Push for #Zimmerman Federal Civil Rights Charges Risks Double Jeopardy

The Wall Street Journal nails it with this editorial, "The Zimmerman Verdict":

An American criminal defendant is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, and that's the standard to keep in mind when considering the jury's not guilty verdict Saturday for George Zimmerman in the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

The case has been fraught with racial politics from the start, but inside the Sanford, Florida courtroom, the jurors had to wrestle with the standard that is a hallmark of American justice. No one but Mr. Zimmerman knows what happened that early evening in 2012 when he followed Martin, an unfamiliar young, African-American male visiting the neighborhood. A scuffle ensued, Zimmerman shot Martin in what he says was self-defense, and prosecutors never produced an eyewitness or even much evidence to disprove Mr. Zimmerman.

The verdict compounds the tragedy for the Martin family, but no one can claim that their son was not represented in court. The state threw everything it had at Mr. Zimmerman. Gov. Rick Scott replaced local prosecutors with a special team from Jacksonville, the judge often ruled favorably for the prosecution, including the addition of the lesser manslaughter charge (in addition to second-degree murder) at the end of the trial.

Still the state could not prove its case to the satisfaction of the six jurors, all women, for whom the easiest decision in terms of public approval would have been to convict. No less than President Obama had commented on the local case after Mr. Zimmerman was not originally charged by local authorities.

"If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Mr. Obama said. He was echoed by hundreds of politicians and commentators who wanted to put racial profiling on trial as much as they did Mr. Zimmerman. But a criminal trial is not a legislature, or a venue to debate social policy.

Benjamin Jealous of the NAACP is already lobbying Attorney General Eric Holder to indict Mr. Zimmerman on federal civil-rights charges. To do so and win a conviction would require proof that Mr. Zimmerman was motivated by racial animus when the record shows little more than a reference by Mr. Zimmerman to "punks" in a comment to a police dispatcher.

Millions of Americans would see such federal charges as an example of double jeopardy, and a politicized prosecution to boot.

More at the link.

And check on the action at Memeorandum, where the idiot regressives are all over the talk of federal prosecution of Zimmerman.

PHOTO CREDIT: The Los Angeles Times.

#Zimmerman Riots Rule 5 Break

It's been pretty hilarious with all the left's whining about "no rioting" following the Zimmerman verdict.

The race-baiting left is epic fail, and President Hussein is the freakin' worst.

I'll have more later on that later. Meanwhile, here's some Sunday babe blogging.

So, check Pirate's Cove, "Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup," and "If All You See……is a horrible carbon pollution infused beer bottle, you might just be a Warmist."

Plus, at Wirecutter's, "Supper is served."


Also, from Ron Russell, "Busty Babes and ..."

And from Proof Positive, "Women of PETA XXXV."

At Izismile, "This Average Girl Is Not Average Looking Anymore" (via Linkiest).


Plus, from Drunken Stepfather, "KATE UPTON IN A BIKINI OF THE DAY."

And Soylent has "Your Afternoon Generic Ginger."

Dana Pico has more, "Rule 5 Blogging: The IDF Again!"

At Reaganite, "ACHTUNG! 'Miss Germany 2013' Caroline Noeding - ist 'Die Schönste Frau Deutschlands'~."

And at Gator Doug's, "DaleyGatorDaleyBabe Saven Mi."

Check Egotastic! as well, "Thank God It’s Funbags! Hayley-Marie Coppin Scrubs Her Kitchen Clean and Naughty."

As always, if I missed your Rule 5 entry, drop it in the comments and I'll update.

More, from Bob Belvedere, "Rule 5 News: Judy Tyler, R.I.P."

New Black Panther Party Called for George #Zimmerman Death in Prison

Hey, incitement to death for George Zimmerman.

Keepin' it classy, leftists.

At the Daily Caller, "New Black Panther hopes Zimmerman is killed in prison [VIDEO]":

SANFORD, Fla. – At least one member of the New Black Panther party hopes George Zimmerman is found guilty and murdered in prison.

“Anything less than death for George Zimmerman is not justice,” Kojo Kayrallah told The Daily Caller Friday afternoon. Kayrallah, who identified himself as the Chief of Staff for the state of Florida said he and his group were here in Sanford seeking “justice for Trayvon.”

When asked if death in prison was satisfactory, Kayrallah said “praise be to God.”

The New Black Panther Party protested in front of Seminole County Courthouse along with several other groups on Friday as the six-person jury began deliberating Zimmerman’s fate. He can be convicted of either second-degree murder or manslaughter for the shooting death of Martin.

Brother James Muhammad also spoke to The Daily Caller saying “we’re not advocating any acts of violence against anyone in prison or out of prison.” But he added that there’s “always that possibility” that a “child killer” would face that fate of death behind bars.

Also at Breitbart, "New Black Panther Vows: 'Black Man Will Exact Justice on Zimmerman'."

Boy, they've got those Gandi lessons down cold.

Reporter Claudia Peschiutta Hit by Bean Bag Round in Nonexistent L.A. #Zimmerman Rioting Last Night — BWAHAHAHA!!

OMG, I can't stop the lulz!

The lying leftist losers are claiming there was no rioting last night following the Zimmerman verdict, but I guess they forgot to check with Los Angeles reporter Claudia Peschiutta, who was on the scene when LAPD riot patrols, surrounded by vicious rioting criminals, cleared the streets with non-lethal rounds.

Probably more than 100 protesters at Crenshaw and the 10. Just got hit by a rubber bullet! pic.twitter.com/7HewrKl3Tr

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) July 14, 2013

Did not hear an order to disperse before I got hit.

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) July 14, 2013

Police say there was dispersal order. I got to scene several minutes before rubber bullets were fired & heard no order before getting hit.

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) July 14, 2013

Turns out I was hit by a bean bag. pic.twitter.com/K7KY45gpDH

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) July 14, 2013

#LAPD says some protesters threw stuff at and pushed some cops. Police apparently fired bean bags and at least one person (me) was hit.

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) July 14, 2013

@miasportsentnla: LAPD says motorcycle cop surrounded by protestors, maybe pushed around. Bean bags fired to try to stop fleeing suspects.

— Claudia Peschiutta (@ReporterClaudia) July 14, 2013

Bwahaha! So peaceful. And hey, look over there! No riots!

Actually, I reported on L.A.'s rioting earlier --- but hey look over there! No "mass" riots! Bwahaha!!

Bwahaha! Idiot Leftists Push Hilarious Meme of No 'Mass' Riots!

OMG, this is freakin' hilarious!

Leftists were out in force yesterday denying there'd be rioting after the Zimmerman verdict. The hopelessly left-wing tool Dave Weigel sums up the fail with an entry at Slate, "The Night Without a Riot." But the regressive retard had to modify a bit when tweeting it out, for the lulz!

New @Slate, on why the fear of post-Zimmerman verdict mass riots didn't pan out http://t.co/R6w8sghTbU
— daveweigel (@daveweigel) July 14, 2013

Hey, no "mass" riots. Look over there!

On the contrary, we had some mf big rioting in Oakland last night, and Occupy claimed "thousands" were on the streets in Los Angeles, but for a massive police presence we'd have seen more mf devastating black shakedown anarchy and destruction. I guess the New York Daily News didn't get the left's disinformation memo.

Oakland riots after George Zimmerman found not guilty of murdering #TrayvonMartin http://t.co/hcRdxZ73an
— New York Daily News (@nydailynews) July 14, 2013

And check Twitchy, "‘Kill pigs’: Anti-cop vandals in Oakland riot, smash windows, burn flags over Zimmerman verdict [photos,video]."

#Oakland anti-cop protestors overturn dumpsters, smash windows after #Zimmerman verdict, still moving @KTVU pic.twitter.com/Eu6p6cjNGG

— Debora Villalon (@deboraktvu) July 14, 2013

Crowd growing over 100 at #OGP 14th and Broadway #Oakland angry about #ZimmermanTrial love for #Trayvon pic.twitter.com/MMtBwQ6rGX

— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) July 14, 2013

Bwahahah!!

New York's Teams Have Fewer True Stars in All-Star Game Since the 1930s.

Or, so says USA Today, "New York: All-Star city with few real stars":

NEW YORK — This city loves stars — on Broadway, on Wall Street and on the diamond. But as baseball's best prepare to gather for Tuesday's All-Star Game, New York's teams have fewer true stars to call their own than in any of the eight previous All-Star games played here since the game's inception in the 1930s.

President Obama's Statement on George #Zimmerman Not Guilty Verdict

And it's all about Trayvon.

The country's biggest loser just couldn't resist fanning the flames of additional racial strife.

At the White House homies' page, "Statement by the President":

The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin.

Yeah, yeah. We shall overcome, mf.



IMAGE CREDIT: iOWNTHEWORLD.

Sunday Cartoons

Here's a generic link to Flopping Aces, since the "Sunday Funnies" aren't up yet.

BEST CARTOON OF THE DAY! pic.twitter.com/azDeUSX5UJ

— NancyR (@tinydancerII) July 14, 2013

Also at Randy's Rountable, "Friday Nite Funnies," and Reaganite Republican, "Reaganite's SUNDAY FUNNIES."

And see Legal Insurrection, "Branco Cartoon – Fanning the Flames."

More Riots Planned After #Zimmerman Acquittal

ABC 7 Bay Area reports, "More protests planned in Oakland, SF after Zimmerman acquittal."

San Diego protests are planned as well, to say nothing of more rioting in Los Angeles.

Photographer Ahmed Assem Videotapes Moment of His Own Death During Clashes in Cairo

Man, this is intense, at NYT, "Parents Mourn Photographer Killed in Cairo."

Riot Police Break-Up Violent Los Angeles Protests Following #Zimmerman Verdict

Occupy Los Angeles claimed to have thousands of rioters on the streets following the verdict.

And more violence is planned for this afternoon, "Trayvon Martin protest planned Sunday in South L.A."

ADDED: More from AP, "CALIF. PROTESTS PLANNED AFTER ZIMMERMAN ACQUITTAL" (via Memeorandum).

Obama is Biggest MF Loser in #Zimmerman Acquittal

From Roger Simon, at Pajamas Media, "Obama Big Loser in Zimmerman Trial" (at Memeorandum):

Forget the over-zealous prosecutors and the repellent state attorney Angela Corey (who should be immediately disbarred or, my wife said sarcastically, elevated to director of Homeland Security) and even the unfortunate Trayvon Martin family (although it is certainly hard to forget them — they have our profound sympathies), the true loser at the Zimmerman trial was Barack Obama.

By injecting himself in a minor Florida criminal case by implying Martin could be his son, the president of the United States — a onetime law lecturer, of all things — disgraced himself and his office, made a mockery of our legal system and exacerbated racial tensions in our country, making them worse than they have been in years. This is the work of a reactionary, someone who consciously/unconsciously wants to push our nation back to the 1950s.

It is also the work of a narcissist who thinks of himself first, of his image, not of black, white or any other kind of people. It’s no accident that race relations in our country have gone backwards during his stewardship.

Congratulations to the jury for not acceding to this tremendous pressure and delivering the only conceivable honest verdict. This case should never have been brought to trial. It was, quite literally, the first American Stalinist “show trial.” There was, virtually, no evidence to convict George Zimmerman. It was a great day for justice that this travesty was finally brought to a halt.

We all know Al Sharpton, the execrable race baiter of Tawana Brawley and Crown Heights, agitated publicly for this trial more than anyone else. But he most likely would not have succeeded had it not been for Obama’s tacit support. As far as I know this is unprecedented in our history (a president involving himself in a trial of this nature).

The media also followed Obama (as they always do) by enabling the demagogue Sharpton, as if he were a serious person. The media, as I wrote before, treated this case like pornography, something to be exploited, giving it all sorts of racial import it didn’t have. The New York Times, acting like true reactionaries of the Obama era (how can we use the word “liberal” with these people?), even went so far as to invent the term “white Hispanic” to fit the case. The National Enquirer couldn’t have done it better. (I take it back. The Enquirer behaves more ethically.)

The irony is that the people who suffer most from the media behaving in this manner are black people who are manipulated into acting as an interest group when they have no interest. They are literally victims of the media and of Obama.

Continue reading.

Actually, the administration is already foisting yet more racism on the country. At Jammie Wearing Fools, "Racial Arsonist Holder Pressured by Democrats, NAACP to File Charges Against Zimmerman."

The race riots have kicked off in Oakland, and the left is pushing for more. These people will stop at nothing to bring this country down.

IMAGE CREDIT: iOWNTHEWORLD.

#Zimmerman Verdict: State Never Proved Its Case, Legal Analysts Say

An analysis at the Miami Herald (via Instapundit):

SANFORD -- After five weeks of trial and 56 witnesses, few legal observers believed prosecutors came close to proving Sanford neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman committed second-degree murder when he shot and killed Trayvon Martin in February 2012.

So for many legal analysts, it was no surprise that jurors rejected even a lesser “compromise” verdict of manslaughter, acquitting Zimmerman outright of all criminal charges and deciding he acted in a reasonable way to protect his own life.

The acquittal was a stinging blow for prosecutors and their decision to file the second-degree murder charge against Zimmerman, who was not initially arrested by Sanford police after claiming self-defense. And it was a resounding embrace of the defense’s strategy during closing arguments not just to establish that prosecutors hadn’t proven Zimmerman guilty, but also to show he was “absolutely” innocent.

“Justifiable use of force is one of the most difficult areas of the law,” State Attorney Angela Corey acknowledged Saturday after Zimmerman’s acquittal. “Make no mistake, Trayvon Martin had every right to be on the premises as did George Zimmerman ... that’s what makes this case unique.”

Zimmerman defense attorney Don West ... called the prosecution’s case a “disgrace.”

“We proved that George Zimmerman was not guilty,” he said.

Continue reading.

Oakland Riots After #Zimmerman Not Guilty Verdict

At the San Francisco Chronicle, "No arrests in Oakland vandalism."

Across the bay in Oakland ... about 125 protesters gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza outside City Hall before marching through downtown, starting small fires and smashing windows at the Wells Fargo Bank at 12th Street and Broadway and at several locations, including the Dogwood Bar, the Oakland Tribune, the Foot Locker shoe store and the Sears store.

A BART police car parked outside the 12th Street BART Station had its windows smashed, and protesters spray-painted "F- the police" and "Kill Pigs" on the side of the vehicle.

About 11:30 p.m., Oakland police formed a skirmish line near their headquarters at 7th Street and Broadway and came face-to-face with protesters.

As Argus, the police helicopter, monitored from above, the crowd soon moved away from the intersection and headed east on 14th Street, stopping at a McDonald's restaurant shortly after midnight to burn several flags and to spray-paint "Kill Zimmerman" and "FTP," an anti-police epithet, on the side of Alameda County's Rene C. Davidson Courthouse.

The protesters then returned to Broadway and Telegraph Avenue by about 12:30 a.m., smashing more windows, setting more fires and throwing garbage cans at motorists before dispersing, police said. No arrests were made, and there were no reported injuries, said Officer Johnna Watson, an Oakland police spokeswoman.

Well, it's Oakland, so it's like completely unexpected, or something.

More at Memeorandum, and especially at Protein Wisdom.

#Zimmerman Verdict Unleashes Social Media Avalanche

At the Los Angeles Times, "Zimmerman not guilty: Verdict sparks social media avalanche."

Here's one of my tweets that was retweeted over a couple of dozen times.

I'm proud to live in a country where an Hispanic man can find justice in our "racist" criminal justice system #Zimmerman #TrayvonMartin

— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 14, 2013

At lots at Twitchy, "‘Apoplectic’ Terry McMillan declares the verdict ‘was all about race’." And, "It’s ‘n*gga season’: Marlon Wayans tweets epic meltdown about ‘fat guck Zimmerman’." And check the "Zimmerman verdict" search.

More on the news at the New York Times, "Zimmerman Is Acquitted in Trayvon Martin Killing. " (At Memeorandum.)

And at Instapundit, "ZIMMERMAN VERDICT REACHED: Not Guilty. This is a prosecution that never should have been brought."

More on the reactions later, especially on MSNBC's meltdown, when I find some video.

George #Zimmerman Found NOT GUILTY in #TrayvonMartin Murder Trial

I should probably post something.

Unlike a lot of people, I make no claim to expertise on this case. All along I thought it was a racial carnival show that brought out the worst in America's left-wing politics, mass media, and black culture.

I had no doubt that Zimmerman would be acquitted, as I posted on Twitter moments before the verdict was read.

#Zimmerman should be 100 percent acquitted!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 14, 2013

Freakin' not guilty! I told you! 100 percent acquittal! #Zimmerman #Trayvon #TrayvonMartin
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 14, 2013

@MichelleMalkin I knew it. I had no doubt!
— Donald Douglas (@AmPowerBlog) July 14, 2013

We're going to continue our long national debate on race and racism after this trial, simply because the racial grievance industry won't let it go. It's a victory for decency and rationalism, a rare one in our upside down world of political correctness and radical left-wing lies and deception. The leftist media comes out particularly poorly.

I'll be updating, but here's the Miami Herald, "George Zimmerman not guilty in murder of Trayvon Martin." And at London's Daily Mail, "George Zimmerman found NOT GUILTY of murder or manslaughter of Trayvon Martin."

More at Twitchy as well, on the calls for George Zimmerman's death, "Twitter lynch mob threatens to kill George Zimmerman."

'No Justice, No Peace — #Trayvon'

A photo from the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center, via Jacob Langston on Twitter.

A verdict could come any minute.

Angry Protesters Await #Zimmerman Verdict

At LAT, "Tempers flare as crowd at courthouse waits for Zimmerman verdict":

As the six-woman jury continued their second day of deliberations Saturday, local authorities staffed the emergency operations center and sheriff’s deputies lingered at the edge of the courthouse lawn, where metal barricades had been erected.

“Shouting at each other -- it’s not going to do anything,” Campbell said.

As the white-haired man made his way through the crowd, a chorus of angry voices trailed him.

“Zimmerman’s a killer!”

“He’s a murderer!”

“You’re a racist!”

Eventually, half a dozen protesters surrounded the man with signs, chanting. One of the young women wore a T-shirt that said, “What if it were your son?” They talked about the O.J. Simpson case, one holding a sign that said, “The glove don’t fit.”

GRAPHIC: Who's who in the Trayvon Martin case

They tried to convince the white-haired man that he was wrong, but the man just shook his head.

“He has a right to self-defense,” he said of Zimmerman.

Tempers flared. Voices rose. But no one came to blows.

In the end, the old man walked away to talk to more Martin supporters, including a young black man wearing a T-shirt with Zimmerman’s face in the cross-hairs.

Homosexuals Protest FDA's Tainted Blood Ban

At Lonely Con, "What Could Go Wrong? Gay Men Want Ban Lifted On Blood Donations."

Lots could go wrong, like untold numbers of innocent people contracting AIDS.

And despite clear evidence that the blood supply becomes infected every year with HIV-tainted blood, a left-wing campaign of political correctness seeks to override public health safety and pooh-pooh the odds of infection. Homosexuals are simply pushing one more area of public life where they say efforts to protect the public have "stigmatized" the homosexual culture of depraved abandon and licentiousness. Oh the humanity!

Here's the New Yorker's extremely sympathetic (and stupid) report, "Breaking the Blood Ban":

Over the past fifteen years, the F.D.A. has reëxamined its policy on blood from M.S.M.s on several occasions. It continues to stand by it. The “FDA’s primary responsibility with regard to blood and blood products is to assure the safety of patients who receive these life-saving products,” Morgan Liscinsky, an F.D.A. spokeswoman, told me in an e-mail. She stressed the “much higher rates of transmissible diseases among some MSM than in the non-MSM general population.” Liscinsky did tell me that the F.D.A. is open to a discussion on the matter, though she employed some startling double negatives to make the point: “Although scientific evidence has not yet demonstrated that blood donated by MSM or a subgroup of these potential donors does not have a substantially increased rate of H.I.V. infection compared to currently accepted blood donors, FDA remains willing to consider new approaches to donor screening and testing.”

But there is good evidence to suggest that dropping the ban, and screening gay men who wish to give blood in the same way that people in other high-risk groups are screened, would pose almost no additional risk to the public. In fact, the evidence suggests that such a change in policy might actually save lives by increasing the amount of available blood.

I recommend showing this video to any person about to get a blood transfusion, informing them of the statistics on risk from homosexual infection. Let's see how well that goes over. Homos not only want to get in your face, they want to get in your bloodstream.



Or show them this one, featuring the homosexual organizer Ryan James Yezak and his homosexual freak supporters prancing in the background. Again, ask someone getting a transfusion, do you want blood from these people? How about that big black homosexual bitch in the background? You want that mf's blood?

 

And more at CBS, from Michelle Castillo (who looks like a damned tranny), "Activists hold first gay, bisexual blood drive to get FDA to change rules." The piece includes no voices of those supporting the ban, and nothing is offered to contradict the homo activist left's claims, despite the ample evidence.

Frankly, progressives don't care about public health. They're destroying every corner of American life, from your child's school to the blood supply. No citizen is safe from the freak homosexual takeover of American life.

Hey, man, we're going to be like the Castro nationwide in no time, mf's!

Cool Instagram Account for U.S. Department of the Interior

I love this.

At London's Daily Mail, "Inside story: Photographs from U.S. Department of the Interior's Instagram account reveal the stunningly diverse landscapes of the United States."