Bill O'Reilly goes after Sharpton, BGI and what needs to be done in the black community. The only thing I disagree with is his opening lines. He said George profiled Trayvon and he gave credit to Tray-parents for...I don't know what...wrong on those points IMO. Other than that he really is going after the race baiters. Too bad he doesn't see Tray-parents are now part of the BGI along with Crump and crew.

If Trayvon Martin's family decides to file a wrongful-death suit against George Zimmerman, they could be opening a Pandora's box, according to Zimmerman's older brother.

"A myriad of things that were off-limits in a criminal trial would come into play in a civil case. Specifically, things that might not be very flattering to Trayvon or his family,"

Robert Zimmerman Jr. said in an email to The Huffington Post.
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"Public opinion was swayed by a false presentation of this case from the beginning," Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara said at a press conference after the ruling. "The Martin family, through their handlers, presented a picture of who Trayvon was and who George was that is wholly inaccurate."

After the verdict, the Martin family's lawyer, Benjamin Crump, told ABC's "This Week" that his clients were considering a suit against Zimmerman.

"They are going to certainly look at [a lawsuit] as an option. They deeply want a sense of justice. They deeply don't want their son's death to be in vain,"

he told ABC.

Goldberg: Bending the Trayvon Martin tragedy to fit
How the supposedly objective media have not only sensationalized a tragedy but at times appeared to deliberately bend the facts to fit a desired story line.

George Zimmerman, seen here on the 20th day of his trial for second-degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, was acquitted on all charges. (Joe Burbank / EPA)

I never thought the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case deserved nearly the attention it got. But reasonable people can disagree about that. What strikes me as unconscionable, however, is the way the supposedly objective media have not only sensationalized a tragedy but at times appear to deliberately bend the facts to fit a desired story line. Maybe it started with the use of pictures of a younger Martin or with the sudden embrace of the term "white Hispanic" to describe Zimmerman in order to more easily paint him as a racist.


NBC News was the most egregious offender on this score. Producers edited Zimmerman's 911 call to make it sound as if he were targeting Martin because of his race. The "Today" show ran audio of Zimmerman saying, "This guy looks like he's up to no good … he looks black." Those ellipses hide the fact Zimmerman said "he looks black" only after the operator asked him to describe Martin. (NBC has apologized, and Zimmerman is suing.)

Any hope that the editorializing would end with the trial was naive. National Public Radio recently profiled Sybrina Fulton, Martin's mother. In response to the tragedy and the trial, Fulton has become a civil rights activist, NPR reported....

Read more at the L.A. Times.

Oh heavens! That guy just doesn't even have the capacity rent a clue, does he, kbp? BTW - nice to cyber-see you!

Ten Post-Zimmerman Lessons



Some are uplifting, some downright depressing. But for what they are worth, here are my ten top takeaways from a crazy week:

1. Sometimes, even in these cynical times, a jury gets it right.

Here in the era of O.J. and the $3 million hot coffee civil suit, it is easy to grow jaded about the failings of our human jury system.

But on rare occasions, under the harsh glare and pressure of public scrutiny, jurors will gather and surround themselves with just the right shields against emotion and irrelevant sideshows.

The Zimmerman jury had to know that an acquittal could well lead to violent reactions. They also had to know they would join the defendant in the crosshairs of vulgar, unhinged critics.

Yet they examined the evidence, ruled on its merits and gave us an inspiring example of our judicial system working properly.

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J.C. Penney psyched to see (at)MillionHoodies receive $100,000 on VH1's Do Something Awards



VH1 presents the “Do Something Awards” to honor “young world-changers, 25 and under.” This year, the nominees included someone who organized a multi-state program to provide food to soup kitchens and shelters, a “DREAMer” illegal alien, a young woman speaking out against human trafficking, and another young woman who helps find funding for schools, water wells, and health centers in East Africa.

Oh and there’s also Daniel Maree, the anti-Stand Your Ground activist behind the Million Hoodies Movement for Justice.

Guess who won.

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