http://news.yahoo.com/rallies-large-small-zimmerman-verdict-231947267.html
This is the USA. We are a land of law. The man was accused, faced his accusers and the jury heard the testimony. They found him not guilty. That’s the law. Get used to it. We do not try our people by the mobs of New York who are out for a spree on a hot Sunday afternoon. Secondly, I seem to remember a man named OJ Simpson. I was convinced and still am convinced that he murdered two people. One was his wife whose throat he brutally slashed. The other was Ron who was merely an innocent bystander who fought his attacker and was brutally stabbed to death in an epic fight for survival. The murderer, who was covered in blood, got into his car and lead a police chase lasting hours. The trial of OJ was also very public and many people were upset with the verdict. However, they did not become mobs protesting in major cities. Like me, they accepted the law as the law and the verdict of the jury as the final result. However, personally, many of them still consider O J Simpson guilty of a double murder. Like I said, this is America. We are a land of law and the black people and the white people in the streets of our cities undermine that law and weaken our nation when they refuse to accept the voice of that law, namely the voices of the people on the jury.
One more comment, the lead article on the Internet tonight was, “Obama walks a tight rope as he responds to the Zimmerman case.” Why do the so-called journalists write like that? The President is a federal official. He is not supposed to comment on local murder cases, no matter if he thinks that Trayvon Martin looked like the son he and Michelle never had! Also, it is not a tight rope because the duty of the President is to uphold the law. Of course, maybe, President Obama does not like the law. He constantly talks about circumventing the Congress and doing things by presidential directive and without the consent of the Congress. He has even said that the constitution is an outdated document that often gets in the way of justice and progress. Yet, he also swore his Presidential oath to uphold and defend the Constitution of the US. That oath is a sacred obligation and not merely words repeated for the camera. So, no tightrope here. President Obama is obligated to respect the law and encourage the people to respect the law.
How many people were murdered during the past several months? How many were white? How many were black? How many had the case followed by the national media? How many did Diane Sawyer present to her audience? How many did Obama know about, comment upon, or even care about? Yes, this case was sad. Yes, we all wish it had never happened? Yes, it was preventable. But let’s get some perspective here. Last week on a 700 mile drive on our Interstate highway system, I passed at least a dozen markers where young people died in car accidents? Many were under the age of twenty-five. The main cause was not drugs, or alcohol. The main cause was texting and over tiredness. Does any body care. Do the protestors in Times Square care? I think not. Deaths on our highways are routine and many people are suggesting the markers be taken down because they upset us.
How many soldiers died during the last year in Iraq and Afghanistan? Do the protestors in NYC care? Do they even know? Does the New York Times ever report the statistics or the photos of the flag drapped coffins arriving at Dover Air Force Base? Does President Obama ever comment on those deaths? Does he know? Does he care?
One wonders if America is worthy of itself! One wonders why our police, firefighters and first responders even try to help a nation that seems on a course for self-destruction! One wonders why soldiers should continue to carry out national military policy when the nation does not care and the President does not care! Maybe America is not worthy of itself?
From this writers viewpoint, if America is torn apart by hate mongers, it only has itself to blame. If we don’t know better, we should.
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