Brian, I agree that you have things at least as muddled as anyone else. Maybe as much as Al Sharpton.
According to Florida law this is not a clear case of racism by the police. The police cannot arrest someone who claims stand your ground defense(self defense) unless they were in the commission of a crime at the time of the events. There is a lot of armchair quarter backing going on all this and you are doing that too(as opposed to having some tight rational understanding).
It seems that “profiling” is going to be the crime that the prosecution attempts to use to negate what would otherwise be Zimmerman’s, not punishable by law, use of deadly force(if his story holds up or there is a lack of evidence to prove otherwise, or reasonable doubt).
It also seems that O’mara took the case being fairly confident that it is winnable. He is the sharpest looking tack so far. While I don’t exactly take George’s side, it appears that aside from this “profiling” thing that he should walk. I don’t like the “profiling” emphasis either.
While I think that George was overzealous in protecting his neighborhood and the death of teenagers is serious, this profiling thing really bothers me. If George were, or is proven a white Hispanic supremacist or something like that it wouldn’t. I don’t think that is the case. If we are going to be told we can’t decide who is suspicious or not or try to confirm or deny those suspicion in a non- violent manner when the person could possibly be lighter or darker skinned than you that’s wrong.
The good thing now is that this can get beyond what was probably a completely unnecessary and dangerous and divisive circus and stay on a fair trial track.
