tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596027162102657207.post7411824067663647337..comments2020-06-22T22:48:14.992-07:00Comments on Still In the Doghouse: Federal Civil Rights Prosecution Zimmerman-Martin CaseIn The Doghousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168341244739209780noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596027162102657207.post-12169263261748355612013-07-16T10:43:33.017-07:002013-07-16T10:43:33.017-07:00The disparity in the system that you speak of larg...The disparity in the system that you speak of largely exists because individuals who run the system have their own prejudices. Jury members, judges, policemen, congressmen, senators, are all imperfect individuals entrusted with running this system. How do you completely overhaul the justice system without changing the hearts of individuals? I’m not ignoring the disparity but I don’t believe the “system” itself favors any particular race over another. The administrators of the system may. The purpose of the Civil Rights movement was to remove such laws as “Jim Crow” laws that made the system unequal. We fight a different battle today in order to improve equality but the media and divisive racial leaders continue to use the same rhetoric of the Civil Rights movement that claim the system needs to be changed. The racial inequality gap closes one person at a time in the hearts of the individual, who can then change the way the system is administered. You cannot change the system to change people; people have to change individually in order to improve the way justice is administered.In The Doghousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168341244739209780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596027162102657207.post-37851353703074667092013-07-16T03:37:13.899-07:002013-07-16T03:37:13.899-07:00I agree with many points in this post. However, ra...I agree with many points in this post. However, racism is more systemic than we want to believe or admit. If the races had been reversed in this case, there is NO doubt in my mind that (black) Zimmerman would have been convicted of killing (white) Martin. Ignoring the disparity in the justice system seems like an effort to assuage white guilt, in my opinion. "Stand your ground" laws have been notoriously racially unequal. White guy shoots his wife's lover three times in the back (killing him) and gets no prison time. Black mother of three shoots warning shot at estranged husband who is about to attack her, harming no one, and gets 20 years. These are actual cases in Florida. While race should not matter, and we would like to believe that everyone gets justice, this is simply not the case. And nothing can be done about it if we say that there is no problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com