Posted on 07/14/2013 6:36:01 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
I loved when she cut off the questioner because she had "not finished giving her answer yet!"
Seriesly. I lectured at risk youth on the types of little fish we might see snorkeling at summer camp but I didn’t claim the title of Marine Biologist Emeritus - Obama / Soetoro certainly would have, though and the media would have gone right along with it.
If I had egg on my face, it would look like the egg on Obama’s face.
“everything is Bush’s fault”
A lot of things are in fact Bush’s fault, senior citizens drug benefit was the LARGEST TRANSFER of wealth in the history of the planet before Obamacare and set the stage for Obamacare.
Bush was in fact a New World Order Socialist.
Is it time for another beer summit?
I saw that too. She’s a real piece of work. She suggested that the reason the state lost was because they didn’t get involved soon enough. She said something about the Seminole county investigation. A reporter asked her if the case was flawed somehow initially ... “Oh no!” But believe what you want to believe was her insinuation.
Keep in mind the county saw this dog wouldn’t hunt. Then goobernor Scott has a fire lit under him (by whom?) so he sics this attack cur.
Local LEO loses his job, she fires one of her employees when it pans out the county was right.
Typical democrat clusterf***, leaving the rest of us to pick up the pieces.
Except "whitey",: in this case a Latino, who was armed and used his firearm. End of story. The person profiling as it turns out was Treyvon, and he not only got it wrong...he picked someone who was armed and knew how to shoot when, in the end, he had to.
From USA Today
SANFORD, Fla.--George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter on Saturday.
The verdict is the culmination of a case that captured the nation's attention and will undoubtedly be imprinted in America's history. For Zimmerman, it means trying to recapture his life after he was at the center of a national maelstrom over racial profiling, state gun laws and what constitutes self-defense.
The not guilty verdict means the jury of six women found that Zimmerman justifiably used deadly force and reasonably believed that such force was "necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm" to himself — Florida's definition of self-defense.
Zimmerman showed no emotion as the verdict was read. After the verdict was read, he smiled slightly and shook hands with one of his lawyers.
The unidentified jurors decided Zimmerman didn't "intentionally commit an act or acts that caused death" or demonstrate a "depraved mind without regard for human life" --Florida's definitions of manslaughter and second degree murder, respectively.
In a press conference after the verdict, Zimmerman attorney Mark O'Mara said his client will now need to get on with his life.
"I think he's going to be great. I think he is still worried. Hopefully everyone will respect the jury's verdict," O'Mara said.
He offered his sympathies to Trayvon's parents for the loss of their son. But he said despite the national protests that erupted after the shooting, the case had nothing to do with civil rights.
Zimmerman's brother, Robert, told CNN's Piers Morgan that his brother was processing the reality that he is free.
"He has some decompressing to do," he said. "Our family was emotional. We are exonerated as a family and George is exonerated as a defendant. It's going to take us some time to heal."
For all the euphoria on Zimmerman's team, prosecutors and Trayvon's family faced a huge letdown. Trayvon's parents were not in the courtroom when the verdict was read.
Trayvon's father Tracy posted on Twitter, "Even though I am broken-hearted, my faith is unshattered. I will always love my baby Tray ... even in his death I know my baby proud of the FIGHT we along with all of you put up for him."
The family's attorney Benjamin Crump thanked all the protesters nationwide who "put their hoodies up and to everybody who said, 'I am Trayvon.' " He urged supporters to remain peaceful, despite the verdict.
Lead prosecutor Bernie De la Rionda said, "I am disappointed in the verdict but I respect it. We accept the jury's verdict."
My own feeling is this. I have followed the trial closely...each day. The Jury clearly looked at the evidence, which was overwhelming for the defense and Zimmerman.
Zimmerman's nose was broken and his face was bruised and bloodied after the confrontation. He had cuts and bruises on the back of his head. He had grass stains on the back of his shirt and pants. Treyvon had no injuries from the fight, except the gunshot wound. There were scrapes on his knuckles. And he had grass stains on his knees. All of this was supported by the forensic evidence and was not challenged.
It is clear who was delivering a beating, and who was receiving it. An eye witness indicated Treyvon was on top of Zimmerman and hitting him. Clearly, the one who was screaming histerically, and terrified for help, was the one being beaten, not the one on top doing the beating.
In almost all cases, the prosecution witnesses, under cross examination, gave testimony that ended up supporting Zimmerman's story.
It is tragic that things happened like they did. But neither person had broken any laws, or committed any crime, and could have walked away from this up until the time one of them decided to sucker punch the other in the face, break his nose and knock him down. Even then Treyvon could have walked away and had very little long term personal consequence. But when he began beating Zimmerman on the ground as he did, he took a path that led to his death. Zimmerman finally shot, and the forensic evidence showed that Treyvon was shot at close range, with the bullet traveling upward through his body (and his heart) while Zimmerman was on the ground.
There simply was not evidence of any hate crimes. There was simply no evidence of murder or negligence. The jury decided that Zimmerman was defending himself.
We know now that Zimmerman, an Hispanic male, mentored young black kids in his spare time. No racist there at all.
No, it is tragic that a 17 year old young man was killed. He was not a "little" kid. He was 6' 2" tall, 170 lbs, and was quite muscular and fit as a high school football player. Zimmerman was 5'9", also weighed around 170 lbs, but was not in good shape and over weight. And Treyvon was not angelic...far from it. His facebook page and tweets make that clear enough, as does his own record...all of which the jury could not hear...and in the end, did not need to.
Would Zimmerman have died that night? We will never know. But he clearly thought he was in great danger, and he was definitely being beat up. So he finally pulled his gun and shot in self defense.
I pray the country can move on from this. This case was trumped up by politicians, the Media, and those seeking a racial cause. The local police had already pretty much determined what this jury found and that is why Zimmerman was released after being taken to the police station that night. These types of things happen fairly often in this nation of 350 million.
For example, shortly before this event, a black man, who was being stalked by 4-5 white thugs, was at home one night when these thugs came to his house and began calling him names, and throwing rocks at his home from his drive way. He was safe in his home. It was secure and he was armed. He did not have to go out. But they were on his property and he decided to go out and confront them. There was an argument. One of the young men, about 19 years old, charged the man yelling that he was going to hurt him. The man shot...and the 19 year old died.
That man was not tried. He was not arrested for murder or manslaughter. Everyone knew these kids were on his property and up to no good. He could have stayed inside, but he decided to confront the evil on his property and when attacked, he defended himself. I have no problem with it...and believe more Americans should send such messages to criminals when they are threatened. 911 takes on average 9 minutes for anyone to get there. Usually by that time, it is over.
That above case happened in Florida by the way...and there was no outcry, no demands to punish that man for killing the much younger man. It was clearly self defense...as was this case with Zimmerman. Turns out, Obama was right when he said that, about Treyvon could have been his son.
Just another POTUS item for the blooper reel. Good thing video is stored digitally, he would have 2 or 3 middle silos full of canisters. Maybe that’s why the NSA needs all that storage space.
As he got to the pinnicle of power never forget this little observation about a circus monkey: the higher up the pole goes the monkey, the more you see his ass.
But I thought the modern democrat way is to lead from behind?
Me thinks a “Beer Summit” with Zimmerman and Martin's family will solve all these political issues. //sarcasm off//Obammie should just use Trayvon's Arizona Iced Tea Co. Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail" and bag of Skittles to whip up a batch of "Purple Drank" for his sit-down with Trayvon's people.
Was Trayvon Martin High On “Purple Drank”?
I stopped reading right there. I don't need to read the opinions of an ignoramus. If he can't fact check his article even as far as the second sentence, his opinion is not worth the electrons it is displayed on.
Already I saw one wit comment: “Obama failed Trayvon”.
Sort of obverting the Ranger motto, yeah, straight from his purple lips: He leads from behind. That bizarre personal philosophy, btw, has a prurient bathhouse odor about it ....
The long national nightmare continues, year five.
Well stated and succintly presented !
The president who politicized ,polarized and motivated his base , based on race , and not the facts.
The Dept. of "JUST-US" who investigated , and then inflamed and assisted demonstrations that we racially biased.
The libturd media ,at the encouragement of the president ,who sensationized the racial aspect of the assault
The doctored tapes aired by NBC, and then re-circulated throughout the media, to incite the alledged "racial profiling"
thus making the 'perp' into the alledged 'victim' !
Then the professional "Race Baiters" got involved, as did the racially motivated civil rights organizations.
"The complicit media who, without knowing any of the facts, convicted Zimmerman even before Trayvon Martin’s body was cold.
Therein lies the problem !
The complicit media has repeated and repeated the mantra of racial profiling, trying to make this a case of "Stand Your Ground Law"
rather than the real issue of "Self Defense"
The "Race Baiters" and those who profiteer from inciting demonstrations and threats of riot will continue to harrang,
appear in the media, and argue the non-legal points of law , and will become self-puffed up with indignation.
They are nothing more than piffle .
He and the Democrats needed a racial issue for the election. They got it. And they'll probably continue to use it for the next election.
Zimmerman will become a hero in time... he’ll lead a good life.
Obama's caught up in Chicago type race politics. He's not the President of the United States, he's an Englewood alderman playing a tattered race card...
Democrats are becomint the party of angry black, white liberal elites and criminals. Home grown criminals and illegals who break into our country... Oh, and corrupt government employees who get bought off with perks and raises.
Republicans will become that party of everyone else... A backlash is building against democrats.. you know it.
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