Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman trial

[PatPig]

Just kicked off in the US.

Many in the media are determined to define this as a racist killing.

TheIndependent goes with 'young black man Trayvon Martin was killed last year by white Hispanic neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman.'
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trayvon-martin-america-takes-sides-8651354.html

Under most other circumstances Zimmerman would be described as Hispanic.

But it seems that 'white' trumps Hispanic.

Barack Obama, who had a white mother and black father, is America's 'first black President'.

Zimmerman, who had a white father, Peruvian mother, and having shot a black man, is 'white'.

(It is not clear to me why Hispanics, white or otherwise, should not be racist towards African Americans, but apparently for some racism is a simple white vs black issue, so it is important to define Zimmerman as a white man.)

The trial is being screened live:

www.wftv.com/videos/news/wftv-newscast/v3G5b/

Public opinion, as with votes for Obama, split down racial lines, with black people believing Zimmerman is guilty, and whites much less likely to do so.
www.gallup.com/poll/153776/blacks-nonblacks-hold-sharply-different-views-martin-case.aspx

You read my comments and you translated that to mean that I am happy that blacks have been slaves for 500 years???

Engaging you is obviously going to be a waste of my time so byeeeee.

Anyway, they are still interviewing jurors. The jury will be sequestered, i.e. basically imprisoned for the duration to stop them being interfered with.

www.cfnews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/6/13/george_zimmerman_tri_0.html

"Think about it. He came out of nowhere and was given the prime time king making slot at the 2004 conference. It was as if some secret cabal selected this newbie and groomed him for the job. And it's creepy how all of this was predicted by the final two series of The West Wing. It was as if somebody took the Obama playbook and adapted it for TV."

Habba is right. Wall Street backed Obama over Hillary. The big money and big movers wanted Obama.

"when obama stood for nomination he was the 'romantic' candidate, it would allow the white people in america assuage a bit of their guilt about the exclusion of black people from public life in america."

People don't vote to assuage their guilt. They choose the person that best meets their needs and best matches their views.

"People often go on about there being a secret neocon society behind Dubaya Bush. I wonder if there is an anti neocon society behind Obama? "

The neocons originally stemmed from Trotskyist roots and from leftists who became conservatives (new conservatives, neo conservatives).

The same single elite is behind both parties. Neocons are subordinate to the overall control.

Washington Post - The Neocons - An Illustrated Progression

Sorry, correct link is
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/02/01/GR2008020102389.html