Getting away with murder.

Race relations. That’s what the trial of George Zimmerman should have been about. That’s why Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old teenager is dead. Shot by Zimmerman, a gun-toting neighborhood watch captain. Because he was a black teenager. Profiled. By Zimmerman. Solely because Martin was black. Had he been a white teenager, no way would Martin have become suspected of being up to no good.  That’s the reality many Americans don’t face up to. Pretending that everything is all right when it comes to race relations. But it ain’t so. If everyone admitted to the truth, people like Zimmerman would acknowledge being racist. No surprise that the judge in the trial of Zimmerman on murder charges barred any discussion of race relations. Skirting the real issue. Zimmerman was exonerated. On technicalities. It’s all right for him to be a racist. As long as he doesn’t openly admit it. A convenient way for racists to get away with murder. It happens all the time.  Murders perpetrated by racists that deny being racists. It is what it is. Chances are if I were on that jury, I would have acquitted Zimmerman, too. Because of the technicalities of law. The law is what it is. A way to get away with murder. Ain’t right. But that’s life and reality in America. –Jim Broede