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In reply to the discussion: Wow! It sounds like the JUDGE, not the jury, may have freed Zimmerman. [View all]matthews
(497 posts)Questions that were especially relevant to Zs actions or motivation were either not asked or not followed up. The prosecutor seemed like he was half asleep or purposely ignoring testimony that he could have scored on or at least negated with proper follow-up.
And now this.
I was talking to my daughter and grandson about this and we were wondering if the only reason that there was even a trial was to shut everyone up who were demanding Z be arrested. Maybe they were trying to cover their butts with a show trial that wouldn't upset the white gun humper crowd by throwing the whole thing.
I'm getting too jaded. But by the time you get to be my age, especially having formed my opinions and my politics in the last couple of years of the 60s, and after having seen no real improvement in the political/social structure in this country to date, that's probably par for the course.
Oh yeah we had some years where things were quiet, but TPTB back then are still TPTB today. As Roger said
"Meet the new boss,
same as the old boss".
Won't get fooled again?