[yoe]

It is an election year coming up folks.....be ready to send letters, letters to the editors, e-mails, faxs to your lists. Here is a story probably forgotten:

(Recalling Roderick Scott)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Rachel Barnhart

The Trayvon Martin case reminds me of Roderick Scott. In both cases, a man claiming to be protecting his neighborhood notifies police about an unarmed 17-year-old boy he thinks is causing trouble and minutes later shoots him dead, sparking debate about guns and self-defense.

Scott shot Christopher Cervini in 2009 in Greece on a windy and rainy night. Scott saw Cervini and his friends rifling through neighbors’ cars. He went outside with a gun as his girlfriend called police. Scott confronted Cervini and said the youth ran at him. Scott shot Cervini dead.

Police wasted no time charging Scott with murder. A grand jury knocked the charge down to manslaughter. Scott testified in his own defense. A jury acquitted him.

Scott was charged right away. No charges have been filed against George Zimmerman, the man who killed Trayvon. Scott is black and Cervini was white. Zimmerman is white and Martin was black. People think race was a factor in Martin’s killing. People thought race was a factor in charging Scott.

There are many more differences than similarities. But the similarities stood out. Nothing is ever simple.

[BilLies]

Greece Town police screwed up the crime scene, according to various newspaper reports and comment to them, the kid, not yet 17 years old, was shot in the back at a distance of 20 to 40 feet away from Scott, and while his hands were raised in the air. Could not find trail transcript, nevertheless the jury found him innocent ........ end of story till Trayvon et al entered the scene.