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Showing posts with label Trayvon Martin. Show all posts
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Friday, July 26, 2013

Juror B29 Lawyer "David Chico" For ABC Interview IS Former Prosecuter Against George Zimmerman

Juror B29 lawyer for the ABC interview on Thursday 7/25/2013, "David Chico" was the former prosecutor in the 2005 George Zimmerman case.

Well that explains how David Chico got involved with Juror B29. Ring, ring from #DavidChico <<<<< VERY INTERESTING!!!

Video from 3/30/2012 >>> http://www.nbcnews.com/video/nightly-news/46910559#46910559 

Thanks for the find >>>>> @coreshift

Black Juror B29 is a Racist or Emotional Wreck?

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George Zimmerman Juror B-29 Interview With Good Morning America - July 26, 2013

Juror B39 Interview
 




George Zimmerman Jurors Supplies Reason To Cringe
by: Hal Boedecker
July 26, 2013

With some George Zimmerman jurors speaking out, we have valuable insights into how the six women reached their verdict.

Read more here:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-george-zimmerman-juror-supplies-reasons-to-cringe-20130726,0,2916796.post

George Zimmerman Juror B29 Interview on Nightline - July 26, 2013

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My thoughts:

Thursday, July 25, 2013

AFTERBURNER w/ BILL WHITTLE: The Lynching And Lean

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Arizona Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail, Skittles & Cough Syrup = cheap codine base drink called "lean". Holy CRAP!

By:  NewsmaxTV


Juror B-29 Questioning From June 10, 2013

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/video.html?clip=http://static.cfnews13.com/newsvideo/cfn/Featured/zimmerman-juror29-q-061013.flv&vtitle=Juror%20B-29%20questioning%20from%20June%2010

George Zimmerman: Juror B-29 "Maddie" talks to ABC - 7/25/2013

Juror B-29, the only minority juror from the George Zimmerman trial, has talked to ABC's Robin Roberts.

Read short article here as well as photo:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/blogs/tv-guy/os-george-zimmerman-juror-b29-talks-to-abc-20130725,0,4126847.post


World News ABC short segment on Juror B-29 Interview.
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/george-zimmerman-juror-stands-decision-19777201


Updated article: http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/juror-b29-speaks-out-says-she-owes-trayvon-martin-/nY4By/

My thoughts on updated article:
I have a lot of respect for jurors, and was concerned about Juror B29 when I read she did an interview and came forth full face.  After reading what she apparently stated, now I ask, why did she give the interview "full face?"

Juror B29 was for 2nd degree murder, feels GZ got away with murder, but couldn't find him guilty of 2nd degree murder.  Couldn't find him guilty of manslaughter either, YET found him "not guilty" of murder according to the law. 

But the kicker, is she feels the case shouldn't have gone to trial in the first place and that it was a publicity stunt.  WTF?  Yet was going to be the juror to give them a "hung jury" to the end. Again WTF?

People are going to take her words "forcefully" included in TM death the wrong way, as I take it as she was FORCED TO BE A JUROR AND TO FOLLOW THE LAW!


IMO, When Robin Roberts asked Juror B29 "people are saying George Zimmerman got away with murder", how would you respond to people that say that? Juror B29, paused, and answered: "George Zimmerman got away with murder, but you can't get away from God."

So it's not that Juror 29 is saying George Zimmerman got away with murder, but just answering Robin's question with an answer ... "but you can't get away from God."

OF COURSE, I really need to hear the entire interview on Friday.

First Congressional Black Caucus on Men and Boys - July 24, 2013

 
 
 
Tracy Martin Speaks around 13:00
 
My thoughts:
I watched the First Congressional Black Caucus on Men and Boys and I was a bit taken back. I listened to all the speeches on how Black Men and Boys have such a difficult time because of the color of their skin. Then I looked around in the room, looking at all the speakers, including women and wondered, "how the hell did they all get as far as they did in their professional life, if the color of their skin, was a block in the road of their life?"

They spoke about showing love, protection and being valued in the world. Isn't that what every parent wants for their child in this world? We want our children to be loved, we want to protect them, and most of all value their life.

I listened to young black boys being trapped in girl's loins as the black teens logic goes out the window. This one threw me for a loop, because we all know, whether the skin is black, brown, white, purple or green, when teens get together, and their hormones sore, logic goes out the window. This is clearly not a black issues, but all race issue and has been forever, and will continue that way.

There was a lot of discussion about how black children are not prepared for kindergarten. Well, it is the parent's responsibility to prepare their children for kindergarten. Parents are suppose to teach their children right from wrong, learn their name, even spell it, and the basics of getting along with other children, manners, and so much more before the child goes to kindergarten.

Children that are not prepared for kindergarten is not a black issues, but just plain ole lazy parents who do not take the time to help their children, but let them sit in front of the TV or game boxes to let them pass the time of day. How can any child be prepared for kindergarten sitting in front of the TV.

Black children in school not being able to read or write up to the level they should be and let's blame the school. There are many children of all races not working to their level of school. The child is not motivated, just doesn't care, parents don't care, teachers try but you can't make a child work in class, or even do their homework.

They spoke about black children being in day care for 35 to 40 hours a week so mothers, or fathers can work 35 to 40 hours a week. Well damn, my child was in daycare also for 40 hours a week so I could work as a single parent to provide a roof over our heads, as his deadbeat father didn't pay child support.

What really stood out to me was one professional man, I think a Congressman, spoke about if he didn't have his member's pin on, that people would think "why is he here, or should he be here?" I'm assuming perhaps in a Congressional Building somewhere in Washington, DC.

I have to say, white people just don't think that way. I'm beginning to think that black people are thinking way to much of what white people might be thinking, when white people are really not thinking anything at all. White people also voted for a black President.

We can't coddle black children or brown or white children. We need to teach them life, and how difficult it can be as we become adults. We need to teach them that fighting, bullying, stealing, killing, drugs are wrong and not the road to take to get things in life.

We can't rely on big companies like Pepsico or Wal-Mart to dig deeper into their pockets to help black children as there are also white and brown children that need help too! There are inner-city white and brown families that are suffering also, as well as all races of the elderly.

Do we look at black children/teens when they walk in a store and perhaps watch them as they walk through the isles? Yup, it happens, but it happens when any child/teen walks into a store and starts looking around. Children will steal, adults of all races steal. If someone wants something, the thrill of stealing is their fix in life. I have seen black women, white woman stuffing things in their purses as I look at them and they have no reaction.
 
 Many children of all races, do not have a father in their lives. My son didn't have his father in his life either, and I made sure that I instilled in him "right from wrong." I will agree that the best way to a young male is through another older adult male, and this goes for all races in life, not just within the black race.

Trayvon Martin was not the perfect teen, and to have this First Congressional Black Caucus on Men and Boys indicate that Trayvon is a martyr, was just over the top. Clearly this was not the case at all and this Caucus totally missed the point on what happened between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin.

Tracy Martin received a "standing ovation" basically as a good parent etc., etc. Well Tracy had no clue why his son was suspended from school three times, and the other bad choices his son made in life. Tracy Martin needs to own that and not focus on a 9 year old child pulling him out of the apartment when he left oil on the stove.  

Saturday, July 20, 2013

George Zimmerman Jurors

On The Zimmerman Jurors
By Professor Andrew Ferguson

The debate over the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman jury verdict continues to reverberate as is typical of most high profile, racially divisive cases in this country. Even though the criminal case is over, the issues of race, class, gender, and justice remain loudly contested in a way that will not likely quiet soon.   

A MUST Read more here:
http://www.acslaw.org/acsblog/on-the-zimmerman-jurors

Why Didn't Tracy Martin Call His Son's Cellphone When He Wasn't Home?

What bothers me still is:  "Why didn't Tracy Martin call his son's cellphone once he got home from the dinner they attended especially since Trayvon went to the store to get a drink & skittles for his half-brother?"

Although Tracy stated on Nancy Grace:

GRACE: When did you first learn that something was wrong?

MARTIN: I didn`t learn until the next morning that something was wrong. Trayvon was up there with my nephew, and both of them were responsible kids.

GRACE: Right.

MARTIN: And I knew that they wanted to go to the movies. I knew that they wanted to go and get something to eat. So we...

GRACE: What were they going to go see? What did they want to go see so badly?

MARTIN: I didn`t -- I don`t know what movie was out (ph). If I`m not mistaken, it may have been -- it was a movie. I don`t know what movie was out. It was a kid`s movie, a comedy.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1307/19/ng.01.html

You would think Tracy would ask his other son, "where is Trayvon" and I would hope the child answered: "went to the store to get me some skittles and he never came back."

My instant reaction would be to call my son on the phone and check on him, just not assume my son just decided not to bring the skittles to his half-brother who was waited for him at home.

Instead Tracy Martin did nothing. He didn't know what movie his son and nephew were attending.  He didn't call his nephew to see if Trayvon was with him or perhaps staying at his nephew's house once the movie was over.  Didn't this father have a plan with his son, to let him know whether he was coming home that night or not?

Parents need to get their act together.  Like Rachael Jeantel states at the age of 17, we are ONLY teenagers. Basically not capable of making "good" decisions in life.

Friday, July 19, 2013

Zimmerman Defense Comments on President Obama’s Remarks - July 19, 2013

We have listened to President Obama’s comments about the verdict in the Zimmerman Case. People are focusing on this quote: “Trayvon Martin could’ve been me 35 years ago.” To focus on this one line misses the nuances of the President’s message, which includes comments about how African Americans view the Zimmerman Case in the context of the history of racial disparity in America.



Read more:
http://gzlegalcase.com/index.php/press-releases/195-zimmerman-defense-comments-on-president-obama-s-remarks

President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin - July 19, 2013

Video
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posttv/politics/obama-tryavon-martin-could-have-been-me-35-years-ago/2013/07/19/1bd5fa26-f09b-11e2-9008-61e94a7ea20d_video.html#

Transcript

SPEAKERS: WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY JAY CARNEY
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
QUESTION: Whoa!
OBAMA: That’s so disappointing, man.
QUESTION: What’re you doing here?
OBAMA: Jay, is this the kind of respect that you get?
(LAUGHTER)
You know, on television, it usually looks like you’re
addressing a full room.
(CROSSTALK)
OBAMA: I got you. All right. Sorry about that. Do you
think anybody else is showing up? Good.
Well, I wanted to come out here, first of all, to tell you
that Jay is prepared for all your questions, and is very much
looking forward to the session.
Second thing is, I want to let you know that over the next
couple of weeks, there are going to obviously be a whole range
of issues — immigration, economics, et cetera. We’ll try to
arrange a fuller press conference to address your questions.
The reason I actually wanted to come out today is not to
take questions, but to speak to an issue that’s obviously gotten
a lot of attention over the course of the last week, the issue
of the Trayvon Martin ruling.
I gave a preliminary statement right after the ruling on
Sunday, but watching the debate over the course of the last
week, I thought it might be useful for me to expand on my
thoughts a little bit.
First of all, I want to make sure that once again I send my
thought and prayers, as well as Michelle’s, to the family of
Trayvon Martin, and to remark on the incredible grace and
dignity with which they’ve dealt with the entire situation. I
can only imagine what they’re going through and it’s remarkable
how they’ve handled it.
OBAMA: The second thing I want to say is to reiterate what
I said on Sunday, which is there are going to be a lot of
arguments about the legal — the legal issues in the case. I’ll
let all the legal analysts and talking heads address those
issues.
The judge conducted the trial in a professional manner.
The prosecution and the defense made their arguments. The
juries (sic) were properly instructed that in a — in a case
such as this, reasonable doubt was relevant. And they rendered
a verdict.
And once the jury’s spoken, that’s how our system works.
But I did want to just talk a little bit about context and
how people have responded to it and how people are feeling.
You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that
this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is
Trayvon Martin could have been me, 35 years ago.
And when you think about why, in the African-American
community at least, there’s a lot of pain around what happened
here, I think it’s important to recognize that the
African-American community is looking at this issue through a
set of experiences and a — and a history that — that doesn’t
go away.
There are very few African-American men in this country who
haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were
shopping in a department store. That includes me.
OBAMA: There are probably very few African-American men
who haven’t had the experience of walking across the street and
hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to
me — at least before I was a senator.
There are very few African-Americans who haven’t had the
experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her
purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to
get off. That happens often.
And, you know, I — I don’t want to exaggerate this, but
those sets of experiences inform how the African-American
community interprets what happened one night in Florida.
And it’s inescapable for people to bring those experiences
to bear.
The African-American community is also knowledgeable that
there is a history racial disparities in the application of our
criminal laws, everything from the death penalty to enforcement
of our drug laws. And that ends up having an impact in terms of
how people interpret the case.
Now, this isn’t to say that the African-American community
is naive about the fact that African-American young men are
disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system, that
they’re disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of
violence. It’s not to make excuses for that fact.
OBAMA: Although, black folks do interpret the reasons for
that in a historical context. They understand that, some of the
violence that takes place in poor black neighborhoods around the
country is born out of a very violent past in this country. And
that the poverty and dysfunction that we see in those
communities can be traced to a very difficult history.
And so, the fact that sometimes that’s unacknowledged adds
to the frustration. And the fact that a lot of Africa-American
boys are painted with a broad brush and the excuses given,
“Well, there are these statistics out there that show that
African-American boys are more violent,” using that as an excuse
to then see sons treated differently causes pain.
I think the African-American community is also not naive in
understanding that, statistically, somebody like Trayvon Martin
was probably, statistically, more likely to be shot by a peer
than he was by somebody else.
So — so folks understand the challenges that exist for
African- American boys. But they get frustrated, I think, if
they feel that there’s no context for it, or — and that context
is being denied. And — and that all contributes, I think, to a
sense that if a white male teen was involved in the same kind of
scenario that, from top to bottom, both the outcome and the
aftermath might have been different.
OBAMA: Now, the question, for me, at least, and — and I
think for a lot of folks is, “Where do we take this? How — how
do we learn some lessons from this and move in a positive
direction?”
You know, I think it’s understandable that there have been
demonstrations and vigils and protests and some of that is just
going to have to work its way through as long as it remains
nonviolent. If I see any violence, then I will remind folks
that that dishonors what happened to Trayvon Martin and his
family.
But beyond protests or vigils, the question is: Are there
some concrete things that we might be able to do? I know that
Eric Holder is reviewing what happened down there, but I think
it’s important for people to have some clear expectations here.
Traditionally, these are issues of state and local government.
The criminal code and law enforcement is traditionally done at
the state and local levels, not at the federal levels.
That doesn’t mean, though, that as a nation, we can’t do
some things that I think would be productive. So let me just
give a couple of specifics that I’m still bouncing around with
my staff, you know, so we’re not rolling out some five-point
plan, but some areas where I think all of us could potentially
focus.
OBAMA: Number one, precisely because law enforcement is
often determined at the state and local level, I think it would
be productive for the Justice Department, governors, mayors to
work with law enforcement about training at the state and local
levels in order to reduce the kind of mistrust in the system
that sometimes currently exists.
You know, when I was in Illinois, I passed racial profiling
legislation, and it actually did just two simple things. One,
it collected data on traffic stops and the race of the person
who was stopped, but the other things was it resourced us
training police departments across the state on how to think
about potential racial bias, and ways to further professionalize
what they were doing.
And, initially, the police departments across the state
were resistant, but actually they came to recognize that if it
was done in a fair, straightforward way that, it would allow
them to do their jobs better and communities would have more
confidence in them, and in turn be more helpful in — in
applying the law. And, obviously, law enforcement’s got a very
tough job.
So that’s one area where I think there are a lot of
resources and best practices that could be brought to bear, if
state and local governments are receptive, and I think a lot of
them would be. And let’s figure out, are there ways for us to
push out that kind of training.
Along the same lines, I think it would be useful for us to
examine some state and — and local laws to see if it — if they
are designed in such a way that they may encourage the kinds of
altercations and confrontations and tragedies that we saw in the
Florida case, rather than diffuse potential altercations.
OBAMA: I know that there’s been commentary about the fact
that the “Stand Your Ground” laws in Florida were not used as a
defense in the case.
On the other hand, if we’re sending a message as a society
in our communities that someone who is armed potentially has the
right to use those firearms, even if there’s a way for them to
exit from a situation, is that really going to be contributing
to the kind of peace and security and order that we’d like to
see?
And for those who — who resist that idea, that we should
think about something like these Stand Your Ground laws, I just
ask people to consider, if Trayvon Martin was of age and armed,
could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk? And do we
actually think that he would have been justified in shooting Mr.
Zimmerman, who had followed him in a car, because he felt
threatened? And if the answer to that question is at least
ambiguous, then it seems to me that we might want to examine
those kinds of laws.
Number three — and this is a long-term project — we need
to spend some time in thinking about how do we bolster and
reinforce our African-American boys? And this is something that
Michelle and I talk a lot about. There are a lot of kids out
there who need help, who are getting a lot of negative
reinforcement. And is there more that we can do to give them
the sense that their country cares about them, and values them,
and is willing to invest in them?
You know, I’m not naive about the prospects of some grand
new federal program. I’m not sure that that’s what we’re
talking about here. But I — I do recognize that, as president,
I’ve got some convening power. And there are a lot of good
programs that are being done across the country on this front.
And for us to be able to gather together business leaders and
local elected officials and clergy and celebrities and athletes
and figure out, how are we doing a better job helping young
African-American men feel that they’re a full part of this
society and that — and that they’ve got pathways and avenues to
succeed? You know, I think that would be a pretty good outcome
from what was, obviously, a tragic situation. And we’re going
to spend some time working on that and thinking about that.
And then, finally, I think it’s going to be important for
all of us to do some soul-searching. You know, there’s been
talk about, should we convene a conversation on race? I haven’t
seen that be particularly productive when, you know, politicians
try to organize conversations. They end up being stilted and
politicized, and folks are locked into the positions they
already have.
On the other hand, in families and churches and workplaces,
there’s a possibility that people are a little bit more honest
and at least you ask yourself your own questions about, am I
wringing as much bias out of myself as I can? Am I judging
people as much as I can based on not the color of their skin,
but the content of their character? That would, I think, be an
appropriate exercise in the wake of this tragedy.
OBAMA: And let me just leave you with — with the final
thought that, as difficult and challenging as this whole episode
has been for a lot of people, I don’t want us to lose sight that
things are getting better. Each successive generation seems to
be making progress in changing attitudes when it comes to race.
It doesn’t mean we’re in a post-racial society. It doesn’t mean
that racism is eliminated.
But, you know, when I talk to Malia and Sasha and I listen
to their friends and I see them interact, they’re better than we
are. They’re better than we were on these issues. And that’s
true in every community that I’ve visited all across the
country. And so, you know, we have to be vigilant. And we have
to work on these issues. And those of us in authority should be
doing everything we can to encourage the better angels of our –
nature as opposed to using these episodes to heighten divisions.
But we should also have confidence that kids these days, I
think, have more sense than we did back then and certainly more
than our parents did or our grandparents did, and that along
this long and difficult journey, you know, we’re becoming a more
perfect union, not a perfect union, but a more perfect union.
All right?
Thank you, guys.
QUESTION: (OFF-MIKE)
OBAMA: Now you can — now you can talk to Jay.

Monday, July 15, 2013

An Open Tweet To The George Zimmerman Jurors!


First of all, thank you for sacrificing your lives for over a month to sit on the jury.

Secondly, I am sure you all are emotionally and mentally drained after a very long, yet fast paced trial.

Thirdly, don't listen to the Internet chatter regarding your decision as you all made a collective decision based solely on whether George Zimmerman was in fear for his life and justifiable in shooting Trayvon Martin.

As you start to watch TV coverage, should you even decide to do it, you will learn even more of what didn't come out in the trial and it will confirm your decision even more.

And lastly, I highly suggest that you do NOT speak to the media in any form, as it will only add fuel to the fire to the people who really didn't understand your decision or the fact that it had nothing to do with George following Trayvon.  It had ONLY to do with the confrontation, the fact that Trayvon punched George in the nose, and the one-sided fight on the ground.