History of the Trayvon Martin Trial; a Long and Winding Road
In the aftermath of this tragedy, we are all looking quite closely at the events leading up to and after this trial searching for a lesson, a reason and a solution. In that vein, some are being held to a different standard than before. Now you don’t have to say anything but agrees with the verdict and you are either a racist or ignorant. If you disagree with the verdict you are either racist or ignorant. Either way, you get the point; we are all now ignorant or racist. Case in point, in an article written by Aliyah Frumin for Hardball titled “Opinions of Juror B-37 were her own, say fellow jurors” , reports of this juror saying things like “she didn’t think Martin’s race was the reason why Zimmerman, then a volunteer neighborhood watchman, followed him” or Trayvon made a mistake by not running and sticking around. This same article reports that four (4) of the other jurors got together and released a statement that request an appeal “to the high...