About Mr. Zimmerman

Dear NSA,
I am mortally sick of the attitude in the country of presumed guilt. The media has crucified Mr. Zimmerman for shooting a black man, and now so much of the public thinks it need to be in their hands to bring down "justice" on him.

I have not followed that trial closely. It has not interested me. People seem to shoot each other all the time these days (at least as far as the news portrays it). What has caught my attention is the crazy commentary on how another black man (boy) will not be given justice.

I don't know if Mr. Zimmerman is a murderer, but the jury found him "not guilty". Does anyone know what this means these days? Not guilty does not necessarily mean  proven innocent; it means the evidence could not prove his guilt. According to our laws, innocence must be presumed until guilt is established beyond a reasonable doubt. The doubt in this case was reasonable enough for a jury and a judge to dismiss the charges. In fact the doubt was so reasonable, that even though the judge and jury were stacked to almost ensure a guilty verdict (all women), they still let Mr. Zimmerman go!

Now so much of the US is wildly wringing their fists and screaming and even rioting (in some cases) because they think young Mr. Martin was wronged and deserves justice by any means possible. It's like Mr. Martin has been made into a deity that can only be satisfied by a blood sacrifice.

This kind of idolatry makes me very ill.

Justice belongs to God. If Mr. Zimmerman, whose guilt was not established, is in fact a murderer, God will sort it out.

I read a quote once when I was ten years old and it struck me so hard, that twenty years later, I can still remember it: "It is better 100 guilty persons escape than that one innocent person should suffer", Benjamin Franklin.

I guess now I understand now why there is so little public outcry against you NSA people. The public is so bent on a blood sacrifice to "justice" (or maybe "security" for the more faint hearted) that many don't mind if a few "not guilty" people get swept into the net. Of course those few "not guilty" only number over 130 million.

Sincerely,
Christine Hancock

P.S.: I don't appreciate the race baiting I've been seeing, especially since Mr. Obama was elected; but I just can't help but wonder: Why is it there is so little public outcry about "black on black" crime when one who should reasonably be set free but is sent to jail anyway? I don't like those stories either, but I was just wondering...