Beyond a reasonable doubt is a daunting hill to climb!

It just seems so wrong. Clearly Florida is still a confederate state

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The word "law" in Florida is an oximoron. My heart goes out to all mother's of black sons. Perhaps all "hoodies" should be banned in America as being too dangerous to wear.

Do note that the many in the Zimmerman family have some leg in the judicial and law enforcement business. Zimmerman calculated this knowing well the familywould come his rescue in that confederate state.

The prepondence of evidence that Trayvon Martin was banging Zimmerman's head against the concrete does indicate that Zimmerman may well and reasonably have thought that his life was in danger. Zimmerman seems to be a rather dim bulb sort of figure, and probably shouldn't have been ignoring the direction of police officers. All-in-all, a sad state of affairs. No one here is blameless...

This is a tragic case that has only been made worse by the media and political entities who seek to benefit from the misinformation. Both participants in this situation were wrong and both have and will continue to pay a horrible price. In our society, we tend to listen to sound bytes and form opinions. There was no other possible outcome from this evidence. If you're not sure of this, simply watch the closing statement by the prosecution. It was an emotional plea to essentially ignore the holes in the case and "look in your heart and use common sense" to find the truth. These prosecutors never had a chance and they knew it.

Both Zimmerman and Martin escalated a situation that they should have walked away from (or at least he should have stayed in the car). The sad part is that there are so many black people who have been led to believe that this is a case of a "white" person who shot a "black child" on his way home from the store and then got away with it. This case has an opportunity to truly teach people about fear and judgment. Instead, it will probably end up further exacerbating racial divisions in this country.

I hope that any of you who are concerned about race relations and other facets of society
as I am, will take a few moments to read my response of today, Sunday, July 21, 2013, to Erik Scheibe's blog, "Fear and Societal Breakdown" - a subject on which Donald touches here. I apologize in advance, as said response is rather long and arduous, but nonetheless and hopefully, a perspective of at least some value to a few of you, and perhaps others. Civil rights and justice are topics of which I am extremely passionate,
in context of the POWER OF WORDS.

(My late Mom always wanted me to be an attorney - I may yet be one, at heart. :)