"I support the rule of law," Lennox Abrigo, D.C. chapter president of the National Action Network, an advocacy group founded by the Rev. Al Sharpton, told several hundred protesters outside the federal courthouse in Washington. "But I disagree with every cell of my body with that verdict."
That usually the way folks in the 1940's felt just before someone got lynched. Ironic, isn't it?
According to a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, eight in 10 blacks say they think Martin's killing was not justified, compared with 38 percent of whites. Most whites say they do not know enough about the shooting to determine whether it was justified.
So it IS about race! Imagine that! I wonder if the whites polled are smarter, of afraid to say what they really think? I think the jury has decided. It's the American Way.
Many at the rallies called for action to repeal or change "stand your ground" laws. Thirty states have adopted a version of the law, which removes a once widespread requirement that a person claiming to have killed someone in self-defense must have had to try to flee the situation first.
Even if the victim jumps you and wrestles you to the ground?
"I pray we'll stand our ground against unemployment, failed education, poverty and the other evils that have created an atmosphere of violence and hopelessness," said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a prominent Chicago communist priest and agitator gadfly fruitcake anti-gun crusader.
You make me tired. |