The word stunned might best describe how U.S. citizens, particularly blacks, felt after hearing that a six-member jury, following two days of deliberation in a Florida courthouse last July, found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.One year later, with increased cases in which defendants have used the “stand your ground” law to avoid prosecution, civil rights leaders and activists have ramped up efforts to challenge a criminal justice system that often treats blacks and women as second-class citizens.
Note the two instances of transparent propaganda in the first two sentences:
- First, the writer claims "US Citizens, particularly blacks" were "stunned" which is patently false. In fact, most citiziens, especially those who were in any sense well-informed, were not at all surprised with the "not guilty" verdict. Indeed, it was essentially only blacks (and delusional leftists) that were in any way stunned. In other words, a distinct minority.
- In the second sentence, "One year later, with increased cases in which defendants have used the 'stand your ground' law to avoid prosecution...", the writer feebly attempts to conflate "stand your ground" laws with the Zimmerman case and how it was argued, which is of course patently false.
With a beginning like that, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that this alleged "journalism" is nothing but a sloppy piece of propaganda, with little or no basis in objective reality.
No need to read the piece any further...