The Patriot Post Brief 7-15-2013

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The Patriot Post Brief 7-15-2013
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The Zimmerman Verdict

July 15, 2013

The Foundation

"Let justice be done though the heavens should fall." --John Adams

Zimmerman Acquitted

In his column "Race Hustlers1" last Thursday, Mark Alexander wrote, "Once the race hustlers and DoJ had plowed the Florida fields, Obama, the consummate racial agitator, nationalized the Zimmerman/Martin case by sowing this seed a month after the incident: 'This is a tragedy, uh ... uh and when I think about this boy, uh, I think about my own kids, uh ... I think that all of us need to do some soul searching to figure out how something like this happened. ... If I had a son he would look like Trayvon, and, uh, you know, I think [his parents] are right to expect that all of us as Americans, uh, are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves.'"

On the Zimmerman verdict, Alexander notes, "Now that Zimmerman has been rightfully exonerated, perhaps Obama can nationalize the race-based murder of a white man2 in Georgia by a group of black gangbangers. I suggest he start by declaring, 'If I had a son, he would look like those thugs...' who murdered Josh Chellew last week."

Government

"Benjamin Jealous of the NAACP is already lobbying Attorney General Eric Holder to indict Mr. Zimmerman on federal civil-rights charges. ... Millions of Americans would see such federal charges as an example of double jeopardy, and a politicized prosecution to boot. ... There is no doubt that many law-abiding black men are eyed suspiciously in some quarters because they are black. The motivation may sometimes be racial. But such a discussion also cannot exclude that the main victims of crimes committed by young black men are other blacks. ... Mr. Zimmerman made many mistakes that February evening, not least failing to heed police advice not to pursue Martin. Despite his acquittal, he will pay for those mistakes for years as he defends against a possible civil suit and must wear a bullet-proof vest to protect himself from threats of violent revenge that he has to take seriously. If there is any satisfaction in his acquittal, it is that the jurors followed the law's requirements that every defendant deserves a fair trial, even one who becomes a symbol of our polarized racial politics." --The Wall Street Journal3

For the Record

"[Attorney General Eric] Holder's minions, it is worth remembering, consulted with the NAACP before the Justice Department dropped the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case that the government had already won. ... There would have been no Florida prosecution of Zimmerman absent the extortionate pressure brought to bear by Attorney General Eric Holder. We knew that even before learning last week that Justice's 'Community Relations Division' (Alinsky-style rabble-rousing under the guise of 'peacemaker') colluded at taxpayer expense with the NAACP and other agitators to demand that charges be brought against Zimmerman -- managing, in the process, to get Sanford police chief Bill Lee cashiered for daring to do his job faithfully, tune out the politics, and decline to arrest Zimmerman because the evidence didn't support it. Recall that contemporaneous with the spring 2012 demonstrations against Zimmerman that the Justice Department abetted -- and with President Obama's nod-and-wink incitement that, if he had a son, the son would 'look like Trayvon' -- Holder sped down to Florida. There, he sang the praises of race huckster extraordinaire Al Sharpton, joining Rev. No Justice, No Peace in calling for Zimmerman's scalp. Holder's M-O was to threaten a federal civil rights prosecution if Florida failed to act." --former DoJ prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy4

Opinion in Brief

"Zimmerman's picture ... appeared in a People magazine story as it did ubiquitously: an unsmiling, unshaved man in an orange, jail-issue jumpsuit. When the first stories appeared, Zimmerman was identified as white; only later, when it turned out that his mother was an immigrant from Peru, did most news stories refer to him as a white Hispanic or white and Hispanic. ... The designation was important to making race a central issue in the case. If Zimmerman were simply 'Hispanic,' or had he been black, then the killing would never have become a national story. ... Blacks commit the overwhelming majority of black homicides -- 93 percent in 2008, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. But stories of black-on-black crime don't get much play, nor do stories in which perpetrator and victim are from differing minority groups. But portray the killer as an armed, white man in pursuit of any young black male he thinks might be about to commit a crime, and the case becomes a metaphor for white racism. ... If the media had stuck to the facts and not played the race card, the debate over this case might have focused more on ways the death might have been avoided -- which would have included both Martin and Zimmerman behaving differently that fateful night. Instead, the media have encouraged young black men to believe they all have bullseyes on their backs." --columnist Linda Chavez5

Reader Comments

"In reading Race Hustlers and Double Standards1, I am impressed that Mark Alexander can express a logical and dispassionate opinion on such a 'hot button' topic. I fear for our Country. I fear that we may not be able to come back from the cliff Obama and his minions have driven us to." --Carol in Asheville, North Carolina

"Race relations1 is an industry in our country. Many non-profit groups, who long ago out lived their own stated goals, must continue race-baiting and doing exactly what Martin Luther King preached against. What is truly sad is that they are not as passionate about solving the real problems in the ghettos and inner cities, in places like DC, Detroit and Chicago. Instead they use these disastrous places as justification to try and disarm all law-abiding Americans and demand even more tax dollars be spent on failed programs." --Ed in Tallahassee, Florida

"Over the past several years I've read numerous articles from Mark Alexander that were great. However, Race Hustlers1 is outstanding and I believe it should be required reading for all who are allowed to vote in this country. I have pledged and given before to The Patriot Post, but I will certainly be increasing my contribution in hopes that you will reach as wide a readership as possible. Thank you for your dedication and tireless efforts." --Jack in Royse City, Texas

Essential Liberty

"The point of a government that obeys the law is that it helps keep the opposition from crawling over broken glass to get to the polling booth at the next election and change its ruling class for another one. That is the central problem of 'czars' in the White House, of EPA closing down coal-fired electric generation, or Obamacare waivers, or Obamacare voided deadlines. It feeds the natural suspicion of any non-liberal American that their federal government is up to no good, and will make it difficult or impossible for the ordinary citizen to get a fair shake. ... Liberals in the Obama administration and elsewhere are so convinced of the truth of their issues, from health care to climate change that any means to advance their progressive agenda seems justified to them. The fact that they are forced to change a few deadlines, or push climate change through the EPA rather than Congress doesn't seem like anything to get worked up about. Liberals are wrong about this, as about so many things on which they refuse to listen to other voices. ... A ruling class that that doesn't faithfully execute the law is provoking the opposition into raising a head of rebellion." --columnist Christopher Chantrill6