tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854167628337173910.post3769454419646628912..comments2023-04-29T04:34:54.184-04:00Comments on Diary of a Single Black Woman: "We who believe in freedom cannot rest..."Phyllishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16733959562528087220noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854167628337173910.post-26126481950370191602013-08-01T18:04:13.430-04:002013-08-01T18:04:13.430-04:00Sorry for all the typos. Typing from my phone and ...Sorry for all the typos. Typing from my phone and it doesn't let me scroll back up to delete. Oh well. Steflovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593611033245332849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854167628337173910.post-52084714870918913782013-08-01T18:02:18.287-04:002013-08-01T18:02:18.287-04:00Well said P and Teddy. I have to say I said a lot ...Well said P and Teddy. I have to say I said a lot of tears as well on the night of the verdict, but not for the obvious reasons. My disappointment wasn't in that George Zimmerman was found not guilty. I know our justice system. Sometimes it works for us, but more times it works against us. <br /><br />I was more disappointed in the fact that a slain teenager was not only robbed of his life, but that the outcome of the case ha now robbed him of his voice, his reputation. With a not guilty verdict, now people are stating that Trayvon was an angry individual and trying to ruin his character. It's so disheartening that he didn't get a voice. No one spoke on his behalf. No one presented the case from his perspective. No one thought about his own self-defense claim. The dead was not the victim. The verdict basically justified his killing. The verdict says to all that it is ok to antagonize and pick a fight with someone knowing you have a gun and will use it if you have to. That's sounds a little pre-meditated in my opinion. <br /><br />We have to do better America. Dr. King and all other civil rights activities would be very disappointed. We need to move forward. In the words of Sam Cooke, "Change 'Gon Come". <br />Steflovahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12593611033245332849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854167628337173910.post-77598045747048101502013-08-01T17:40:02.304-04:002013-08-01T17:40:02.304-04:00Injustice and Racism has been going on since the b...Injustice and Racism has been going on since the beginning of time. You can read it all through out Genesis to Revelations. That will never seise to exist. <br />What we can do is DEMAND for a better justice system that is "Not blinded by Race or have the scales tipped toward the rich"... Heard that somewhere can't remember who said it but was a great line referring to OUR symbol for justice. <br /><br />Best believe if the Martin's didn't have to use a states attorney and could have used their own lawyer. They would have won the case. <br /><br />But maybe justice was served being in prison is one thing, always for the rest of your life being George Zimmerman may be a harsher sentence. He is "free" but doesn't have any freedom. Good luck George.Teddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07217438019562900045noreply@blogger.com