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'Not guilty' a backward time warp:
The real question at the heart of this case is whether, by virtue of
the mere color of his skin and the wearing of a hoodie, a person is
dangerous. Yes, said the jury. Yes he is.
Dangerous enough to
kill. Martin wasn't allowed to stand his ground against an adult man who
followed him first in a car, and then by foot. His sentence for doing
so?
Death.
The racists will crow, they've been crowing for
weeks, and will talk about how Martin got what he deserved, how
Zimmerman was justified. Any opinions to the contrary will be minefields
of comments so ugly, so wrong as to make any sane person question the
direction of humanity.
Saturday, the hideous past of segregation
and racial violence was born anew, fitting like an old pair of shoes,
still warm from their previous wearing. In a modern society, it should
not be OK for an adult to follow a child home from the store in the
dark, first in a car, then on foot. It should not be OK for him to shoot
him dead.
But our society is getting less and less modern. And my fear for my friends — real people with real families — is overwhelming.
— Isa-Lee Wolf
