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In reply to the discussion: Silence Makes White People Racist [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)But given the witness testimony that had Trayvon on top of Zimmerman, "pounding him MMA style", I can understand why a jury would not be able to conclude, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Zimmerman was guilty of murder.
In a similar vein, I think that it is very likely that OJ Simpson murdered Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman. But I have said a number of times that due to the presence of the racist cop Mark Furhman on the investigation team, along with procedural screw-ups by the cops, I can understand why the jury was not prepared to conclude beyond a reasonable doubt that OJ was guilty of murder. Does this make me an "OJ defender" or a "Nicole Brown hater"? I don't think so, any more than defending the Zimmerman jury verdict makes me a "Zimmerman defender".