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applegrove

(118,747 posts)
Tue Jul 23, 2013, 01:43 AM Jul 2013

Who here is being driven nuts because

Last edited Tue Jul 23, 2013, 03:20 AM - Edit history (4)

they don't know exactly what happened to Trayvon Martin on that night? I still think it was 2nd degree murder. I don't understand how the law can ignore everything that led up to the fight. I don't understand how the defence claimed they were not going to use the stand your ground defence but then the judge was allowed to put it in the jury instructions. I did not trust George Zimmerman's account so I purposely paid no attention to his narrative. I did hear enough about inconsistancies of George to know deep inside that idiot was lying at least part if the time. The prosecution did that much at least. So I'd better get used to never knowing beyond Rachel Jintal's account. And take solace in the fact that trayvon's story, lost to us all but especially to his family, will lead to great social change around the USA and the world. And in that, his story will be reclaimed, his narrative reborn and his life will go on. And that the powerlessness I feel after viewing such justice from afar is only a miniscule amount of powerlessness compared to what it must feel like to be african american in places like Florida EVERY DAY!

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