I don't know Wabb... I agree that race did not work as a strategy in the trial, but the prosecution sure tried to make it that way... most of the world knew about this trial; because of race.
I am still troubled by it. Being passive & tolerating race-baiting is very dangerous. It is very deliberately designed by the enemy... simply saying we are not a part of that thinking is not working anymore.
The trial was about race... which is why it got to be so massive. If the same crime was involving Black/Black, or White/White, Purple/Purple, etc.... what would happen?? According to the media & many (not all) Black folks, we are "racist" because we accept the verdict & justice prevailed. Even the courts are racist according to NAACP... this case has always been about racism. This was not a complicated matter... the assailant physically attacked, told victim he was "going to die tonight" & reached for his gun... it was so clearly self-defense that I can't comprehend how a prosecutor could even try for Murder???? It is becasue of RACE. My point in all of this is that I am sick of being judged & thrown into the racist bucket by my own fellow American peers.
How do we really fix this issue?? It is not by saying "we don't judge" by skin color, or make bias decisions due to race.... that ship has sailed. So we be neutral & passive... which fuels the fire even more. They want more special treatment that no White citizen here would get. We should call it out for what it is... enough of us stand up & maybe it will eventually stop! Unite instead of being victims & wanting more. We rule in favor of Justice... those who are thugs are thugs... despite their color, age, etc.... they should be accountable.