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Monday, July 15, 2013
All I’ll say about Treyvon Martin - Daily Anarchist
All I’ll say about Treyvon Martin - Daily Anarchist
I wish I lived in a more rational world. Over the weekend in Orlando Mikhail Muhammad of the New Black Panther Party announced a $10,000 bounty for the capture of George Zimmerman. When asked if they were inciting violence he told the Orlando Sentinel “An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” Meanwhile in Alabama a mob of 20 black aggressors used chairs, pipes and paint cans to send white Matthew Owens from his front porch to a hospital bed the hard way. As they left they remarked “Now that’s justice for Trayvon!” These are only the latest in a string of black-on-white retaliation related to the Trayvon Martin shooting. Keep in mind, George Zimmerman is Hispanic. It’s as if the world has gone mad.
I don’t have a lot to say about this case. I won’t bore you with a retelling of the events and evidence. I’m sure you’ve heard it all, and if you haven’t I’ll let Stefan Molyneux bring you up to speed.
Sunday, July 14, 2013
THE VERDICT IS IN: No Right For AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN to ‘STAND HER GROUND’ | Political Blind Spot
THE VERDICT IS IN: No Right For AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN to ‘STAND HER GROUND’ | Political Blind Spot
If you are an African American woman in the state of Florida, you do not have the right to “Stand Your Ground” against an abusive husband. Marissa Alexander unsuccessfully tried to use Florida’s controversial “stand your ground” law to derail the prosecution, but a jury in March convicted her of aggravated assault after just 12 minutes of deliberation. The penalty? TWENTY YEARS in prison.
These were WARNING SHOTS that were fired to scare off a wife-beater, but the judge said that he had “no discretion” under state law, and sentenced a Jacksonville, Florida, woman to 20 years in prison Friday…
We rallied in the streets for Trayvon, we circulated articles and images on social media sites when it seemed there was not even an arrest coming for Zimmerman, but what will we do for Marissa Alexander? Are we just going to accept this miscarriage of justice, and allow her to rot in prison for the next two decades?
The case, which was prosecuted by the same state attorney who is handling the Trayvon Martin case, which the prosecution almost seems to be throwing, has gained the attention of civil rights leaders who say the African-American woman was persecuted because of her race.
After the sentencing, Rep. Corrine Brown confronted State Attorney Angela Corey in the hallway, accusing her of being overzealous, according to video from CNN affiliate WJXT.
“There is no justification for 20 years,” Brown told Corey during an exchange frequently interrupted by onlookers. “All the community was asking for was mercy and justice,” she said.
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