50 year old on life support after being beaten with hammer.

[caseymoz]

66. You're missing a key difference . . .

. . . and it isn't the fact that the victim was white and the perps were black

Here it is: the guys who assaulted him have been arrested, they will be prosecuted. In court, they will face punishment. There doesn't have to be any protests for that to happen.

In other words, in their case, you could expect the justice system to work pretty much as it should, without any extra attention, that is, without anybody marching, without any media attention, without any debate.

Contrast that with George Zimmerman, who is not even arrested, and it is not even certain yet if he will be. He probably won't face prosecution, and if he's prosecuted, he will probably beat the rap on a SYG technicality.

Moreover, if it weren't for the protests and the attention, it looked like Zimmerman would've gotten away with it, with only the flimsiest excuse for an investigation.

Now, I'm trying not to jump to any conclusions, but I ask you: how do you not notice this is the difference? How do you, instead, come to the conclusion that there's unfairness to white people here?

If these guys of color were using self-defense as their story looked like they were immune to arrest, civil action or prosecution, then you have the right to say that there's a comparison. Then people should be protesting it, and likely would be. Otherwise, there's no discrimination or neglect of white people's interests here.

So, quit whining about it. Your complaint misses the whole point so badly it's embarrassing.