George Zimmerman, Sacrificial Lamb

It has become increasingly clear lately that George Zimmerman is likely to become a sacrificial lamb. The Florida prosecutors who have charged him with 2nd degree murder, in spite of much evidence that he acted in self defense when he shot Trayvon Martin apparently fear any verdict short of guilty as charged. They fear the kind of racial threats and intimidation that became evident when the Reverend Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson weighed in before much of the evidence was published. They flatly said Zimmerman was guilty of murder and should be prosecuted. To date they have not modified that conclusion. They also fear the New Black Panther party who have put a bounty on Zimmerman and have called for him to be lynched if found. Left-wing news organizations even doctored the 911 call to make it appear as though Zimmerman had been profiling and stocking Martin. For weeks, Zimmerman's side of the story was not published by anybody.

Will the Florida prosecutors prevail with the court and get their Kangaroo Court conviction? If I were George Zimmerman, I wouldn't count on a fair outcome. Politicians have shown a complete lack of courage in situations like this since the infamous Rodney King riots. The threat of similar riots in the Zimmerman matter will put great pressure on courts and juries to come back with a "correct" verdict.

Zimmerman may be guilty of poor judgment when he ignored the 911 dispatcher's instructions to break off his watch and remain in his car, but he certainly doesn't appear to have been doing anything criminal when he walked along a public sidewalk as was apparently attacked by Martin, whom he had lost track of. After Martin allegedly cold cocked him and then sat on his chest and pounded his head on the concrete, he appears to have been well within the Florida law when he was finally able to get his "legally registered" gun out and shoot his attacker from less than 18 inches. In spite of this, he is very unlikely to get justice in this racial climate. Prepare the sacrifice.