Zimmerman not guilty.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I would be interested to see if there were any way Obama could address race without getting dinged for race-baiting by the Fox/Drudge/NewsMax crowd.

From what I've seen of the transcripts, I'm missing the whole LET'S HATE ON WHITEY thing that you all seem to be hearing. Sample:

And for those who resist that idea that we should think about something like these “stand your ground” laws, I’d just ask people to consider, if Trayvon Martin was of age and armed, could he have stood his ground on that sidewalk? And do we actually think that he would have been justified in shooting Mr. Zimmerman who had followed him in a car because he felt threatened? And if the answer to that question is at least ambiguous, then it seems to me that we might want to examine those kinds of laws.

Sounds like CinC is saying that if Martin had a gun, he should have shot Zimmerman rather than punching him, according to Florida Law.

Given that Obama is, irrc, a Harvard educated Lawyer, I think he's allowed an opinion on that.

I also think he's correct - given that a Texan once shot a Scot for urinating on his lawn and nothing happened.

Edit: rvg is Assyrian - so he's less white than Zimmerman, sorry Lemur.