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<blockquote data-quote="BrownArmy" data-source="post: 1172480" data-attributes="member: 18225"><p>From the NYT,</p><p></p><p>This guy is right on:</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/opinion/the-whole-system-failed.html?" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/opinion/the-whole-system-failed.html?" target="_blank"><strong>The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin</strong></a></p><p></p><p> <strong>By <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/charles_m_blow/index.html" target="_blank">CHARLES M. BLOW</a></strong></p><p></p><p> In a way, the not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman for his killing of Trayvon Martin was more powerful than a guilty verdict could ever have been. It was the perfect wrenching coda to a story that illustrates just how utterly and completely our system of justice — both moral and legal — failed Martin and his family. </p><p></p><p> This is not to dispute the jury’s finding — one can intellectually rationalize the decision — as much as it is to howl at the moon, to yearn for a brighter reality for the politics around dark bodies, to raise a voice and say, this case is a rallying call, not a death dirge. </p><p> The system began to fail Martin long before that night. </p><p></p><p> <strong>*</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BrownArmy, post: 1172480, member: 18225"] From the NYT, This guy is right on: [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/opinion/the-whole-system-failed.html?"] [B]The Whole System Failed Trayvon Martin[/B][/URL] [B]By [URL="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/charles_m_blow/index.html"]CHARLES M. BLOW[/URL][/B] In a way, the not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman for his killing of Trayvon Martin was more powerful than a guilty verdict could ever have been. It was the perfect wrenching coda to a story that illustrates just how utterly and completely our system of justice — both moral and legal — failed Martin and his family. This is not to dispute the jury’s finding — one can intellectually rationalize the decision — as much as it is to howl at the moon, to yearn for a brighter reality for the politics around dark bodies, to raise a voice and say, this case is a rallying call, not a death dirge. The system began to fail Martin long before that night. [B]* [/B] [/QUOTE]
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