Special prosecutor Angela Corey has announced that she will not use a grand jury to decide whether or not indict
George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot
Trayvon Martin, ABC News reports. She says a grand jury will not be necessary in making the decision and assures the public, "The decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case."
Analysts are calling Corey's decision "bold" and "shocking" because grand juries can be used as political cover in controversial cases. Prosecutors can shift the burden of the decision (in this case, whether or not to indict Zimmerman) onto the jury to avoid public scrutiny. Some suspect the reason she bypassed a grand jury in the George Zimmerman / Trayvon Martin case was to block racial agendas that have developed around the case in either direction. But was it the right move?
If Ms. Corey's motive for omitting the grand jury is to allow justice to prevail based on the evidence (in a state like Florida) then her decision is a good thing.
Go ask Obama so he can dictate to USA.
The situation regarding the death of Treyvon Martin is unfortunate.
But the public should, in my opinion, be far more concerned with the police department's handling of the case & the issue of whether or not standing one's ground should indeed justify no further investigation or charges in a case or whether it should be used as a defense at trial.
Regardless of political leaning, these issues are important to all of us.
The fact that the kid is dead is sad & a pity for both families. However the situation has brought up some issues that our general society should be more concerned about... regardless of political views.
I don't argue that one group yells this & the other group yells that. But the point is that this is a non-partisan issue in reality. It is an issue of equal treatment by law enforcement. I believe it has far more to do with class than race, on the police department's part, for sure. Our population has to be able to trust law enforcement, regardless of socioeconomic status &/or skin color. The police department left a dead kid laying on the ground without notifying his family, probing further into the story they were told, etc. Because they knew Zimmerman, they just took what he said as gospel & didn't go any further. That's not rig...
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The situation regarding the death of Treyvon Martin is unfortunate.
But the public should, in my opinion, be far more concerned with the police department's handling of the case & the issue of whether or not standing one's ground should indeed justify no further investigation or charges in a case or whether it should be used as a defense at trial.
Regardless of political leaning, these issues are important to all of us.
The fact that the kid is dead is sad & a pity for both families. However the situation has brought up some issues that our general society should be more concerned about... regardless of political views.
I don't argue that one group yells this & the other group yells that. But the point is that this is a non-partisan issue in reality. It is an issue of equal treatment by law enforcement. I believe it has far more to do with class than race, on the police department's part, for sure. Our population has to be able to trust law enforcement, regardless of socioeconomic status &/or skin color. The police department left a dead kid laying on the ground without notifying his family, probing further into the story they were told, etc. Because they knew Zimmerman, they just took what he said as gospel & didn't go any further. That's not right.
Seriously, this isn't right or left.
...& even if you disagree, there is never anything productive about calling names & spewing hate. In fact, the only thing it does is destroy... first it destroys you & your self image, then it destroys trust in each other.
...this is not to mention that it makes the name-caller look incredibly foolish & juvenile.
She says she wasn't pressure to make that decision? LOLOLOLOLOL! Of course she was. She was pressured by the media, the protesting mobs, the Justice Department, the race-pimps (like Sharpton and Jackson) and even by Obama himself. Gimmee a break! That was the only reason she chose to ignore the local prosecutor's decision not to prosecute. (Everything in her statement implies her prejudice (as in pre-judged). "Justice for Trevon.." How about just plain "justice" period? If it had been white-on-white or black-on-black (or black-on-white) no one would have ever even heard of the story.
I don't know if this guy's guilty or not. (Although apparently many on this site do know. They must have a direct line to God I guess.) And if he is guilty he should get what the law says he deserves. However I don't know anything about the case other than the very slanted media snippets and their sensationalistic edited tapes and videos.
One thing I've wondered all through this whole fiasco. Just where was Martin when he was encountered by Zimmerman? Yeah, we all know he was on his way home from the store after buying Skittles for his little sister. The media has repeated that over and over (and over). But in that residential area, just where was he exactly...
She says she wasn't pressure to make that decision? LOLOLOLOLOL! Of course she was. She was pressured by the media, the protesting mobs, the Justice Department, the race-pimps (like Sharpton and Jackson) and even by Obama himself. Gimmee a break! That was the only reason she chose to ignore the local prosecutor's decision not to prosecute. (Everything in her statement implies her prejudice (as in pre-judged). "Justice for Trevon.." How about just plain "justice" period? If it had been white-on-white or black-on-black (or black-on-white) no one would have ever even heard of the story.
I don't know if this guy's guilty or not. (Although apparently many on this site do know. They must have a direct line to God I guess.) And if he is guilty he should get what the law says he deserves. However I don't know anything about the case other than the very slanted media snippets and their sensationalistic edited tapes and videos.
One thing I've wondered all through this whole fiasco. Just where was Martin when he was encountered by Zimmerman? Yeah, we all know he was on his way home from the store after buying Skittles for his little sister. The media has repeated that over and over (and over). But in that residential area, just where was he exactly when the confrontation occurred? Was he between Point-A (the store) and Point-B (home) using some kind of fairly direct route between them, or was he somewhere else not "on the way home" in that residential area when it happened? The answer to that question could be of major importance in the case.
Pretty simple question that could easily be answered. Funny how no one has asked it yet?
You have to know what happened, what lead up to the gun being fired, in order to understand whether or not Zimmerman was justified to fear for his life... or the other way around.
It's pretty basic to each & every criminal investigation.
".... Funny how you dedicate a whole paragraph to something pretty irrelevant."
Like I said, it could be very relevant, and you can bet that question will be asked by Zimmerman's attorney.
With nothing but 24/7 coverage yesterday by the Obama-mania Media on the Trayvon Martin case (with the opportunistic publicity whore Sharpton in attendence), I see no justice for either Martin or Zimmerman. This case is the perfect cover to distract the country from addressing the travesty that is the Obama Regime!
This case was tried in the court of public opinion from the very beginning without a shred of "UNtained" evidence. The so-called evidence produced so far is doctored or otherwise unreliable.
When NBC ran a doctored 911 tape, all credibility went right out the window for a fair trial.
Hmm... I see you've deleted your previous personal attack and inserted something more attuned to your verbal abilities.