The end of the Zimmerman trial is news of the day.  Acquittal comes as no surprise given the testimony and the law of the State of Florida which puts the burden on the prosecution to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that self defense was not justified.   There were no real witnesses, little evidence, and conflicting testimony on who screamed for help.  With what they had, the jurors were confined with their choices and were probably right.

Yet there remains a gnawing sense that Zimmerman should be punished for something in killing someone who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time - wrong only because a vigilante wanted to play cop.   If Zimmerman did act in self defense, and that still remains unclear, he thrust himself into that, and a young man is dead.   Something is wrong about the ending here.

On a brighter note, today the Tour de France attacks Mount Ventoux in the longest stage of this year's Tour.  Nearly 2,000 meters high with a 7.5% grade, it is brutal.  And it all happens today, Bastille Day.