Out of Pod Experience

After the verdict of this trial soooo many people are waffling on many forums and news sites....

Here's the bottom line, doesn't matter what I say the verdict was made by jurors selected under the rules by the court and laws
And even though any Tom, Tick and Harriet can be chosen "even idiots" that is the beauty of our system and the flaw.

As we say here in EVE working as intended.

If you read and hear enough you'll understand...

Some claiming racism.

Congressman saying the laws on stand your ground are superfluous and that without this law things would have played out differently.

Others trying to say it's about gun laws.

Many down the middle here but don't like "this" part.

Some saying everything doesn't matter cause a life was taken so he should go to jail no matter what.

In other words everyones throwing opinions out there but as the way the system works....see above.

I don't get the "jury are idiots," narrative at all. They were presented with the factual evidence and two competing narratives of the events. They came to the conclusion that the evidence of Z's injuries, the lack of injuries on Martin, and the location of the fight to more closely corroborate the claim that Z was attacked and beaten before he shot Martin in self-defense. That more that eclipses the requisite "reasonable doubt."

So what on earth are you talking about OP?

Alright then..........what is the One True Answer then ? (Hint: there isn't one in this case).

And now the average American has forgotten about the NSA in their rush to argue about a closed case. Well played government, well played.

psh, a small detail. Not enough to keep people from making fools of themselves in the street.

The saddest part is that the ethnicity war that is being flamed is not the one Sharpton really wants. He will take what he can get I guess

I disagree. If Martin had survived, he'd be facing felony assault charges and the media never would have even got wind of this.

So... to clarify, is Zimmerman able to sue on the grounds the prosecutory withheld evidence?

Cocoa needs a distraction from all the scandals. What better than inciting his army of useful idiots to start
a race war.

The useful idiots need to be getting upset with their false messiah and this....

" Why aren't so-called black leaders outraged and marching over the recent shooting rampage in Chicago. During the 4 July holiday weekend, including the Wednesday leading up to it, 62 people were wounded by gun violence in Chicago and 12 others killed. The holiday shooting spree raised Chicago's homicide tally to 200 for the year. Last year about 500 people were killed, and most of those killing and being killed in Chicago are black. According to the Chicago Tribune, "blacks make up about 33% of the city's population, they accounted for nearly 78% of the homicide victims through the first six months of 2012"

but no cocoa needs to hide this by race baiting his minions.....

1. IRS targets Obama's enemies: The IRS targeted conservative and pro-Israel groups prior to the 2012 election. Questions are being raised about why this occurred, who ordered it, whether there was any White House involvement and whether there was an initial effort to hide who knew about the targeting and when.

2. Benghazi: This is actually three scandals in one: The failure of administration to protect the Benghazi mission; the changes made to the talking points in order to suggest the attack was motivated by an anti-Muslim video; and the refusal of the White House to say what President Obama did the night of the attack.

3. Keeping an eye on The Associated Press: The Justice Department performed a massive cull of Associated Press reporters' phone records as part of a leak investigation.

4. Rosengate: The Justice Department suggested that Fox News reporter James Rosen is a criminal for reporting about classified information and subsequently monitored his phones and emails.

5. Potential Holder perjury I: Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress he had never been associated with "potential prosecution" of a journalist for perjury when in fact he signed the affidavit that termed Rosen a potential criminal.

6. The ATF "Fast and Furious" scheme: Federal agencies allowed weapons from U.S. gun dealers to "walk" across the border into the hands of Mexican drug dealers. The ATF summarily lost track of scores of those weapons, many of which were used in crimes, including the December 2010 killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

7. Potential Holder perjury II: Holder told Congress in May 2011 that he had just recently heard about the Fast and Furious gun walking scheme when there is evidence he may have known much earlier.

8. Sebelius demands payment: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited donations from companies HHS might regulate. The money would be used to help her sign up uninsured Americans for Obamacare.

9. The Pigford scandal: An Agriculture Department effort that started as an attempt to compensate black farmers who had been discriminated against by the agency but evolved into a gravy train delivering several billion dollars in cash to thousands of additional minority and female farmers who probably didn't face discrimination.

10. GSA gone wild: The General Services Administration in 2010 held an $823,000 training conference in Las Vegas, featuring a clown and a mind readers. Resulted in the resignation of the GSA administrator.

11. Veterans Affairs in Disney World: The agency wasted more than $6 million on two conferences in Orlando. An assistant secretary was fired.

12. Sebelius violates the Hatch Act: A U.S. special counsel determined that Sebelius violated the Hatch Act when she made "extemporaneous partisan remarks" during a speech in her official capacity last year. During the remarks, Sebelius called for the election of the Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina.

13. Solyndra: Republicans charged the Obama Administration funded and promoted its poster boy for green energy despite warning signs the company was headed for bankruptcy. The administration also allegedly pressed Solyndra to delay layoff announcements until after the 2010 midterm elections.

15. The New Black Panthers: The Justice Department was accused of using a racial double standard in failing to pursue a voter intimidation case against Black Panthers who appeared to be menacing voters at a polling place in 2008 in Philadelphia.

16. Waging war all by myself: Obama may have violated the Constitution and both the letter and the spirit of the War Powers Resolution by attacking Libya without Congressional approval.

20. I'll pass my own laws: Obama has repeatedly been accused of making end runs around Congress by deciding which laws to enforce, including the decision not to deport illegal immigrants who may have been allowed to stay in the United States had Congress passed the "Dream Act."

Had to delete some of the points else the forum was going to break.