do y'all ever look at where the jury comes from
do you think they import your jury of choice ?
The Sanford jury pool is predominant white ..Its not Miami and diverse.
Have you even watched this case ?
If so you would have seen that the defense filed a motion with the court because the prosecution was striking white jurors
The judge agreed and recalled some that had been dismissed.
And can you please wait for the verdict before all this whoa is me bullshit...
Outsiders are not understanding the dynamics of the jury.
Sanford is not the problem. The jury pool is from Seminole County which 93% White.
This not consistent with the makeup of Sanford.
Seminole county was the jury pool but the seated jurors are also from Sanford - the largest city in the county. White women in Sanford have daily contact with black and brown people. Many of them got black relatives and friends.
Sanford population breakdown by race
Race Sanford Florida National
Caucasian 59.84%
African Amer 31.81%
Asian 1.26%
American Indian 0.50%
Native Hawaiian 0.04%
Mixed race 2.75% 2.31% 2.06%
Other race 3.80% 2.99% 3.47%
GZ and GZ jr both lived in Sanford and they both are inter-racially married. There is alot of inter -racial relationships in Sanford and Central Florida.
My son and I was in a restaurant yesterday. An old white man, redneck, came over and asked my son, 21 yr old, if he was following the trial. They talked. He announced in the restaurant for all to hear, that he hopes Zimmerman is found guilty and is nailed to the wall with rusty nails. He said he had the nails at the house.
Some folks smile, some folks shook their heads yes.
It was 50 people in the area. 4 black people.
The majority of the white folks agreed with the old white man.
George may walk. I am betting conviction. But white privilege is not alive and well for GZ is this area.
twitter/facebook have exposed ppl's need to be in the spotlight
