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You hit the nail on the head. People take offense to being suspected versus just taking actions to eliminate themselves as a suspect either proactively or reactively. If you're Black don't walk the streets. Or you will be eliminated.

Looks like a lot of racist black people already have convicted him without a trial. So 72% of black folks are Racist. You really believe that? And the white folks who initially let the killer go free? They weren't racist in the slightest?

...The racial lines were just as defined when asked if Zimmerman should be charged. Whereas 72 percent of blacks say Zimmerman is definitely or probably guilty of a crime, 32 percent of non-blacks hold that view, reports Gallup. That's not to say they think he isn't guilty but rather that it's still unclear based on the available information. One percent of blacks say Zimmerman is probably not guilty of a crime, compared to 7 percent of non-blacks... Looks like the 72% were Right as he has now been charged with murder.

He should know when to resign then and the Council should have respected his decision. Meanwhile what were the mistakes he's admitted in the murder investigation?

You're not interested in the mistakes he made during a murder investigation? So much for accepting evidence.

He admitted mistakes were made and can always resign for real if he really wants to.

Wonder what those mistakes were.

...Choosing to blame not the police but outside agitators seeking "their 15 minutes" of publicity - who should "be shown the finger and shown the door" - Sanford city commissioners refused the resignation of Police Chief Bill Lee for mistakes made in the Trayvon Martin shooting...

We don't actually have any evidence yet. What is admissible as evidence has yet to be determined. Yes we do All that was said and presented at the bail hearing is now evidence Where Zimmerman admitted that he shot Martin because he thought he was armed and older than he actually was. Ya The same hearing where the officer stated they had no evidence to contridict Zimmermans story that Travon followed Zimmerman to the truck and Martin confronted Zimmerman Ya that hearing That's his story. Remember dead men tell no stories.

We don't actually have any evidence yet. What is admissible as evidence has yet to be determined. Yes we do All that was said and presented at the bail hearing is now evidence Where Zimmerman admitted that he shot Martin because he thought he was armed and older than he actually was.

...Terry Keleher, Director of the Racial Justice Leadership Action Network at the Applied Research Center, which publishes the site Colorlines, said of the findings: “What’s most troubling about this is that the views of most whites seem to align closely with those of the Florida law enforcement establishment, which, by its actions and inaction, has been mostly sympathetic to the perspective and plight of a light-skinned armed and aggressive assailant than an unarmed and murdered black youth.” Ideally, the facts will be presented in the trial, subsequently challenging whatever attitudes and the political persuasions that mold them white skeptics seem to have, and ultimately leading to some sort of meaningful dialogue. Some white people might even see the light…and seriously consider just how much a hue can lead to something horrific!...

...A new Ipsos/Reuters poll offers what looks to be an unfortunate preview of what lies ahead for the trial of George Zimmerman – particularly as it relates to how the population will potentially react. Perhaps it’s not surprising to see that the attitudes towards Trayvon Martin’s fatal shooting are heavily divided along racial lines, but it’s not any less disheartening. The poll finds that 91 percent of Blacks believe Trayvon was killed unjustly. Yet, only 35 percent of whites feel that way...

I feel the same way about you.

...The family of a black man found burned to death have condemned police chiefs for failing to start disciplinary action against officers blamed by an internal report for a "catalogue of errors", which amount to "a failing in duty". A Metropolitan police investigation recorded the death of Kester David as suicide after his burned body was found in railway arches in north London in July 2010. His family believe it was murder and that police gave them second-class treatment because they are black. An internal police report found a string of errors in the investigation, some of which mean potentially vital evidence has been lost, the Guardian has learned. A new investigation has now been ordered but the Met says it has not started disciplinary proceedings relating to the first inquiry despite its condemnation by an internal review completed in January. The Kester David case is one of at least 10 that have surfaced in recent weeks, which question the Met's claims to have learned sufficient lessons on race, and top officers' promises to crack down on racism in the ranks...

The biggest issue is the number of black people you have in prison as a result of the racist nature of your society. Study after study after study has confirmed this.

Can you name that bozo. Or would that be a personal attack?

No. How about an all black jury? Surely if, as you say, racism no longer exists - it won't make the slightest bit of difference to the verdict.

You sound bitter and twisted. Why is that?

You don't like the facts.

...Black defendants in even overwhelmingly black counties throughout the eight states face all-white juries, Stevenson says, a trend rooted in de facto racism and attributable to some white prosecutors' presumption that black jurors would not be tough enough. "Excluded jurors are offended by the idea that they cannot be fair. A lot of them live where there is too much crime and violence. They support the police and law enforcement generally. They are equally capable of asking the questions and weighing the evidence," says Stevenson, a former MacArthur Foundation "genius grant" winner, whose justice project defends those on death row, the indigent and falsely accused...

...Nearly 135 years after Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1875 to eliminate racial discrimination in jury selection, people of color continue to be excluded from jury service because of their race, especially in serious criminal trials and death penalty cases. EJI on June 1, 2010, released a new report, “Illegal Racial Discrimination in Jury Selection: A Continuing Legacy,” which is the most comprehensive study of racial bias in jury selection since the United States Supreme Court tried to limit the practice in Batson v. Kentucky in 1986. “The underrepresentation and exclusion of people of color from juries has seriously undermined the credibility and reliability of the criminal justice system, and there is an urgent need to end this practice,” said Bryan Stevenson, EJI's Executive Director. “While courts sometimes have attempted to remedy the problem of discriminatory jury selection, in too many cases today we continue to see indifference to racial bias." During two years of research in eight southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Tennessee), EJI interviewed over 100 African-American citizens who were excluded from jury service based on race and reviewed hundreds of court documents and records. EJI uncovered shocking, present-day evidence of racial discrimination in jury selection...

I agree - I was using Kevin's simplistic "color is everything" logic as a rebuttal. I'll go edit to make it more clear. We don't want your bias showing.

...Discrimination is a systemic problem, said Kenneth Glasgow, founder and president of the Ordinary People Society, a human rights group, in Houston County. "What we have to change here is a bad system, a corrupt system that causes disparities," he said. Between 2006 and 2010, the suit alleges that prosecutors in Dothan used peremptory strikes to exclude 82 percent of qualified black jurors in death penalty cases. As a result, juries in every death penalty case in Houston County have been all white or had only one black juror, when the circuit is nearly 25 percent black. African-Americans were struck from the jury pool because they wore eyeglasses, were too young to serve at age 28, or were considered an "angry black man," Stevenson said, referring to trail documents...

So the defence will be happy with an all black Jury?

So the defence will be happy with an all black Jury?