If this committee wants to be taken seriously, they would heed your advice. But they are all either incompetent or liars. They began the meeting by canonizing Trayvon. Trayvon was the epitome of what's wrong with black boys at risk. Fredricka Wilson praised the success of her mentoring program in the MDS system. How is it Trayvon slipped through the cracks of this program? He was suspended 3 times in less than 5 months, how much more would be required to be at risk? She also spoke of the work to prevent the school to prison pipeline. How come she didn't mention the success of the MDSPD in reducing crime in the MDS system? How come she didn't mention Trayvon was one of the MDSPD success stories? And then all of them praise Tracy, for WHAT? They will never address the real problems. They avoid any honest discussion by obfuscation. Not one of them has the integrity to stand up and tell the truth.

Yes, Rumpole, but forget about it. It seems we've moved on to the next bazzaro news event in this case - juror 29. And around and around we go...

Good morning, Rumpole!

Maddy appears to have a problem with logical thought.
"The only minority on the all-female jury that voted to acquit George Zimmerman said today that Zimmerman "got away with murder" for killing Trayvon Martin and feels she owes an apology Martin's parents."

"She said the jury was following Florida law and the evidence, she said, did not prove murder."


""I was the juror that was going to give them the hung jury. I fought to the end," she said.

However, on the second day of deliberations, after spending nine hours discussing the evidence, Maddy said she realized there wasn't enough proof to convict Zimmerman of murder or manslaughter under Florida law."

"When asked by Roberts whether the case should have gone to trial, Maddy said, "I don't think so."

"I felt like this was a publicity stunt. This whole court service thing to me was publicity," she said."

Hi Y'all

I deleted most references to "News Balls" certainly links to them... they do not deserve the publicity.

I left in negative comments.

Did she really say she felt he got away with murder or is ABC once again, interpreting her words? It sounds like she contradicts this with her other statements. I think she was a Traybot going in, but the truth and law won out, so she's back peddling. Let's face it, she's showing her face, saying what's necessary to go about her life without being threatened.

Don't miss the new post in Shellie's thread and a fun new thread in the game section. Click quickly before Rumpole deletes this post!

"It's hard for me to sleep, it's hard for me to eat because I feel I was forcefully included in Trayvon Martin's death. And as I carry him on my back, I'm hurting as much [as] Trayvon's Martin's mother because there's no way that any mother should feel that pain," she said.

Juror B37, whose face and body were hidden, appeared last week on Anderson Cooper's CNN show, and said that she believes Zimmerman's "heart was in the right place" when he became suspicious of Martin and that the teenager probably threw the first punch.