The true faces of racism today…

A jury of six women took the judge’s instructions, and despite even her best efforts to sway a verdict, they apparently followed those instructions and deliberated on the facts of the case and definitions of the crimes for which George Zimmerman was actually charged. The verdict was just and accurate according to those charges.

As someone who is called a racist daily for disagreeing with the policies of our Commander-in-Chief, it remains confounding to me how that discussion is so often fraught with emotion and misinformation. Accordingly, I would not disagree with the premise that racism (in all its forms), is alive and well in our country. Case in point would be NBC’s obvious attempt to inflame black Americans by manipulating the original 911 call in order to suggest profiling on the part of Zimmerman. Moreover, the President himself fanned the flames of prejudice by injecting his thoughts on how Trayvon Martin looked like the son he never had, an irresponsible action on the part of a man who clearly does not understand the power and influence of his office.

The discussion over the guilt or innocence of Mr. Zimmerman will go on to be sure, and there will be plenty of bloviating on both sides. Regrettably, the many societal circumstances, cultural idiosyncrasies and other mitigating factors which ultimately brought these two individuals together resulting in the death of a 17-year-old young man, will be lost in the haze of uneducated anger and a desire by “some” to foster what divides us instead of what unites us. For my part, I am for the law, and in the case of “State of Florida” vs. George Zimmerman, “State of Florida” failed miserably to prosecute a politically motivated and prematurely brought case.

It will now be interesting to see how AG Holder’s “Justice” Department sees the (also politically charged) and ridiculous notion of bringing “Civil Rights” charges in the matter. Talk about making a bad situation worse…