Feugelsang and Guest Explain George Zimmerman's Neighborhood Watch

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  I hope I didn't mislead with the title above.  I don't think that anyone can explain George Zimmerman's Neighborhood Watch because there wasn't one.  It was apparently all about him chasing African Americans around the neighborhood trying to catch a thief (and never actually coming up with a crminal).

John McCain Calls for Review of "Stand Your Ground" Laws

It was a weak call, but it was there.

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Allegations: Sanford Police MIA Over Attacks on Blacks in Sanford, Florida

Tree Tops Near Lake Mary, Sanford, Florida

I do declare Miss Scarlet!

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There are allegations that Sanford Police have been slackers in investigating attacks on minorities in Sanford Florida, a town with only one black community representative.

This is not the only time that investigations of killings and other misuse of black men don't seem to have been well done.

Incidents from beatings to murder appear to have been poorly investigated, or reviewed with the eye to save embarrassment or heavy punishment to family members or one of their own.

In an earlier article I read that the Zimmerman clan wrote a letter to the sister of Sherman Ware in the first linked article claiming that George had earlier stood up for her brother and had passed out leaflets trying to get blacks to demand justice in his case.  The Zimmermans and their attorneys provided some examples of such leaflets, but nothing was determined about the truthfulness of the claims, and no one seems to have noticed.

See a recounting of the problems of the current investigation and earlier problematic ones:

Trayvon Martin Case Spotlights Florida Town's History Of 'Sloppy' Police Work 

Also see where George Zimmerman defenders cite fears of Shaken Baby Syndrome for his shooting of Trayvon Martin in

Trayvon Martin Case: George Zimmerman Lawyer Cites 'Shaken Baby Syndrome' As Defense 

I have a problem with that, because the danger of shaking a baby are actually pretty specific to childhood and upon searching I found an Australian government site that explains:

A baby’s brain is very fragile.
It is softer and moves around
inside the skull more than an
older child or adult’s brain.

See Never Shake a Baby.

I'm sure with more searching I could find similar advice on many other websites.   It was a common theme when I was raising my children.  Baby's brains are much more fragile than those of adults.  It's rather sad that a full grown man should try to co-opt the tenderness of the baby's head structure to justify killing a teen.

I still say it would help a lot if they change the name of the city to Trayvon, Florida.  It would even be carried on the Police cars there, and always be a reminder that their are limits to the Stand Your Ground laws.

The Reasoning Behind Florida's #StandYourGround Law That Led to Death of #TrayvonMartin

The reasoning behind Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law is that there are good people and bad people according to an analysis from Isaac-Davy Aronson in 2007 is that there are good people and bad people.

And good people don't make bad decisions.  Good people know when they are threatened and when they are not, and when to use deadly force.

Like, according to Mr. Aronson, Mr Kenneth Allen, who felt threatened when Jason Ronsenbloom, talked back to his lecture over leaving 8 bags of trash out for pickup instead of obeying the limit of 6. 

And, like the president at the time; George W. Bush, who was such a good person he could disregard Congress with signing statements that flatly admitted he wouldn't be carrying out the wished of Congress though he would keep the law on the books in some kind of compromise; "good people" can do no wrong.

Of course, the people most of us are likely to see first as "good people" are those who look like the majority  So, generally the white Anglo-saxon others in this nation are likely to hold sway.  Some people who feel alienated also turn to their own kind as the best role models for good.  That can create not only the white dominant superiority, but also, minority embattlement syndrome.  Trayvon Martin's case may have brought it to the attention of Americans this time in a big way, but apparently the law has led to the shooting of many minorities.

And criminal proceedings are the first step towards justice.  If earlier cases didn't just let the person of white Northern European descent walk free after shooting people of more complex or darker ancestry, then maybe George Zimmerman would have thought twice about confronting Trayvon Martin, or even of carrying a gun around playing "Neighborhood Watch".

That just adds to the injustice of the Trayvon Martin killing.  It could have been stopped  before a delusional, wannabe, who was possibly high on drugs or alcohol, killed a young man who had his whole life ahead of him, and wanted to become a pilot.

There will be more horrific killings if such laws stand and continue to be used to justify white Northern Europeans and their security lackeys (police, guards, and neighborhood watchdogs of all descent) killing minority individuals.

Maybe we should boycott Florida until they get that law changed or repealed.