Who Deserves a Flog Today?

Hell hath frozen over! Before I begin ranting, I'd like to show you something extremely unnatural. An actual picture of Anna Wintour Smiling! And smiling , no less, in Arkansas! Did she require Smelling Salts after she was told that she had to travel to a Podunk Flyover State? Only Oscar knows. (Here's the LINK) 

Okay. That's the end of my Little Amusement Sharing. Now, on to the Red Meat Of Flogging!

The George Zimmerman Trial: The Whip is all whipped-up that anyone can possibly believe that even IF Trayvon Martin was "on top" of Zimmerman beating his head into concrete or something harder than Zimmerman's abs during a physical altercation, that KILLING him was necessary to end the fight? The FACT is that Trayvon WAS followed by someone in a car who had No Reason to GET OUT OF HIS CAR to confront a kid who was walking in the neighbourhood NOT attempting to break into homes; nor "caught" doing anything other than Walking While Being A Young African-American in a gated community. Period. End of story. Ah, but then "Justice" in a court of Law intrudes - as it "should."

However, I have to ask why does this trial lean so heavily on the much-debated 911 Call regarding whose voice is heard calling for help? Perhaps it was Zimmerman. So what? Did Trayvon have any weapons on him? No. Did Trayvon try to strangle Zimmerman to death? No. There were no marks on Zimmerman's neck. In a fight, who pulls a gun on The Other Person other than a chicken-shit lame-arse? (Read THIS for details.)

So, the Defense of Stand Your Ground should be applied in every fight where one of the two involved might be physically stronger and thus, one must end up dead somehow? And, as many people have been saying, didn't the kid have a right to stand HIS ground? Which means to Defend Himself from what he could only assume was some random guy following him around in a creepy way and then chasing him on foot for – what was Zimmerman's reason again? – to find out what the kid was doing there? The entire scenario always seemed very aggressive and confrontational on George Zimmerman's end than on his prey.

But, let's forget about a Dead Kid and focus on Georgie's injuries: Poor Baby got his head all cut and bloody in a fight that HE started by his non-sanctioned-by-police continual pursuit.  I'm glad he is in court. He has a right to defend himself. Nevertheless, when the Intel involved in a murder is as clear as the call between Zimmerman and the local police that evening when he was told NOT to take further action by the dispatcher, I will be among the millions who will cry "Foul" should the jury choose to slap his wrists and send him back home where he can simmer-on with suspicion over any Black Person he feels is "acting strange" (paraphrasing).

Stay tuned.