosecutions and been tone deaf to criticisms and concerns. That is frustrating when you consider how many people of color go through the criminal justice system, he said.
Nelson, meanwhile, has won support from former prosecutors as well as groups including the National Rifle Association, which has criticized Corey for prosecuting people that NRA leaders say were defending themselves.The NRA and the NAACP both want Angela Corey out and Melissa Nelson in. Nelson is leading in the polls at present. The Republican primary is on August 30th, in ten days.
I live in Jacksonville and, over the years, have come to regard Angela Corey as repugnant, at best; corrupt, at worst.
Her conduct during the Zimmerman trial tore it for me completely, and I proudly voted against her.
Polling from the University of North Florida indicates that she is substantially behind.
The dirty secret of America's Criminal Jesters system - what the piece of Mitt Praetorian Comey said: "no reasonable prosecutor".
Meaning that the .gov slugs can charge you with ANYTHING they want, and HOW they want.
They could have charged Hillary in a microsecond.
They just didn't want to.
Exactly correct.
Anyone who is willing to take the time will see the Obama administration as the most corrupt in the history of the Republic.
Grant’s looks angelic by comparison.
“I live in Jacksonville and, over the years, have come to regard Angela Corey as repugnant, at best; corrupt, at worst.”
We live in Jax also & have been puzzled at the number of voter guides out on the internet picking her. She ain’t getting our vote!
Vote Trump 2016
There was actually no evidence to prosecute Zimmerman with.
. 
I suppose I could have written:
“There was no effective evidence”
The prosecution produced evidence. It mostly worked for the defense.
As one who has been reciting ad nauseum Nathan Bedford's first maximum of American politics, all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial, I was from the beginning concerned that this trial would be distorted into a cause célèbre by the left, as in fact it has been.
We now know that this incident is at least coincident in time with the emergence of the black lives matter movement which is really a top-down phenomenon of Soros' money. It is often futile to oppose ghetto logic but at least naïve and well-intentioned white folks might avoid being drawn into the scheme.
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