I don’t think they had a choice. Once the public relations campaign elevated the incident to national attention, the behind the scenes manipulation had an easy job of getting cameo appearances from Obozo and Holder. The lynching was greased in every way possible.
Unfortunately for the prosecution they still needed evidence. That never existed.
from the beginning, this case had three hot-button issues.That would have seemed scandalous to us at the time, but - in hindsight - that just might have defused this case.Given all these hot-button issues, the initial prosecutor should have never, never, never undertaken to make the decision to not prosecute Zimmerman on his own volition. By doing so, he provided the race-mongers and media all the ammunition they needed to decry a “miscarrage of justice”. A prosecutor must not merely see that justice is done but he must also do so in a way that reassures the public that justice was done.
- First, a 17-year old minor was killed by an adult.
- Second, an armed person shot and killed an unarmed person.
- Third, the involved parties were of different races.
What he should have done is walk this case directly to a Grand Jury with a tentative charge of manslaughter against Zimmerman. Then he should have laid out the facts of the case, in a fair manner, to the Grand Jury and let them decide. My guess is that a Grand Jury, after looking at the evidence, would have “No Billed” Zimmerman on the grounds of self-defence. Either way, this action would have sucked the wind from the sails of the race-mongers and media.