The death of Mr. Tayvon Martin was a tragedy. As Mr. Zimmerman’s attorney put it, the
conviction of Mr. Zimmerman as charged would have been a travesty. The Martin
family had every right to press the authorities for full consideration of the
facts. However, both self-appointed and positioned spokespersons for black Americans
fed an undisciplined, unprofessional and self-serving media juggernaut with
hyperbolic and false racist allegations prior to and during the trial. THIS
frenzy assuredly prompted the prosecution to overcharge with Murder when, as
shown by all of the evidence at trial, there existed insufficient evidence even
to arrest on that charge. The verdict of the jury is unassailable given the facts
as presented at trial.
Now in the aftermath of the trial the same black “leaders”
and media present hyperbole, conjecture and racist fear mongering in an attempt to justify
their earlier wrongs to the system and Mr. Zimmerman and to further their own
agendas. I heard one black high official
in the NAACP state that Trayvon Martin will occupy the same status and image as
Medgar Evers, a black-American civil rights activist assassinated for his work
in Mississippi in 1963. That angers and sickens me and should every American –
particularly black-Americans.
Eyewitness evidence put Martin on top of and beating down on
Zimmerman; Zimmerman’s injuries were consistent with that observation;
Zimmerman claimed Martin initiated the physical encounter with a punch to the
face; Zimmerman sustained a broken nose; there were no significant inconsistencies
in Zimmerman’s statements; Zimmerman said the Martin had looked like he was on
drugs; Martin in a store video seemed to weave; Martin had marijuana in his
system; nothing showed racial bias or racial “profiling” by Zimmerman.
Conjure, speculate, twist and ignore what you will, Trayvon
Martin deserves no honors for his conduct that night. Certainly, neither does Zimmerman. And don’t dare for political self-aggrandizement
or action mention Martin’s name alongside that of Medgar Evers. To do so
belittles the true heroes.
