The other is an actual hate crime that doesn't fit the "normal reporting standard" because it's black on white and puts a perceived minority in a bad light.
Bottom line? We are on our own. Sanity and rational thought have left the building. It's all propaganda now.
“Meanwhile, an attorney representing the neighborhood watch captain, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, broadly defended his client and said he believes evidence will show that Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law was properly applied.
Zimmerman has not been charged in the Feb. 26 shooting that has ignited racial tensions and raised questions about the Sanford police’s handling of the case. Martin was black, and Zimmerman’s father is white and his mother is Hispanic.
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“Is George a racist? The answer is no, absolutely not. He’s not a racist,” attorney Craig Sonner said about his client. “The incident that transpired is not racially motivated or a hate crime in any way. It was self-defense.”
Sonner said he’s spoken with several of Zimmerman’s friends, including some who are African-American.
“They only have good things to say about him,” Sonner said.
They’re reluctant to come forward, though, because they fear that the backlash over the investigation will make them and their families targets, too, Sonner said.
Sonner declined to detail what transpired between Zimmerman and the 17-year-old Martin, but he said he believes the case falls under Florida’s stand-your-ground law, which dictates that a person has the right to stand his or her ground and “meet force with force” if attacked.
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“I believe what the evidence will show is that this case does fall under that,” Sonner said. “I believe we have a good case.”
If charges are brought against his client, Zimmerman would be willing to turn himself in to police, Sonner said. “We will follow the law,” Sonner said.
Sonner would not say where Zimmerman was.
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/state/witness-martin-attacked-zimmerman-03232012
I'm-afraid-you're-right bump. But actually it's a bit worse, since the _resident has now signaled clearly, with the New Black Panther Party voter-intimidation case and his taking sides in this furore, that there is a new sheriff in town, and white persons who defend themselves against black felons can expect rough treatment at the hands of My People's Race Man in Chief.
He is propagating the message that whites have an affirmative duty to take it in the neck from any black perpetrator. Or, in Zimmermann's case, to take it in the face.