The Zimmerman-Martin Case (suspected, ratings, vs, program)

[EdwardA]

Originally Posted by itshim

I agree. I alluded to similar point in the longer more drawn out thread that is locked. IMO once the State's Attorney and the Feds looked into it...they lit a fire under local authorities to come up with some type of arrestable offense and thus far they haven't made a move. That tells me one of two things....either they truly don't have anything or...they are simply not going to risk it and will allow the grand jury to decide on April 10th. Either way, the fact that they haven't arrested him yet, means that their evidence is pretty flimsy. Until then, we'll never really know.

That being said, I think the Miami Herald had an article a few weeks back stating that they did not have enough to throw the cuffs on Zimmerman and that simply arresting him could lead to a major law suit. I'm guessing they've weighed their options and are willing to let it play out til next month.

Bingo. I said this in the closed thread, with all of the intense pressure this case has generated. If they haven't charged him in a month after the shooting they have little evidence. The DOJ has been there a week now, nothing.

I'm surprised people are having a hard time grasping these very salient facts.

[EdwardA]

Never. Oh be prepared someone will point out some obscure march that happened in their community as proof that Blacks really care.

[ChocLot]

There is outrage over black on black crime. As a Black woman, I'm outraged. Most of these crimes involve criminals involved in gang and/or drug activity. There are many outreach, Big Brother etc programs to target at risk youth. Unfortunately, you can't save them all and many fall into the wrong crowds for acceptance, quick money, etc.

There will ALWAYS be a great outpouring of outrage when it involves innocent victims. It is especially more of a problem when that suspect is known and not arrested.

Your premise would be valid IF these murders went unsolved and/or the suspects were known and not apprehended. This is not the case. Although the crime is terrible and I wish it would end, there is *some* sense of justice because the suspects are arrested, convicted and jailed.

[SuperManGuy]

I always thought that the picture you see in the media is someone who look much younger than age 17. Then, I found out that the picture was taken at age 13! What? Don't they have more recent pictures? Has he not taken any pictures in the past 4 years? He is in high school! They take required pictures every year for the year book.

If the picture was at 16, it's understandable. If it's at age 15, it might still be understandable if that's the ONLY good and clear picture. But at age 14, it's getting rediculous. But at age 13??????

If they want to be bias and deceptive about, they might as well show a picture of him when he was a toddler.

http://www.slate.com/content/dam/sla...nail-small.jpg

[Huckleberry3911948]

i regret it not about crime, its about skin tone 100%.
unfortunately for the poor AA community the powers that be, have figured that out and know how to play out that game.
expect more skin tone games in the near future.
the horrible achilles heel of the poor AA community is that the entire focus is not on who pulls the trigger but on what color is the trigger finger.

[ChocLot]

What difference does it make? Someone posted a more updated photo. He still has the baby face.

This looks like it might be a recent pic. Not seeing much difference. My (black) nephew is 17 and he has a baby face also.

[noexcuseforignorance]

What has you so emotional about this? Should I guess that the NRA is worried about the stand your ground law, so they're having the usual right wing blogs/commentators start digging up dirt about the kid?

What does his picture matter? He's a 17 year old who went in his own neighborhood to get a candy bar and some idiot wannabe cop defied 911 instructions and confronted and then shot him. It doesn't matter what his picture looked like.

Personally, other than this picture and the one someone posted of him in shorts I haven't seen a picture of him. The picture doesn't matter. The facts do.

[Grainraiser]

Actually these type crimes are not as rare as one may think. It is no different than missing child cases. They happen all the time but only certain ones get the attention of the national media. Trying to answer your question is more complex than you think. I presented this same question to a friend of mind and he gave me some food for thought. He asked why do we not see people being arrested for meth on national TV. Why do we not see meth labs being raided. When it was crack we were bombarded with images but we get nothing when it comes to meth. The only difference between the two is crack is considered a black drug while meth is used mostly by whites. The effects are the exact same but one was covered and the other was not. Why is this.

[SuperManGuy]

Originally Posted by ChocLot

What difference does it make? Someone posted a more updated photo. He still has the baby face.

Are you serious? That's like saying "what difference does it make" that Zimmerman is black or non-black.

[ditchlights]

Four years tells a lot about a person.