“I mean this happened Feb 26 right? What caused this to erupt? (do you know?)”
Well, we watched the McLaughlin Group this morning and one of the guests said that this case had been discussed in the black media, on radio shows, etc. That this was what had finally brought attention to it.
I’m sorry that I don’t remember her name. She’s been on McLaughlin before and she’s usually pretty good, but she was rather exercised about this subject. She said that black Americans are starting to think of Travon Martin as this generation’s Emmit Till.
Rich Lowry of National Review was on the show too and he told her he thought that was a bit of a stretch.
So this story has been percolating in sections of our new niche-media.
I guess the sticking point is that Zimmerman was not arrested or charged at all. That enables the narrative to be: guy shot an unarmed kid and got away with it.
Thanks for that post/explanation. They screwed up somewhat though; it’s pretty obvious that they believed ‘Zimmerman’ was white (and a special bonus would have been Jewish imo). Another side is emerging slowly about the Martin kid.
If they let Zimmerman off, even after a trial, he will have to enter a witness protection program or something.