[neverdem]

Ping

[TigersEye]

But if Floridians are of a mind to let off a little steam, they might usefully burn down the Sanford courthouse and salt the earth.

Stop holding back, Mark! lol

[stboz]

There is an un-civil part of me that says,"Come on, punk, make my day." to the black community. It ignores the fact that there are blacks who desire nothing more than equal justice....and nothing less.

How can the black community at large condone and commit acts of lawlessness and still demand justice without the consequences falling upon them, too? I'm running low on sympathy.

Come on black America, show you've got what it takes to be a part of the citizenry. Your country needs you.

[yarddog]

If we only had a modern Cato to constantly remind us that “The Lies of Political Correctness must be destroyed”. PC is far stronger than Carthage ever was.

[DeWalt]

Thank you Governor Scott and AG Pam Bondi you have turned Florida’s justice system into a Monty Python show. We will remember!

[Democrat_media]

The media says this trayvon thing is important and to forget the Amnesty bill, the IRS scandal etc.

And even here, on hannity ,etc,, all fall for it.

The news media created this whole thing.the media never report on any blacks killing whites, no home invasions nothing but this wasn't even a crime , not even a local story the media made into something everyone is thinking and talking aout. ditto about the newtown shooting. both of these the main reason is to take away our gun rights. and we all play along , even steyn, giving attention to it. who says the media doesn't control everything?

[windsorknot]

Call it “dart board” justice.

[relictele]

The judge is a pathetic glory-hunter dreaming of higher office and a fatter paycheck.

Her ignorance of the law, inability to organize a handful of people and transparent attempts to bluff her way through has placed her at the front of this parade of villains.

I remain angry and dismayed that we even know about this case but if it has to serve as a fulcrum point for changing this corrupt system it may serve some small purpose.

[Gator113]

Finally, a riot I can support.

[ChildOfThe60s]

they might usefully burn down the Sanford courthouse and salt the earth.

Hear! Hear!

When I was in HS in Longwood in the 60s, we used to joke about a Sanford girl who would supposedly drop her panties for a pound of balogna.

I haven't been through or in Sanford in decades, but it sounds like it hasn't progressed much.

But, as sucky as central Florida is (and it does indeed suck), I honestly think that this would have played out the same way in many other parts of the country. The race hustlers would not have it otherwise; nor would our "post racial president" and his racist sycophants in the MSM; nor would our gutless pandering politicians like Rick Scott.

[NonValueAdded]

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But if Floridians are of a mind to let off a little steam, they might usefully burn down the Sanford courthouse and salt the earth. The justice system revealed by this squalid trial is worth rioting over.

[Misterioso]

Mark Steyn at his best.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I’m just dumbfounded that a prosecutor can bring a new charge at the conclusion of a trial.

[autumnraine]

When I read Steyn, I automatically hear it in my head with his voice and accent. LOL

[Moonman62]

The defining characteristic of English law is its distribution of power between prosecutor, judge, and jury. This delicate balance has been utterly corrupted in the United States to the point where today at the federal level there is a conviction rate of over 90 percent — which would impress Mubarak and the House of Saud, if not quite, yet, Kim Jong Un.

We're heading toward totalitarian government in more ways than one.

[JoeProBono]

[arthurus]

I don’t really think this Prosecutor wants Z to be convicted. He knows it is a bad job and he has no actual material to work with. The only witness willing to commit actual perjury, and it cannot be proved against her, is T.s mother who stands to make a magnificent Payday from it all with a book that is already partially written for her, endless speeches and paid appearances and, of course a big civil trial payout. She has already gotten a fat settlement from the HOA and will sue them from some slightly different angle as will as,will tryto suethe homeowners individually. That is for a conviction, An acquittal will not leave her bereft of big money either as she will then sue and help the Left make tremendous political hay against the Prosecutor and the Department, and whomever else might be peripheral here.

[GOPJ]

If, for the purposes of American show trials, an Hispanic who voted for a black president can be instantly transformed into a white racist, there’s no reason why he can’t be a child abuser, too.

People in Florida are nuts... really.

[upchuck]

... the prosecutorial limbo dancers of the State of Florida magnificently lowered their own bar in the final moments of their cable-news celebrity.

Mr. Steyn, you are a treasure.

[headsonpikes]

I see I'm not the first to note this remarkably incisive Steynism:

"But if Floridians are of a mind to let off a little steam, they might usefully burn down the Sanford courthouse and salt the earth. The justice system revealed by this squalid trial is worth rioting over."