Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

JI7

(89,251 posts)
Sun Jul 14, 2013, 07:02 PM Jul 2013

Jury would have Convicted with Less Evidence if Trayvon was White

and especially if Zimmerman was Black.

i was reading up on the emmett till case and the jury knew those guys actually did kill him but they didn't think it was right for a white guy to be punished for killing a black person.

there are other cases like that are similar like the WEst Memphis 3 . in that case it wasn't about race but because of the way they dressed, music they liked etc which was viewed as anti christian in the heavily conservative religious area. so these guys were convicted because they were viewed as anti christian .

people do have prejudices which play into these things.

if Trayvon was White and Zimmerman was black the "armed with concrete" would have been laughed at.

Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Jury would have Convicted...