JUSTICE DENIED: THE TRAYVON MARTIN CASE, TRAVESTY OF JUSTICE, AND CONSCIENCE OF THE JURORS --- UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND QUERIES PART I BY IBRAHIM H. ALKALI O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allah (God) even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it be against rich or poor. For Allah (God) can best protect both. Follow not the lusts of your hearts, lest ye swerve, and if ye distort justice or decline to do justice, verily Allah (God) is well-acquainted with all that ye do --- Holy Quran, Surah (Chapter) al-Nisa, Ayat (Verse) 135. The recent verdict of not guilty of murder and all other counts by a Florida Court in the United States, in respect of George Zimmerman, the Latin-American (Latino) man who shot and killed a teenage Black-American very young man, Trayvon Martin, was, to say the least, justice denied, wrong, biased, very prejudicial, and very unfair. A lot is actually amiss with the verdict/judgement in the case. First of all, it is noteworthy to consider the way and manner the Jury of six women, consisting of five whites and one non-Black (Latino?) woman was constituted. Everything about the trial and subsequent verdict was apparently a big sham of a dress rehearsal and fashion parade of sorts in a Kangaroo Court. The entire Court proceedings (which were in any case instituted by the Prosecutors concerned only after pressure to that effect by the Black American community in the United States especially; and rather very reluctantly and quite hesitantly, with very little or no prior Police investigations on the case) from the very beginning up to the very end with the verdict, ab-initio, actually raised much more questions than answers, continuously and perpetually. QUESTIONS/QUERIES How is a Jury constituted in the United States, especially considering the need for a fair trial in any case? Why was it that virtually all those involved in the case (including the Judge, the Lead Prosecutor, and the Jury) with the only exception of the defense team of Male Lawyers, were Women? Is it because women are generally (with exceptions) rightly or wrongly regarded as being easier to cajole, flatter, persuade, pressurize, convince, induce, deceive, threaten; unduly influence and be brought under duress and coercion? As well as regarded as being more gullible (rightly or wrongly) than their male counterparts? Especially so, in a still male-dominated world (even in good old Uncle Sam America, the current sole world super-power)? Why was there not even a single male --- be he White, Latino, or Black --- but preferably Black, since the unfortunate victim was a Male and a Black youth? Was it asking for too much to include at least one Black man, one Latino man, and one White man; or at least one Black man and one Latino man (since the case concerns a Black male murdered in cold blood by an indicted Latino male) among the six members of the Jury? MORE QUESTIONS How could the Court not admit clear and very good direct and indirect evidence; as well as very strong circumstantial evidence of the total surrounding circumstances of the incident? How could the Jury and the Court discharge and acquit the reportedly apparently and evidently unrepentant and not remorseful defendant of all the Counts, apart from the very first Count of murder, the most serious offense known to man? This is assuming that the main Count of murder was not proved beyond all reasonable doubts (to which I disagree)? In what way does the so-called Stand Your Ground Law of the US State of Florida actually help to free the defendant? Does the defendants standing his ground also include violent aggression, and actually going after the innocent, powerless, defenseless, candy-buying Black teenage very young man, i.e. hunting him down to murder him in cold blood? Especially so, considering the fact that the victim did not pose any real, actual, or even perceived threat --- be it immediate or otherwise --- in any way whatsoever, to Zimmerman? It is noteworthy that for one thing, Trayvon was clearly much younger and less physically endowed/powerful than Zimmerman. He must have been probably young enough to be his son, nephew, or at least a very younger and much junior brother. Moreover, the younger man did not harass, insult, or assault his much older assailant in any way whatsoever, prior to and/or during the altercation that led to his being gunned down abruptly and suddenly by the gun-trotting trigger-happy Zimmerman! Furthermore, Trayvon was not carrying a gun or any other type of weapon whatsoever for that matter. In any case as far as I am concerned, even assuming that the younger man was carrying a gun or any other weapon along with him --- concealed somewhere on or within his body or inside his clothes. In so far as he did not, at the material time he was accosted and confronted by Zimmerman (who was in any case openly brandishing a gun against the poor Trayvon) take out the gun/weapon and use it to threaten, harass, and/or otherwise assault his predator, Zimmerman, in any way whatsoever; the mere possession of the gun/weapon on his person, should not be used against the much younger man, who unfortunately became Zimmermans prey. But very far from such a hypothetical scenario mentioned above, the much younger innocent man had not even a razor, needle, stone, or stick in his personal possession at the time --- just his bare innocent self only. And he was basically defenseless against the overwhelming physically more powerful, very guilty and shameless Zimmerman and his fire power. The poor Trayvon, victimized by Zimmerman, only had one, two, or more candies with him! Hence the unfortunate very young deceased victim had more of a carrot than a stick in his personal possession at the time he was criminally gunned down by the hateful and spiteful Zimmerman. The older man conversely had more than a stick --- indeed a loaded gun (and no carrot at all) with which he irrationally targeted and shot the much younger man to his very untimely death! (END OF PART I) TO BE CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED IN PART II
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:22:14 +0000
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