Posted on 07/18/2013 4:44:00 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
On Thursday’s “Closing Bell” on CNBC, former NBA and Auburn University basketball star Charles Barkley sounded off on the George Zimmerman trial verdict with what he called “not a very popular opinion.”
According to Barkley, the verdict was the proper one — but he took it further, criticizing the media for its coverage of racism evinced during the trial.
“I agreed with the verdict,” Barkley said. “I feel sorry that young kid got killed. But they didn’t have enough evidence to charge them. Something clearly went wrong that night. Clearly, something went wrong, and I feel bad for anyone losing a kid. But if you looked at the case and you don’t make it — there was racial profiling, no question about it. But something happened that changed the dynamic of that night. And I know — and that’s probably not a popular opinion among most people. But looking at the evidence, I agree with the verdict.”
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Exactly. War Damn Barkley! :-)
“He said there was racial profiling in this; that’s incorrect. Charles didn’t listen to the dispatch/read the transcript.”
Maybe he watches the nightly news on NBC?
Charles is a good dude...very grounded.
“I know, he said something once about he doesn’t like white people.”
IIRC, he is married to a white woman.
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