Judges rejects gag order in Zimmerman case

[DonCoquixote]

8. Presumption of innocence

Yes, we cannot ignore that, though Tray martin and many others whose skin is any darker than skim milk tend to be judged; read the responses in any Florida paper to hear people talk of how Tray should not have been there, or people talk about the days when any black person caught in a white area after dark would end up on trees.

However, the problem was that, instead of having to so much as make bail (like any DUI or much more minor offense) he was let go, and more than 40 days passed, giving lots of time for evidence tampering, mob raising, media frothing, and other mischief which could ensure that the trial itself is moot. You know the old saying about how you cannot unring a bell.

Even if somehow he turns up innocent, the process is tainted, and THAT is what people have more than enough reason to complain about. I will add this: how someone who pursued Martin against police orders, and carried a gun against neighborhood watch orders will get off scot free, is beyond me. At the very least, he is guilty of reckless endagerment, if not manslaughter, but of course SYG (which if not abused, is not so bad) will be used to enable the same people who demanded to carry guns to the GOP concention in Tampa, and who are already making threats about shooting democrats.