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Originally Posted by janmcn
Prosecutor Angela Corey was appointed to this case by Govenor Rick Scott (R-FL). So where does the political ambition and pressure from the usual assortment of race baiters and the agendas of extremist groups come from?
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I will allow the jury, the facts and the law decide whatever happens in this case.
I cannot go without commenting on this and other posts on how this became a media show.
This began because the police did not file charges immediately in a case where a white man shot and killed a black teen. We now know it was NOT a "white" man at all and the reason there was no arrest was THE LAW WHICH PROVIDED THEY COULD NOT ARREST A SUSPECT WHO CLAIMED SELF DEFENSE WITHOUT PROOF OF NO SELF DEFENSE.
So the LAW slowed everything down, then the Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson's of the world kicked in. This was covered DAILY by MSNBC with selected facts, roused up race activists and then became a POLITICAL issue of note, even mentioned by the President.
You read the posts on here and can see the political leaning of the posters.
I am rooting for justice, not the defendant, not the victim, not the families....JUSTICE. I get very uncomfortable seeing VICTIMS AND SCAPEGOATS of politically motivated movements.....they are powerless and become unwilling pawns of people who care not about right or wrong OR the people involved.
Both Fox and MSNBC have messages they want to send...MSNBC has gone way over the edge in this case, in my opinion.
How about "rooting" for justice as determined by our court system, instead of "rooting" for our various media outlets or political commentators.
Sorry for the vent.
PS It did not hurt that Mr Martin asked his sis in law who is an attorney how to put pressure on the police while they followed the law but not fast enough. She got hold of a guy named Crump, who happens to be Florida's top civil rights lawyer for advice. He used his press connections to get the story moving and so it began.