Tweet from Jay Smooth on Zimmerman..

[Cha]

jay smooth @jsmooth995

[font size=lg]The fundamental danger of an acquittal is not more riots, it is more George ZImmermans.[/font]

7:51 AM - 13 Jul 2013

1,412 Retweets 456 favorites Reply

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/13/truth-7/#comments

[Bolo Boffin]

1. Jay Smooth for president! n/t

[Cha]

4. Jay's the man.. so's this little kid..

SarahHoyeCNN ✔ @SarahHoyeCNN

Young man among the crowd outside courthouse. #ZimmermanTrial pic.twitter.com/l4yvqvRawP11:25 AM - 13 Jul 2013



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[countingbluecars]

9. So cute!

Sad that his parents will have to warn him about people like Zimmerman.

[Cha]

14. So sad.. such a little sweet

innocent.

[roguevalley]

52. beautiful child. Florida needs to repeal its human hunting license. that is what this thing is

[Cha]

57. Well, said roguevalley. :(

[gollygee]

2. K&R

[Tree-Hugger]

3. K&R

[arely staircase]

5. it will be a green light for every wannabe batman out there nt

[Cha]

6. Exactly, arely.. the tweet is stunningly

dead on.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. Why I am so invested in this case

OJ, Casey Anthony, Menendez Brothers, Scott Peterson, Jodie Arias - could not give a shit.

Not my problem/issue/concern.

This case has massive implications.

[arely staircase]

11. Think about this

aside from the demeaning message it sends to African Americans, an acquittal will basically say: If you want to start some shit with someone, just carry a gun. If you start losing the fight you started, just shoot your victim and its all good.

Horrible, horrible public policy that.

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. Eggs Actly

I deplore the gun culture I live in today as a US Citizen. DO NOT make it worse, please and thank you.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

20. +1,000,000!!!!

[1StrongBlackMan]

51. Agreed ...

with one edit:

an acquittal will basically say: If you want to start some shit with someone, just carry a gun. If you start losing the fight you started, just shoot your victim and its all good, unless you are Black and/or your victim is White.

[arely staircase]

53. that is correct

it won't work for black people.

[Cha]

13. Same here, Ruby. :(

[Baitball Blogger]

8. Oh, God yes.

No one knows better than I do what happens in this community when they get away with heinous crimes. It only emboldens them.

[heaven05]

10. in

this backward and ignorantly racist culture, one 'hanging' begats another.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. Exactly. What this county needs is a little dose of deterence.

[malaise]

12. That

Rec

[Cha]

15. I know, huh, malaise.

Jay Smooth hits it right on target.

[Iliyah]

16. Who is Jay Smooth?

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. A DJ, but who cares.

He nailed it in one.

[Cha]

23. He's more than a DJ, Ruby.. see post below, please.

[Cha]

29. Yeah, it was a good reminder for me

to see it again, too. It was a little distracting but I'm glad you got his message.. which is an excellent point, imv.

[Cha]

22. Jay Smooth is this guy, Illyah..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Smooth

[ReRe]

31. Thanks for explaining to old grandma ReRe ;-)

I luvs me some Jay Smooth!!! Had never seen that before, though it's probably been right here under my nose forever. What a wonderful teacher for young people. And OLD PEOPLE.

[Cha]

33. I'm just sick now, ReRe.. with the "not guilty"

verdict out.

What a Miscarriage of Justice.



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[sheshe2]

41. I was out and only tuned into DU just as the verdict was announced.

My heart bleeds for Trayvon and his family.

I did not watch the trial, Cha. It hurt to much.

There was no justice for Trayvon today. America weeps.

[Cha]

48. I know, sheshe..

I didn't watch it, either.. just hoping that Trayvon would get Justice.

I too was away for a bit and when I came back the verdict was out and my heart was broken like everyone's who only wanted what was fair for Trayvon.

The NAACP is outraged and brokenhearted as are many many people who needed only wanted justice for him.

Joshua DuBois ✔ @joshuadubois

Millions of mothers will fall asleep crying; fathers & sons who see themselves in the face of Trayvon are wondering where justice is.

Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka

The jury in Florida just announced to the world that in America, it is perfectly okay by them to kill innocent young black men.

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[calimary]

50. That's about the only message that can be taken away from this.

I couldn't believe it - but at the same time, I wasn't a bit surprised.

Trayvon didn't have a chance, OR get justice. And I fear, exceedingly, that there will be more victims like him because of this. Zimmerman's beating the rap will only give the green light to other paranoiacs who wish to be self-anointed vigilante judge/jury/executioner types. Now this murder has been justified.

Horrible.

A grim day. A very grim day.

[ReRe]

49. I had to turn the computer and TV off for a while...

... silence for Trayvon and his family. I can't believe it.

[zbdent]

21. Wonder how many arrests and charges of murder/manslaughter would occur

if Z is found not guilty and a lot of non-"white hispanics" are angry, and decide that the people surrounding them are threatening their lives and that they should "Stand their ground" and defend themselves?

[Cha]

25. It make a lot of people think they could get away with shit.

And, It would not be Justice for Trayvon, the victim..

and open up a whole other can of worms like Zimmerman.

[ReRe]

24. K&R

I don't know who Jay Smooth is, but he knows what he's talking about! I agree with him too. Thanks, Cha

[Cha]

27. This is Jay Smooth, ReRe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3247081

He definitely has a way of zeroing in on the problem!

[Blue_Roses]

26. yes

Most definitely!

[treestar]

30. nailed it

hey cha

[Cha]

32. Precisely,

treestar.

[avaistheone1]

34. Can't say it any better than that.

K&R

[Scurrilous]

35. K & R

[Major Hogwash]

36. Kick and recommended.

Jay is right, but it comes too late for Trayvon.

[Cha]

37. He's right but, the all white jury didn't see it that way.

Sorry, if that sounds racist but that jury should have been a mixture of races like the defendent and victim. Like the melting pot of Florida and the USA.

[humbled_opinion]

47. Truly Insane when you digest it.... N/T

[neverforget]

39. So damn true.

[SoapBox]

40. K & R

[blkmusclmachine]

42. Get the hell out of FL.

[sheshe2]

43. Kicked and Recommending!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

44. This wasn't justice. Not when lying gets you off.

[NYC_SKP]

45. K/R. (nt)

[humbled_opinion]

46. Most people don't even understand

what this verdict truly means ... keep up the good fight..

[marble falls]

54. 100% on the money. My biggest fear. As if shooters really need even more encouragement.

[Plucketeer]

55. Green Light Georgie

"Green light" for anyone who wants to corner a black youth and provoke him to an altercation - knowing full well you've got the trump card in your pocket. You maybe get roughed up a bit - the kid gets a hole through him - but YOU aren't to blame.

I see more black kids packin'. And the NRA's "vision" starts to gel!

[Cha]

58. George gets his gun back. Will George fuck up other people's lives

like he did Trayvon's and his family?

We'll see.

[BillyRibs]

56. Aint that the G.D. Truth!

[angrychair]

59. No point debating the results of the trial

at this point. I don't agree but doesn't matter at this point. What does matter is that the finer points of why the jury ruled the way they did (Zimmerman was NOT found innocent, only reasonable doubt as to the motives) will be L O S T on the butt-scratching teabagger who will see this as giving them free reign to kill at will.
I fear for those in the South, of any color, as your every encounter will make you doubt yourself. People will be fearful to confront anyone for fear that that person can just pull a gun and shot them and claim self defense. No, its not legal or the same thing but try explaining that to the average teabagging idiot that has less understanding of the Constitution and the law than the average 3rd grader.
The Zimmerman verdict, if you agree or disagree, has more far-reaching impact that this one young man and his family. It is a dark new age for us all.

[Cha]

60. I saw that "not found innocent" in all the chaos yesterday.. but,

have seen no more about it. Not sure what that means? Wait... I did find something..

Sat Jul 13, 2013 at 08:06 PM PDT.

George Zimmerman Was Not Found Innocent Tonight

With all of the disappointment in the jury's verdict, it is important to keep in mind what the jury did not find. They did not find that George Zimmerman was innocent of killing Trayvon Martin.

In our system of justice, the State cannot get a conviction unless it proves beyond a reasonable doubt that the Defendant is guilty of a crime. This means that even if the jury believes that the Defendant is probably guilty, they must find him not guilty if they have a reasonable doubt. In other words, if the jury believed that it was 75% or even 99% likely that George Zimmerman murdered Trayvon Martin, they must find George Zimmerman not guilty as long as they have a reasonable doubt that he might not be guilty.

As much as we don't like the result in this particular case, we should keep in mind that the legal principle articulated by English jurist William Blackstone is important. He stated:

"It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer",...as expressed by the English jurist William Blackstone in his seminal work, Commentaries on the Laws of England, published in the 1760s.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/13/1223420/-George-Zimmerman-Was-Not-Found-Innocent-Tonight#

It was totally manslaughter to say the least.

I also saw in a NBC article that Zim bulb is suing NBC Universal for defamation of character.

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/07/13/19441838-jury-finds-george-zimmerman-not-guilty?lite

I am hoping that something good comes out of this.

mahalo angry chair for inspiring me to search for the dkos article