Op-ed:

The Police, Gun Control, and Constitutional Carry

By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots / Right Side Patriots Radio

This an opinion piece, my opinion alone, and does not necessarily represent the views of blogspot.com.

Last Saturday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked his state's “Board of Pardons and Paroles” to pardon and expedite said pardon in regard to Army Sgt. Daniel Perry. Convicted of murder and facing life in prison, Sgt. Perry shot 28-year old Black Lives Matter protester Garret Foster, during a July 25, 2020 anti-police protest following George Floyd's death. The protester, who pointed an AK-47 at Perry who was driving his vehicle as an Uber on the night in question, was simply trying to maneuver to safety through a crowd of violent BLM protesters when Foster pointed said AK-47 into the open window of Perry's car ready to pull the trigger. Perry, who admitted at trial that he shot Foster with his .357 revolver, obviously fearing for his life, and in self defense responded by opening fire and killing the rioting thug...and rightfully so under the Texas's “Stand Your Ground” law. After all, armed and anything but peaceful protesters blocking a major street and pointing guns at cars simply trying to get through, in actuality constitutes a riot.

Simply, self defense is not and must never be considered murder no matter what the jury or this Soros backed prosecutor say...a prosecutor who has a radical leftist agenda of his own to push forward...an agenda that has nothing to do with justice at all. And besides, taking out the garbage...as in a violent and armed BLM thug...in my opinion is doing Texas citizens a public service.

Also, a few weeks ago in California, a suspect who was a known gang member...a man with a $1 million warrant out for his arrest...a man with a long and extensive criminal record who was just released from prison late last year...was now wanted for both murder and attempted murder. Able to flee from police after being cornered, a chase ensued along with orders being given for the suspect to surrender. But not only did said suspect fail to comply, but he then physically attacked a female South Gate police officer, punched her in the face, and tried to disarm her where at this point the officer...who heroically would not let go of her weapon...fatally shot the suspect two times, and who died of his wounds on scene. And surprising it was not...this happened in California after all...but this man was yet another convicted felon with a gun...a gun wrongfully gotten but thankfully being recovered on scene, thus no charges should be leveled against the officer as this indeed was a justifiable “take down.”

 

And as with the armed BLM protester, this piece of garbage who would surely have killed said officer if given the chance, saved California taxpayers huge sums of money on both a trial and his what should be decades long incarceration. But reality being what it is, and with California DA's being some of the most liberal in the country, said suspect, if caught, would probably have gotten away with but a slap on the wrist, if even that.

And then last Monday, former intern and now full-time associate and portfolio banker Connor Sturgeon, age 25, casually walked into the Old National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky and killed five people (with one dying of their wounds in hospital)...including both a police officer and two close friends of Kentucky's Gov. Andy Beshear...and injured nine others. And why...simply because he had recently been told that he was being “let go.” Thankfully, this but yet another, in my opinion, piece of human garbage died in a shootout with police...police who arrived on scene within 3-minutes of receiving the call that a shooting was in progress at the bank.

But instead of focusing on the victims and the lives the police action saved, liberal media news sites instead kept pointing out that Kentucky is one of 26 states that allow “permit less” carry of firearms for “eligible” adults”...“eligible” as in non-felony convicted adults. In fact, Kentucky passed a law back in 2019 that removed the provisions that mandated state gun owners pass a background check if they were going to “conceal carry” a firearm. Simply, in Kentucky, as per the law, most adults over 21 can purchase and carry a firearm and take said firearm to most places in the state without a license. Too bad no one in the bank that day was “carrying”...more lives probably would have been saved and injuries prevented even before the police arrived on scene.

So here we have three cases of “good guys” with guns taking out “bad guys” with guns, but in the Texas case the “good guy” Army Sgt. Daniel Perry, was deemed to be the “bad guy.” And why...because prosecutors said Perry had plenty of choices, including driving away, but instead chose to fire his legally purchased revolver no matter that  Garrett Foster approached him and pointed an AK-47 rifle directly into his car...an assault weapon more deadly than any revolver will ever be.

Excuses again being made for a perpetrator's actions...excuses made by prosecutors who align with the left as the perpetrator becomes the victim and the true victim morphs into the perp.

And here I must thank our great Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for on July 1st, permit less “concealed carry”...aka “Constitutional Carry”...goes into effect...giving new meaning to the old adage “behind every blade of grass.” And while the great state of Texas allows “open carry”...no concealing of firearms is necessary...I actually believe that concealing one's firearm is better. Why so...because the “bad guys” won't know who other than the police might have a firearm on their person which in itself might lead to reduced crime numbers for even the “bad guys” don't want to be blown away by their would be victims.

And here's something to now think about...for better or worse. What would happen to crime numbers if all of America's police went “plain clothes”...would those out to do harm be forced to think twice about their actions not knowing who would be their victim and who could take them down...a strong possibility indeed.

But at this point I think the best we can hope for is that more states amend whatever gun laws they have in place and adopt into law “Constitutional Carry.” Why so...because the firearm haters and misguided gun control loons see no sign of abating any time soon. And while the anti-gun numbers remain basically unchanged over these past few years, those who still cannot accept the reality that “guns don't kill people, people kill people,” seem to be more vocal than ever. In fact, the blame game once again has fallen on Republicans whom Biden blames for the recent increase in gun violence. “Once again, our nation mourns after a senseless act of gun violence,” he tweeted after the Kentucky shooting adding that, “Jill and I pray for the lives lost and impacted by today's shooting. Too many Americans are paying for the price of inaction with their lives...when will Republicans in Congress act to protect our communities?”

But the truth remains...whether Biden and crew like it or not..that more gun violence, that more are killed by Democrats on the Democrats watch both in states and cities they control, than it does when Republicans are in charge. After all, left leaning district attorney's more times than not refuse to prosecute let alone charge those who have been arrested time and time again.

In fact, prior to the Kentucky bank shooting, in the first 3-1/2 months of this year alone, there were at least 145 mass shootings here in the U.S. with many committed by so-called “career criminals” whose previous sentences were barely served. And this is according to data from the “Gun Violence Archive,” who defines a “mass shooting” as one in which at least four people are shot and killed, excluding the shooter. And in Democratic cities and states...both having the strictest gun laws...sees them having the highest murder rates and shootings in the U.S. proving that “gun control doesn't work.”

And why...because gun control has been tried before and in a word, “failed.” For example, after the recent school shooting at The Nashville Covenant School, Biden put pressure on Congress to look at imposing a ban on what's called “assault weapons”...weapons that were legally purchased and used during the Covenant School attack. In fact, Biden actually pleaded with Congress to act saying that, “Why in God’s name do we allow these weapons of war on our streets and at our schools?” Simple answer...we don't...but the fact sadly remains that those hell bent on committing such atrocities will always find a way to secure such weapons, and more times than not secure them via criminal means than by legally purchasing them.

And the fact is that mass murders rose in number even after a 1994 federal assault weapons ban became part of the, “Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act.” And why...because said ban was limited in scope pertaining only to certain categories of semiautomatic weapons alone, including, but not limited to, AR-15s. Also, the “Act“ applied only to purchases done after the “Act” was signed into law, thus allowing folks to keep such weapons purchased before its implementation date went into effect. And while the law as passed included a “sunset provision“ ...which allowed the ban to expire in 2004... the murder rate itself did not go down nor did the number of mass shootings even with said “Act“ in place.

Why so? While some claim that even with a fair amount of gun control laws already in place that certain key factors contribute to the current rise in both murder rates and mass shootings...especially in workplace shootings. And it's things like domestic violence; political and religious extremism; undiagnosed and/or untreated mental illness; overly lenient laws regarding the purchase of firearms; along with the rise in color-based hate groups that these folks use as excuses. But the simple fact is that those determined to commit murder, for whatever reason, don't give a damn about old let alone newly proposed gun control laws and never will, rendering excuses made but fodder for the gullible and Second Amendment haters alone.

Simply, gun control laws never stopped and will never stop anyone set on killing for all said laws do is test the will of the killer by turning the act of killing itself into a challenge of sorts that too many are willing to gamble their own life upon...a truly warped game of “Russian Roulette” if you will. Better to live in the annals of infamy than to die a nobody...so believes many twisted minds...minds solely focused on completing their self-anointed mission. And it's this very thing that the left side of the political aisle along with the anti-gun sorts refuse to see let alone accept as fact.

And until these folks do...until those relishing in what is actually a form of blindfolded justice...until families act on the warning signs many killers taunt their family and friends with before they commit unspeakable acts...the number of mass shootings of innocents and murders in general will continue to rise. And it's the “good guys” with guns... meaning the police...who will be the one's left to shoulder the blame and have to answer for the “take down” of folks who in reality are simply better off dead. Harsh words I know, but reality and truth often does tend to be unkind. Case closed.

 

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Op-ed: 
Economic Idiocy...Gillum Style 
By: Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / Right Side Patriots on American Political Radio

"Gillum is an unabashed champion of his party's most progressive ideas...including things like Medicare-for-all single payer health system, abolishing the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and impeaching President Donald Trump." -
- The Sun-Sentinel, Broward County's main newspaper

Let me start off by saying I love Florida. I've lived here most of my life and I wouldn't live anyplace else. I love the laid back lifestyle, the weather, the beaches, the Keys, Disney World...I absolutely love Disney World especially at Christmas time...and the fact that for the most part Florida is new...new construction, new business, a thriving economy, and a sense that come winter we are the envy of the nation. Sure we at times get hurricanes but most times we don't...Florida is paradise found for most of we Floridians.

And let me also say up front that we Floridians, including most moderate Democrats, do not want our state turned into a Venezuelan socialist-style hell-hole which is the ultimate goal of Tallahassee mayor and now Democrat gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.* A self-described progressive and an avowed socialist in the style of Bernie Sanders...who has endorsed him...Andrew Gillum is also endorsed and funded by the likes of George Soros, and has the 'thumbs up' of the entire uber far left wing of the Democrat party. And dare we not forget the 'gimmee-gimmee you owe me sorts' who already have their hands out for all Gillum's promised “free stuff.” 
 

Now playing the race card...a typical liberal maneuver when the issues are deliberately ignored and relegated to the back burner...has Gillum and his supporters clamoring to paint his now Republican opponent Congressman Ron DeSantis...whom I totally support...as a racist with a specific agenda in mind, as in to send out a "racist dog whistle" to 'supposed' fellow Florida Republican racists to let them know that Gillum being black is not someone we want heading our state. 

“The last thing we need to do is to 'monkey this up' by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases bankrupting the state. That is not going to work.” So said Ron DeSantis the day after the primary, and anyone with even one working brain cell knows well that DeSantis was referring to Gillum's socialist platform and that as governor Gillum would “monkey up”...as in destroy...Florida's thriving economy, and not to his being black. But with the left being what it is and with the media in their pocket, together they made a huge ruckus over nothing except to those who see the color of their skin as all that defines them.

And Miami-native Andrew Gillum's and his supporters rhetoric in trying to turn the governor's race into a black man v. yet another (supposedly) wealthy white man, shows all that it's his blackness alone that defines Gillum, never mind that as mayor of Tallahassee...Florida's capital city...his record of governance is quite dismal. In fact, President Trump in a tweet described Andrew Gillum as “a failed Socialist Mayor who has allowed crime & many other problems to flourish in his city. This is not what Florida wants or needs!”
 

And how right President Trump is for Gillum's sorry record as Tallahassee's mayor speaks for itself.

Let's look at but a few crime statistics since Andrew Gillum started his mayorship in November 2014:

• Tallahassee, which is almost 39% black, is now ranked as the most dangerous city in all of Florida with more violent crimes happening in Tallahassee than in any of the other 21 metro areas of Florida that the F.B.I. keeps statistics on...as in 767 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, which is well above the state's rate of 461.9 violent crimes per 100,000 residents.
• Someones chance of becoming a victim of either a violent or property crime in Tallahassee now stands at being one in 14, with more than 97% of all Florida communities having a lower crime rate than Tallahassee.
  
• Leon County, where Tallahassee is located also has the highest crime rate in the state.

And this man who is vehemently against our 'Stand Your Ground Laws' and who can't even bring his city under control of course wants to abolish I.C.E. And this man who while constantly talking about or bringing up race says, “I want to make sure that we don’t racialize and frankly weaponize race as a part of this process,” this very man wants to be Florida's next governor...I surely think not.

But what of Andrew Gillum's platform...a true unabashed socialist platform...economic idiocy I call it...idiocy to such a degree that it could, within a very short period of time, bankrupt our state and see corporations and business running off to set-up shop in other states...more on that in a bit. Saying that his platform throughout the upcoming campaign will focus on issues like health care, investing in public education and clean energy, criminal-justice and gun reform...including the placing of strict restrictions on assault-style rifles and high-capacity magazines...Gillum also stated that he wants to “financially empower” the low-and middle-class, and welcome even more Syrian refugees and “undocumented workers”... illegals...into his city than there already are. 
 
Translation: medicare for all; guns for no one; even more liberal indoctrination in our public schools; mosques on the rise; a $15-per-hour minimum wage; and raising both corporate and personal taxes across the board to give to the “gimmee-gimmees” in exchange for their votes.

A true progressive in every sense of the word, Gillum is a proponent of making Florida a sanctuary state. In fact, back in January 2017, Gillum introduced the Campaign to Defend Local Solutions, a movement formed to fight state preemption (in this case wanting the invalidation of state laws that conflict with local laws) when states rescind specific or broad powers from local governments. In other words, Gillum wanted to overrule certain Constitutionally defined states rights by shifting around the relationship between the state and cities, which would create chaos if each local government was afford the chance to do as they so choose. 

And who did this appeal to...those on the left clamoring for even more sanctuary cities and more immigrant rights...translation: to garner their votes; those 'supposedly' fighting poverty...translation: increasing “freebies and handouts” again in exchange for votes; those not understanding the true concept of civil rights as per the Constitution; the gun control folks who still don't get that guns do not kill people, people kill people; and Gillum's fellow tree huggers and climate control loons...it's nothing but the 'weather'...period. 
 

In fact, this past February, Andrew Gillum took on Florida House Speaker Richard Corcoran over “sanctuary city” preemption. HB 9/SB308 basically defined and prohibited sanctuary policies and required repeal of any sanctuary policy in effect within 90 days, as well as requiring both state and local governmental entities together with law enforcement agencies to fully cooperate with federal immigration authorities. And of course hypocrite that Gillum is...Gillum the very man who claimed he wants more power on the local level...opposed this bill no matter that I.C.E. announced that they had made a deal with 17 local Florida sheriffs that would have allowed county jails to hold “undocumented immigrants”...illegal aliens...who were arrested on local charges in custody until they could be transferred to I.C.E. 
 

Local power but not for the reason Andrew Gillum wanted.

And so the bill failed...a bill that would have protected we Floridians and put us before illegals...saw one of the reasons why it failed being that Andrew Gillum...the very man who as the mayor of Florida's most crime ridden city...gathered up his band of vocal in-your-face miscreants, trouble makers, and bleeding heart liberals, and actively worked to stop it from passing. 
 

Mission accomplished for the man who champions illegals and to hell with the safety of the rest of we Floridians.

And regarding economics itself, Andrew Gillum has no clue whatsoever how successful economic policies work as these statistics alone show how Tallahassee is so not thriving as some like to claim. For example, Tallahassee's property rate has risen to 22.4%; it's unemployment rate is now over 5.3%; and the recent job growth rate is at -0.7%. And while in August, Tallahassee had a very slight economic upturn after an exceedingly long economic decline, economies in general tend to see a minor bump even though nothing of substance exists to stimulate or sustain it. Tallahassee's generally poor economy should not be the model for the state nor are these anything but great statistics for a major city's mayor wanting to be governor.

Nor is Gillum's economic platform...a platform which includes the raising of Florida’s corporate tax rate by more than 40% from today's 5.5% to 7.75%...is a rate sure to see major corporations exiting Florida en-mass...which in turn will cause many to lose their jobs as well as seeing Florida becoming the “high tax capital of the South for businesses.”  

And logic itself would then dictate that for corporations and businesses that do stay and pay the higher tax rate seeing that raise in their taxes being passed on to the consumer via increased prices for goods and services or cause state taxes themselves to be raised...economic idiocy I'd say. And not only does this goes directly against Gov. Rick Scott (R), who has approved a tax cut every year of his governorship, but it also discourages new businesses from opening here in Florida for what one day affects only big corporations and businesses the next day could affect “mom and pop” businesses.

Simply, Andrew Gillum, the man who said, "Being a low-tax state isn’t as big a plus as some people argue..." and who wants to funnel monies garnered from his increasing the corporate tax rate into expanding Medicaid (more “free stuff”) and guaranteeing teachers unions (big supporters of and contributors to his campaign) that the starting salary level for teachers will be $50,000...clearly does not understand Economics 101...as in tax cuts drive economic growth, raising taxes does not.

And like with the policies of Governor Rick Scott, Andrew Gillum's proposed economic policies are also in direct contrast to those of his Republican opponent Rep. Ron DeSantis...a military veteran endorsed by President Trump...a man who clearly understands that a reduction in both corporate taxes and regulations would help make Florida even more business friendly than it already is. 

But while economic issues coupled with the issue of illegal immigration...and again the fact that Andrew Gillum wants to make Florida a sanctuary state...will be front and center in this November's gubernatorial race, something that should be taken into account when we cast our vote must be both the moral and ethical character of each candidate. 

And on both those accounts Andrew Gillum is neither moral nor ethical (in my opinion). Gillum is the man who after the Parkland school shooting saw that situation as an opportunity to push forward his political anti-gun and in a way anti-police agenda, and who while knowing that certain local gun restrictions are illegal under Florida law still asked Florida cities to pass illegal gun ordinances... ordinances that violated the state’s preemption of the issue. And this led some to claim that Gillum was suggesting that politicians commit acts of "municipal civil disobedience." Was that ethical...no...was it playing to the liberal anti-gun folks to garner votes...absolutely.

Then there's the fact that there remains an ongoing F.B.I. investigation into corruption in the Tallahassee government, coupled with Gillum pulling a “Hillary” when back in August 2017, he was caught using a city-purchased through the mayor's office email system and software to send out his campaign-related emails and messages. Apologizing and paying back the city for the software was but a slap on the wrist, if even that, for in today's politically correct world, Tallahassee's Democrat black mayor running to be Florida's first black governor knew well that he would never really be called to task.

And so the man who said of President Trump during his campaigning that, “We've got a crazy man in the White House. Not only is he a danger to the country and the world, he is a danger to himself,” thinks he's got what it takes to be Florida's next governor. Well guess what...he doesn't. This champion of illegals and the criminal sorts, this socialist whose economic policies border on true economic idiocy, screwed up Tallahassee...we sure don't need him and his cronies screwing up the entirety of our state as well.

Copyright @ 2018 Diane Sori / The Patriot Factor / All Rights Reserved.
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* While most governors do not get involved in foreign policy per se, due to the nature of this all-important upcoming midterm election, Gillum's foreign policy stances, especially in regards to our ally Israel, might be of major concern to many. Click: GOP Email Blast Slams Gillum's Alleged Israel Stance and Email insights: RGA says Andrew Gillum ‘too radical for Florida’ as these articles will give you some insight into the man who sides with the Palestinians.

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Op-ed: 
'Stand Your Ground', racism, and Eric Holder 
By: Diane Sori

George Zimmerman has been found NOT guilty in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin yet two very important ramifications have occurred because off this verdict.

First, while this case was NEVER about 'Stand Your Ground'...it was always a case about self-defense...Barack HUSSEIN Obama and crew tried to make it just that so they could use the tie-in to work towards getting Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law repealed…which is something Obama desperately wants as doing so would accomplish what his failed gun control law couldn’t…that is disarm ‘We the the People’ because if Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is repealed the other 30 states that have a form of this law will also most likely face repeal.

Passed by the Florida legislature in 2005, ‘Stand Your Ground’ allows Floridians to use, if necessary, deadly force in cases of self-defense when they believe their lives are at risk or their person is at risk of severe bodily harm. But the main difference between ‘Stand Your Ground’ and what’s known as ‘common-law self-defense’ is the matter of ‘retreat’. While ‘Stand Your Ground’ removed the necessity to ‘retreat’ (pull back), ‘common-law self-defense’ does require an individual to ‘retreat’ if it’s safe to do so to avoid violence, especially to avoid the need to use deadly force.

So simply, ‘Stand Your Ground’ means that a person may justifiably use deadly force in self-defense if there’s a reasonable belief of a threat being made against their life or person without having to pull back first, and ‘common-law self-defense means you must pull back if you can.

Thirty states besides Florida have some form of ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws, including those that have adopted the so-called companion Castle Doctrine statutes (a legal doctrine that states a person’s home is where the use of force, including deadly force to defend against an intruder is allowed, and where one is free from legal responsibility or prosecution for the consequences of any force used), and three other states are considering either ‘Stand Your Ground’ or Castle Doctrine laws of their own.

So take away the right to defend yourself or your home from 34 states and ‘We the People’ are in deep trouble.

Second, isn’t it odd that suddenly ‘Stand Your Ground’ is in the forefront since the ‘small but vocal, militant black minority’ didn’t get the verdict they wanted against George Zimmerman. And isn’t it odd that those peacefully protesting and even those NOT so peacefully protesting are overlooking that the media willfully turned what should have been a simple self-defense case into OJ revisited.

And isn’t it quite hypocritical that those who are using this case for race-baiting...those like Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakhan, and their ilk…happily looked away when a totally guilty black man accused of killing two white people walked with a verdict of NOT guilty. Where was the outrage for everyone knew OJ was guilty, the evidence was there ten-fold, yet through legal wrangling he was found NOT guilty simply because the media turned the case into an issue of race and racial inequality.

And ‘supposed’ racial inequality is the calling card of vile men like Jesse Jackson who said on FOX News right before the verdict was read that he would only accept a verdict of second-degree murder or manslaughter. Guess what Jesse, we don’t give a damn what you will or won’t accept.

And yesterday one of the biggest racists of them all, Attorney General Eric Holder, calling the shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin “tragic and unnecessary,” had the audacity to say on national television that since the trial in Florida failed to serve justice, he and the DOJ would continue to investigate the evidence in this case as a civil rights case of racial hatred NO matter that the jury verdict was already adjudicated…as in George Zimmerman according to our rules of law was found NOT guilty of all charges by a jury of his peers, but the jury verdict be damned as this was NOT the verdict he and his racist ilk wanted.

Placating Obama’s allies and echoing the NAACP accusations that the verdict was an “outrage,” Holder will cater to the ‘small but very vocal militant black minority’…the very ones who if any verdict comes down against any black person…even if they are guilty…yells racism. Claiming George Zimmerman ‘supposedly’ criminally violated the civil rights of Trayvon Martin, Holder could care less that right after the shooting the FBI investigated and found NO evidence of racial bias or that a hate crime of any kind had been committed.

And by his saying that ‘justice for Trayvon may still be possible’ Holder is deliberately and with malice saying the jury reached the wrong verdict and he will make sure the right verdict, according to him and his racist ilk, is handed down…and this makes a mockery of our judicial system for Eric Holder has now crossed the line and is overstepping his bounds by violating the civil rights of George Zimmerman.

Thankfully, winning a federal criminal civil rights case is NOT easy for two reasons…first, the DOJ will have to prove that Zimmerman acted out of hatred for Trayvon Martin, someone he didn’t know, strictly because of Trayvon’s race. and two, by finding George Zimmerman NOT guilty of second-degree murder, the jury rejected the charge that Zimmerman acted with ill will, spite, or hatred...the very charges Holder wants to bring against Zimmerman.

Add in that the DOJ itself has stated many times that “negligence, recklessness, mistakes, and accidents are not prosecutable under the federal criminal civil rights laws” and the bottom line becomes that Eric Holder wants more than anything for the killing of Trayvon Martin to somehow be labeled a ‘hate crime’ so he can scream racism and divide our country even more…as per the agenda of his buddy Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

Sadly, in today’s America civil rights, included due process, civil liberties, and the right of being innocent until proven guilty, have now become whatever the racist ilk like Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Eric Holder, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton want them to be.

And while Obama publicly says he won’t involve himself in the DOJ’s decision on whether to bring criminal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, if you believe that I’ve got some swap land to sell you for Barack HUSSEIN Obama will indeed be the one telling Holder what to do after he sees how this plays out over the next few weeks and months…we know it, he knows we know it, and guess what…he could care less that we do.

And so we all need to stand strong with George Zimmerman for this man will be looking over his shoulder for the rest of his life, and all because he was found NOT guilty of killing a thug in self-defense...and notice NO mention of race is included in what I said.
 

Op-ed:                                                                                                      Court in session...and the verdict is...NOT GUILTY!!!

By: Diane Sori

Politics does indeed permeate our judicial system through the two should NEVER mix, and that was proven with George Zimmerman being rightly found NOT guilty Saturday night in a unanimous decision...much to the chagrin of race-baiters Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and their ilk who used Zimmerman as a pawn in their attempt to open healing racial wounds to serve their own political agendas.

Starting with overcharging George Zimmerman with second-degree murder, this case has now ignited a national debate over self-defense laws and race relations as six jurors reached a verdict that proved that sometimes a tragedy NO matter how sad it might be for a family is just NOT a crime... especially when the victim is portrayed to be something he is NOT.

George Zimmerman never denied shooting Trayvon Martin, but he said he did so in self defense. And while nobody is happy that a young man is dead, the bottom line is that Trayvon Martin was a 17-year old thug NO matter how many times the prosecution called him a 'sweet child'. Coming to light after the verdict was reached was that the prosecution knew that Trayvon had jewelery and such in his possession that clearly did NOT belong to him, yet they hid this fact from the defense until it was too late to use as the biased judge had already ruled that Trayvon's 'character' would NOT be allowed to be brought into evidence.

Nor would the truth about the Skittles and iced tea be allowed into evidence, a combination when mixed with cough syrup becomes a street drug and a cheap high (known as Purple Drank or Lean) even while knowing that both were found unopened by the police at the scene...nor were Trayvon's cell phone pics of his homegrown marijuana plants, the pics of him blowing joint smoke, the pic of his hand holding a gun, or the pics of him with his middle fingers in the air with a look on his face that was chilling...nor were his text messages with obvious racial overtones and bravado about his fighting abilities...nor was his past incident about punching a bus driver in a fit of rage.

NO...none of this would be allowed into evidence by a judge so obviously biased towards the prosecution, with an attitude so arrogant that her very demeanor was an insult to everyone in that courtroom. Judge Debra Nelson herself needs to be reprimanded a least, disbarred at best, as she ruled time and again NOT to allow defense evidence into testimony.

And in a last minute grandstand play, Judge Nelson told the jurors that in addition to the second-degree murder charge, they could also find George Zimmerman guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter (a charge where the prosecutors only had to convince the jury that Zimmerman killed without lawful justification), but NEVER telling them that a manslaughter conviction could have George Zimmerman facing up to 30 years in prison. And earlier Saturday, showing how shocked even they were at the inclusion of this new charge, the jury sent a note to the judge requesting clarification of instructions related to manslaughter, giving credence to how seriously they were reviewing the case, and how seriously they were looking at the possibility of what many considered a compromise verdict.

Before deliberations began the jury was instructed by Judge Nelson that “Zimmerman cannot be guilty of manslaughter by committing a merely negligent act or if the killing was either justifiable or excusable homicide.” But probably a critical turning point in the jury deliberations was when Nelson refused to answer their direct question on what really was the level required for the crime of manslaughter, as her refusal allowed Nelson's constant indigent attitude to finally come to a head, and this refusal could have been a light bulb moment for the jury who might now have realized that George Zimmerman was being railroaded.

The NOT guilty verdict means the jury found that Zimmerman justifiably used deadly force, as per Florida's 'Stand Your Ground' law. They came to the conclusion that he reasonably believed that such force was "necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm" to himself, which is Florida's definition of self-defense.

The charges broke down as followed: for second-degree murder the jurors would have had to believe that Martin's unlawful killing was "done from ill will, hatred, spite or an evil intent" and would be "of such a nature that the act itself indicates an indifference to human life."

To convict Zimmerman of manslaughter, the jurors would have had to believe he "intentionally committed an act or acts that caused the death of Trayvon Martin."

Thankfully, after deliberating for 16 hours, the jury came back with a verdict of NOT guilty on all charges...and that should have ended this sad case...a case that should NEVER have been brought in the first place, a case hyped by the media and instigated by Barack HUSSEIN 'If I had a son he'd look like Trayvon' Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and their racist ilk. But instead this is what happens...even after head prosecutor Bernie De la Rionda said, "I am disappointed in the verdict but I respect it. We accept the jury's verdict"...Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP said that just because Zimmerman had been cleared on all charges doesn't mean that this case is over. So on Saturday night a petition was posted to the Department of Justice, asking AG Eric Holder to file civil rights charges against Zimmerman, saying there is no more fundamental civil right than the right to live.

But this case as presented by both the prosecution and the defense was NEVER a case about race or civil rights but a case about a killing done in self-defense, so the NAACP is way off base on this one. And also important to note is that soon after the killing took place the FBI did their own investigation and found NO racial bias in reference to this event.

And so while both sides did ask for peace even before the verdict was read, people like Jesse Jackson were fueling the flames of racial discontentment. On FOX News' Judge Jeanine show on Saturday night, this miserable excuse of a man said the only verdict he would accept would be second-degree murder or manslaughter, and that he would NOT be happy with anything else. First, who gives a damn what Jesse Jackson would accept, and second, his words sounded very much like a threat of violence if the verdict didn't go how he and his ilk wanted it to go.

And adding even more discontentment, big mouth, race-baiter Al Sharpton issued a statement saying, "The acquittal of George Zimmerman is a slap in the face to the American people".

NO...I don't think so as the acquittal of George Zimmerman shows that our system of justice still works in spite of the liberal left and the racial bigots trying to hijack it.

As expected after the NOT Guilty verdict came down the internet came alive with all sorts of rage against Zimmerman (and small scale rioting did break out in some cities), so much so that now George Zimmerman will have to live his life in fear of a fringe element who have said, at least in tweets and on the internet, that they 'demand' revenge for Trayvon.

One person wrote on twitter, "What kind of world do we live in where an innocent is killed, and the killer is found innocent?...America has given a free pass to murder black youth." And while many blacks believed this case was about generations of young black men being targeted, stalked, and brutalized by police, security guards, neighborhood watches and the courts NOTHING could be further from the truth as most so-called 'black innocents' are killed as a result of black-on-black crime NOT by the perceived notion that whites are after young black men.

And this is something Obama and his ilk don't want anyone to know for they'd rather condemn and accuse non-blacks, even without evidence, while they ignore the murder of their own by people by their own people. For them, feeding into the perception is more important than facts, but the fact is that 93% of blacks killed in America are killed by blacks, And the truth is that while blacks make up only 12.5% of the US population they commit nearly 40% of murders in America every year, with nearly 50% of those murder victims being black. Yet remember that blacks make up only 12.5% of the total population culminating in the sad reality that blacks kill more members of their own race every year than do all other races in America combined.

And with NO outrage within the black community about this most truthful of all sad realities, the perception of 'the white man' doing injustice to 'the black man' will continue...egged on by the likes of Barack HUSSEIN Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and their ilk, because racial divide serves their purposes of bringing America to her knees oh so well.

And through George Zimmerman...a now officially adjudicated innocent man...all their racism, bigotry, and hate will funnel as they work towards their goal of starting a race war here in America.