Well said. On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 8:36 AM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote:
> > March 24, 2012 > *What if Trayvon Had Been White, and the Shooter Black? > *By Michael Filozof > > What would happen if a black man armed with a handgun confronted > "suspicious persons" in his neighborhood? What would happen if the > "suspicious persons" were unarmed white teens, one of them was shot dead, > and the shooter claimed self-defense? > > This is not an exercise in mere speculation. We know what would happen in > such a case. There would be no white mobs in the street chanting "No > justice, no peace!" There would be no whites holding a "million hoodie > march" in New York City. There would be no white equivalent of Al Sharpton, > the professional race-baiter behind the 1987 Tawana Brawley hoax, leading > marches in the streets of the shooter's hometown. There would be no Federal > civil rights investigation by the Justice Department. There would be no > comments from a president who seems congenitally unable to keep his mouth > shut on matters involving left-wing political correctness. And there would > be no national media attention from biased, left-wing "reporters." > > We know this because in fact, such an event occurred in 2009 in Greece, > N.Y., a suburb of Rochester. Roderick Scott, a black man, shot and killed > an unarmed white teen, Christopher Cervini, whom he believed was > burglarizing a neighbor's car, with a licensed .40 cal. handgun. > > There are many similarities between the Scott-Cervini case and the George > Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case in Florida. In both cases, there had been a > spate of criminal activity in the neighborhood. In both cases, the shooters > called 911 to report suspicious activity, yet chose to confront the unarmed > suspects outside their residence and off their own property prior to the > arrival of the police. In both cases, the shooters claimed that they felt > threatened, and fired in self-defense. In both cases, local law enforcement > applied relevant state law. > > Unlike Florida, New York does not have a "stand your ground" law. New York > law allows a person to use deadly force to defend his residence from home > invasion only as a last resort. It does not allow the use of deadly force > to prevent a property crime, and requires retreat if possible. Thus, while > Zimmerman was not arrested under Florida law, Scott was tried for > manslaughter. > > New York law *does *allow a person to use deadly force anywhere, > including off his own property, if he feels that his life is in imminent > danger and retreat is not possible. Despite the fact that he left his own > property, confronted, and shot dead an unarmed white person thought to be > committing a petty property crime, Scott was acquitted by a majority-white > jury after claiming that the Cervini charged at him, putting him in > imminent fear of his life. > > Despite the racial difference between the shooter and the decedent, there > were no allegations of racial bias. Scott was not charged with a hate > crime. There was no Federal civil rights investigation. There were no white > protests. The case was settled for what it was: a tragedy caused by a > series of poor decisions on behalf of the shooter, and a split-second > decision that will forever be second-guessed. > > In all probability, the actions of Zimmerman in Florida were also based on > a series of poor decisions: the decision to follow a suspect after a police > dispatcher told him not to, the decision to confront a suspect with a > firearm off his own property, and a split-second decision to shoot an > unarmed person when Zimmerman felt his life was in imminent danger, > resulting in tragedy. But a tragedy is not necessarily a Federal civil > rights case - unless the mobs in the streets and their allies in the media > and government want to make it one. > > The truth of the matter is that "civil rights" cases are often little more > than reverse lynch mobs. In the Old South of the past, white mobs would > drag black suspects out of jail and lynch them in the streets if they felt > the wheels of justice were turning too slowly. Today, black mobs, often led > by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, lead street protests or > riots, and the Federal government comes after white suspects with the > "rope" of "civil rights" charges. And just like the old Southern sheriffs > with ties to the Klan who turned a blind eye to the illegal actions of > whites, the Department of Justice often refuses to act on "civil rights" > violations when the perpetrators are black and the victims are white. In > the eyes of the Federal government and the political Left, all whites are > forever suspected of being gap-toothed Klansmen with shotguns and nooses in > their pickup trucks, and all blacks are perpetually innocent, doe-eyed > victims of white oppression. > > This dynamic was made perfectly clear twenty years ago by the Los Angeles > riots. Rodney King, a convicted felon, allegedly intoxicated, led police on > a high-speed car chase and resisted arrest when he was finally cornered. > Most people agree that the cops gave Rodney a few more licks than > department procedures called for. But given King's background and the > extenuating circumstances, the cops were acquitted of assault charges under > state law. The black population of L.A. erupted in riots that killed 53 > people, ignited thousands of arsons, and saw widespread looting. Korean > merchants were racially targeted for arson, and resorted to defending their > property with arms. Reginald Denny, a hapless white truck driver who > inadvertently drove into the riots, was pulled from his vehicle by black > rioters who smashed his skull in 91 places with a brick (inflicting far > worse injuries than the cops had inflicted on King) and danced a jig over > his prone body. > > Long before Eric Holder became Attorney General, refused to prosecute > black voter intimidation, and referred to blacks as "my people," the > Department of Justice caved in to the pressure of the rioters by charging > and convicting the L.A. cops with "civil rights" violations and sending > them to Federal prison. But no such Federal charges were levied against the > blacks who targeted the Koreans and attacked Reginald Denny. > > Two years later, O.J. Simpson, a black defendant with a history of > domestic violence, was accused of slashing the throats of two white people. > But no "civil rights" or "hate crimes" charges were filed against him. No > white protests erupted against Simpson or against the black community. > Simpson, a black millionaire who had a career in sports, money, and fame > that most white people can only dream about, was portrayed as a "victim" of > the "racist" police. Blacks from coast to coast whooped and danced with joy > when he was acquitted of double murder. > > Certainly it's true that in the past, blacks have been victims of whites. > But today the reality is quite different from what the street mobs, the > government, the media and the P.C. crowd would have us believe. Far from > being victims of white oppression, blacks today are disproportionately > perpetrators of violent crimes against whites and against other blacks. > According to data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports, in 2009, "whites" -- > a category that includes Hispanics -- were known to be responsible for > 5,286 murders. Blacks, a mere 13% of the population, were known to be > responsible for 5,980 murders. In 2005, the New Century Foundation's *"Color > of Crime"* report found that "Blacks commit more violent crime against > whites than against blacks. Forty-five percent of their victims are white, > 43 percent are black, and 10 percent are Hispanic. *When whites commit > violent crime, only three percent of their victims are black*" (emphasis > mine). Also in 2005, the Department of Justice reported that one-third of > rapes committed against white women (approximately 37,000) were perpetrated > by blacks, while less than ten -- *statistically* *zero* -- rapes of > black women were committed by whites. > > Whatever happened in the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case, one thing > is perfectly clear: it's high time this country quit the racial > dog-and-pony show, and judged each criminal case on its individual merits > instead of allowing the race-baiting demagogues to leverage each incident > for political advantage in the streets and in the media. > > http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/03/m-what_if_trayvon_had_been_white_and_the_shooter_black.html#.UemN_mrogxM.twitter > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. 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