It’s crazy, but I find myself liking Dershowitz more and more.
Dershowitz was careful to add that the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin exposes a need to reform Florida laws.
He believes the Stand Your Ground law should be changed because it "elevates macho over the need to preserve life."
He also stated that racial profiling “has to be addressed.”
“I think these vigilante community groups have to be disarmed,” he said. “I don’t think Zimmerman should have been allowed to have a gun.
“He should have been walking around with a walkie-talkie and calling the police,” he said. “It’s the job of the police to investigate and apprehend suspects based on their professional training.”
But the need for future legal reforms had no bearing on the Zimmerman trial, Dershowitz said, and insisted the case should never have reached a jury.
On this particular issue I happen to agree with Dershowitz, but there are about a bazillion where I don't.
His comments at the end were just plain dumb though.
Dershowitz is terrific, frankly. About 10 years ago he started that group FIRE to protect students from university administrator tyranny (university laws that violate the Bill of Rights, etc). I couldn’t believe it, then, but it’s a great group and they win a lot of cases. He spoke out about GZ several weeks ago. I am glad he spoke out again. I would like to see him step in as GZ’s lawyer if Holder does anything further - Holder will be wetting his dydees.