Posted on 07/16/2013 8:02:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Defense attorneys knew a jury of five white women and one Hispanic woman would find it difficult to identify with the humanity of a Black teenage boy.
When I was a kid in Florida, I remember the old folks used to play Bingo. As far as I could tell, it was purely a game of luck. If they called your number, you simply moved your chip onto the appropriate space on the board.
But what if a player controlled the boards that were distributed or the numbers that were called. That would obviously raise a ruckus, of course, unless it was done in a way that made it seem fair.
That's the sinking feeling I got Monday night when I watched the televised CNN interview with Juror B37, the first juror from the George Zimmerman trial to go public. Watching the inconsistencies in her logic made me remember those Bingo games and how seemingly neutral systems could be constructed in a way to guarantee a particular outcome.
One day when I was young, I discovered my grandmother had rigged a church Bingo game so that her best friend's granddaughter could win a bicycle. Young and naive, I challenged her. "Oh, the white folks do it all the time," she blithely responded. I didn't believe her back then. Then I saw Juror B37.
By her own words Monday night, Juror B37 made the case to convict Zimmerman of manslaughter. After listening to all the evidence, half of the jury initially felt Zimmerman was guilty but the other jurors persuaded them to change their minds. Although B37 was one of the initial not guilty votes herself, her own statements to Anderson Cooper actually make the case for manslaughter.
"George Zimmerman is guilty of not using good judgment," she told Cooper....
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I want to know whom BET will blame when all of this flame fanning ends up killing someone.
NOT!
she wants that book deal back she might switch sides for enough $$$$
They constantly say the jury couldn’t relate to Trayvon. Unfortunately the country has been convinced that Trayvon was on trial. Too many dumbasses in this country.
Good question.
What does White Entertainment TV say?
It’s already killed some people.
Imagine trying to start such a thing.
Apparently killing has already taken place, from what I’ve read....2 brothers in a southern state...can’t remember, but it was posted here.
It doesn’t matter which “side” she comes down on now. Trial is over.
Trayvon Martin was a teenager from Miami; George Zimmerman is an adult resident of Sanford. It was Zimmerman who was on trial.
-PJ
“What does White Entertainment TV say?”
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My cable provider doesn’t offer it. Damn !
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Sets off the gaydar.
Defense attorneys knew a jury of five white women and one Hispanic woman would find it difficult to identify with the humanity of a Black teenage boy.
If America gets lucky, blacks will grow up and realize trials are exercises in law, not identifying with the humanity of this group, that, or some other.
We are dealing with emotional children.
It already has killed several people, two guys were killed because they had a “Free Zimmerman” bumper sticker on their truck.
What do you me when?
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