Thank God, Zimmerman is found not guilty.

For all the people who are upset abou t the decision of the jury, I urge you to watch the entire closing arguments of both the prosecution and defense. The jury did, and clearly they decided the st ate simply didn't make the case that Zimmerman had ill will and hatred toward Tr ayvon without a reasonable doubt. I believe justice was found in this case. Does that mean Zimmerman was completely innocent? No, but that's not what the j ury had to decide. They had to decide if he intentionally killed Trayvon in col d blood because he hated him. There were many pieces of evidence and much testimony casting doubt on that assu mption, and that's all that's required for a jury to give a not guilty verdict. The reason I'm thankful of this verdict is because on any given day any one of u s might end up in the same position Zimmerman found himself, with his life being threatened or at least having great bodily harm, and we would have to hope that the jury would believe our story even if there wasn't irrefutable evidence prov ing it for us. We might be required to defend ourselves, and if Zimmerman was found guilty, we' d have less of a chance of going free. I just hope that people dont try and take the law into their own hands and try t o harm him. Most people dont realize that many cases involving self defense, es pecially with the stand your ground law, dont even go to trial and when they do it's rarely for 2nd degree murder. The prosecution overreached because of all t he outside influence the case was getting from people who were using it for thei r own personal gain. I can understand how people can be upset about the ruling not having all the evi dence the jury had, but what truly disgusts me is the race baiters like Jesse Ja ckson and Al Sharpton who try to divide us based on race, it's sickening. Parti cularly the "reverend" Al is guilty of this, he's ruined several lives based on false accusations- for proof, google Tawana Brawley case. If they cared so much about young black men being killed, they'd be talking abou t the practical genocide that's happening in Chicago. But not a word from rev A l and Jackson about that, I wonder why . . . .Maybe it's because it's black on b lack crime so they can't profit off of it, cause the media certainly doesn't wan na talk about that, can't accuse anyone of racism in that case. Yes, Trayvon happened to be black, but this case was never about race in reality . Race only entered into it when the media and the professional race baiters de cided to inject race into it because that's what gets them ratings and what keep s them relevant, for these people, they have no influence and nothing to contrib ute to society without playing the race card. Funny how race turns everything upside down. Zimmerman probably did profile Tra yvon because that was his job and anyone in enforcement has that job, it's how y ou catch criminals. It just so happened that in that neighborhood at that time, there was a bunch of robberies and home invasions and they all involved young b lack men. So it wasn't crazy for Zimmerman to assume that a young black male wa lking in between houses in the pouring rain might have been up to no good. Regardless of that, if Trayvon was white or latino and jumped Zimmerman and told him "you're gonna die tonight" while pounding his head into the pavement, Im pr etty sure Zimmerman would've defended himself in exactly the same way he did wit h Trayvon. It wasnt about race, it was about protecting others and oneself when faced with danger. In the end, people on both sides need to have perspective and realize that God, not man, is the final judge of us all, and if there is injustice in this life, H e corrects it in the next life. In the Bible it says, "Beloved, never avenge yo urselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord. Regardless of what a jury decides on this Earth, each one of us, including Zimme rman, will be rewarded or punished by God based on our actions, and that is some thing all good and decent people can take comfort in.

more thoughts 7/15/13So much ignorance in this country today. What boggles my mind is how so many pe ople have opinions on something they know nothing about. How does that work? I guess that's what happens when you never allow yourself to be challenged and on ly hang out with people who agree with you on everything. Is it really that har d to take a second and just read a little about something you have an opinion on in order to back that opinion up with some facts and logic? Seems people these days are allergic to reading and research. Everyone wants everything to be ins tant, including opinions. In the age of the internet and smart phones we dont w anna do any thinking or hard work anymore, we've gotten so used to having everyt hing at our fingertips that we want everything brought to us, nobody wants to th ink for themselves anymore. Regarding the Zimmerman case specifically, even if someone wanted to argue that he's guilty, which is a losing argument since there was no evidence to prove it, at least have some facts or logic to back it up. But almost nobody making that argument knows a single detail of the case. In fact, Zimmerman could've been n ear death and these same people wouldn't have even known it, all they know is th ey want him to be punished cause that's what everyone they know and people in ho llywood are saying. I wonder if the people who have all this outrage over this case know that Zimmer man mentored black kids in the past and grew up in a biracial family? I've never heard of a racist, cold blooded killer who use to mentor black kids and wants t o serve his community, have you? I wonder if they know this: "Referring to the faulty conclusion Zimmerman drew about the unarmed Martin, Serino said that local street gang members--known in the community as Goons -- typically dressed in black and wore hoodies. Serino added th at he believed when Zimmerman saw Martin in a hoody, Zimmerman took it upon himse lf to view Martin as acting suspicious. I wonder if they knew that that neighborhood was recently having an outbreak of robberies by young black males and it would defy logic and common sense for a ne ighborhood watch volunteer like Zimmerman to see a young black male in a hoodie walking between houses instead of on the sidewalk and NOT at least be suspicious . Ignorance is not bliss and an opinion is completely worthless without facts and logic to back it up. I think people these days just like to get outraged, it makes them feel good bec ause so many of us, while very busy, have empty lives without meaning and purpos e. So when a national event gets everyone's attention, we can make ourselves mo re relevant and make our lives feel more meaningful by getting outraged about it , even though we dont know exactly what we're outraged about, other than some va gue outlines fed to us by a shamefully biased media. Nobody wants to stand out anymore and be unique, everyone just wants to fit in a nd go with the crowd, even if the crowd goes off a cliff, as long as they go off the cliff together they're fine with that. This country was built by independent thinkers and rugged self-reliance, not gro up-think and intellectual laziness combined with a lack of curiosity. We're so far away from the vision of this country the founding fathers had, I wo nder if we'll ever again resemble what once existed here.

7/16/13- more thoughts

(12:38:27 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: I agree with that juror

(12:38:55 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: Zimmerman wasnt guilty of a crime,but he was g uilty of bad judgment (12:39:24 AM) Chris Antenucci: and that becomes very obvious to anyone who studi es the case in depth (12:39:42 AM) Chris Antenucci: problem is everyone wants to get outraged without knowing a thing about it (12:40:16 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: but there are some conservatives saying GZ isn t guilty of anything (12:40:28 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: his brother also (12:40:31 AM) Chris Antenucci: he's not (12:40:37 AM) Chris Antenucci: bad judgment isn't a crime (12:40:47 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: Im not saying it is (12:41:05 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: morally guilty though (12:41:22 AM) Chris Antenucci: not really, you can have poor judgment without it being immoral judgment (12:41:35 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: execpt when it leads to someone dying (12:41:38 AM) Chris Antenucci: as she said, his heart was in the right place (12:41:55 AM) Chris Antenucci: that was the unfortunate outcome, but it was neve r his intention (12:42:09 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: no, but it could have been prevented (12:42:21 AM) Chris Antenucci: that's where the poor judgment happened (12:42:26 AM) Chris Antenucci: but that doesn't equal immoral (12:42:48 AM) Chris Antenucci: when a gun is involved that kind of thing can hap pen (12:43:00 AM) Chris Antenucci: but it also could've been prevented if trayvon di dn't lie in wait and jump him (12:43:22 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: when you are carrying a gun and exercise poor judgment it also becomes immoral judgment (12:43:50 AM) Chris Antenucci: nah, cause he never intended on using the gun, he only did so when he feared for his life (12:44:06 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: intention is only one part of the morality of an act (12:44:16 AM) Chris Antenucci: self defense isn't immoral (12:44:20 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: no (12:44:30 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: that isnt the issue (12:44:48 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: the issue is deciding to be a policeman when y ou arent (12:45:46 AM) Chris Antenucci: in my mind it's simple, sure he could've stayed i n the car, but you have to know the context of what was going on in that neighbo rhood and in his mind. there was just a bunch of robberies and nobody was stopp ing em. all zimmerman wanted to do was follow trayvon so he could see where he was going so he couldn't get away (12:45:53 AM) Chris Antenucci: trayvon made it a conflict when he jumped him (12:46:02 AM) Chris Antenucci: he could've ran home, but he didn't, that was his choice (12:46:31 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: right, the intention was good, but neighboorho od watch is supposed to be just that - watching (12:46:51 AM) Chris Antenucci: it involves profiling and following too, just fro m a distance (12:47:00 AM) Chris Antenucci: watching gets you nowhere if the criminal leaves ur sight (12:47:09 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: you can do that from your car (12:47:23 AM) Chris Antenucci: he got out cause he lost sight of him though (12:47:38 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: that is his problem though (12:48:14 AM) Chris Antenucci: the point is, if he stayed in his car and waited for the cops, and trayvon turned out to be a criminal, he prob would've gotten a way by the time the cops got there, if they got there at all (12:48:55 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: true, but that still doesnt justify taking the law into your own hands (12:49:23 AM) Chris Antenucci: there's no law that says you can't follow a guy

(12:49:26 AM) Chris Antenucci: for any reason (12:49:33 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: Im not saying there is (12:49:45 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: he went beyond thaat though (12:50:21 AM) Chris Antenucci: he didn't, he was trying to get a location on tra yvon to give to the dispatcher, that's why he got out of his car, and he was gon na get back into his car when trayvon ambushed him (12:50:42 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: I dont think so (12:51:00 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: I think he wanted to make sure a crime wasnt c ommitted himself (12:51:11 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: i.e. being a police officer (12:51:31 AM) Chris Antenucci: that's something we'll never know (12:51:43 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: we can only judge based on the facts (12:52:36 AM) Chris Antenucci: like the juror said, he's a good man, he actually wants to help people, is overly eager to do so, and in this case i think he was overly eager to do the right thing, which was find out if there was a crime abo ut to take place and trying to stop it (12:52:49 AM) Chris Antenucci: i dont fault him for that (12:52:59 AM) Chris Antenucci: it was a mistake, but an honest mistake (12:53:09 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: right, but that isnt his job, which is why thi s all happened (12:53:18 AM) Chris Antenucci: that's up for debate (12:53:23 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: not really (12:53:33 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: he isnt a police officer (12:53:41 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: doesnt have the training (12:53:47 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: or authority (12:54:27 AM) Chris Antenucci: his job is to watch the neighborhood and that's w hat he was doing, he just got caught in too deep, but he never aggressively foll owed trayvon, he did so from a distance, never ran after him, never once threate ned him, called police before he did anything (12:54:55 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: he got close enough to start a conflict (12:55:01 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: with an armed weapon (12:55:29 AM) Chris Antenucci: but he didn't know he got that close, that's the part where it's trayvon's fault, cause he was lying in wait and zimmerman didn't know it, he thought he was behind some house or further away (12:55:47 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: true, but that is both of their fault (12:55:57 AM) Chris Antenucci: right, like the juror said (12:56:19 AM) Chris Antenucci: im not saying zimmerman has no blame, im just say ing his intentions were noble, he just made a poor decision (12:56:31 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: but people like GZ's brother are saying it is only Trayvon's fault (12:56:35 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: which isnt true (12:56:59 AM) Chris Antenucci: compared to what zimmerman and his brother are up against, i'll side with him every time (12:57:16 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: in eveything except that I will (12:57:32 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: but I cant blame him being the brother (12:57:46 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: just saying it isnt true that GZ has no culpai lity (12:57:58 AM) Chris Antenucci: trust me, in a case that's blown out of proportio n this much, a small nuance like that will get completely lost in the shuffle an d become totally irrelevant (12:58:33 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: maybe, but it is an important fact (12:59:33 AM) Chris Antenucci: important during the trial, not after (12:59:43 AM) Chris Antenucci: after it's gonna be much more black and white whe ther we want it to be or not (12:59:58 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: sure, Im just analyzing the facts (1:00:04 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: not how people react to them (1:00:41 AM) Chris Antenucci: i am too, but im saying in the media where robert zimmerman now is, nuances will be tossed out the window, which is why i don't bl ame him for doing so as well (1:00:52 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: sure

(1:01:24 AM) Chris Antenucci: he knows this is a battle and you dont win the bat tle on a technicality, you win it on the totality of ur argument and appealing t o people's emotions (1:01:56 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: true, but you dont help race relations much eit her in doing so (1:02:14 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: when you make the story all the black kid's fau lt (1:02:22 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: just widens the racial divide (1:02:46 AM) Chris Antenucci: the thing is, it wouldn't help to make it his brot her's fault, black people will hate RZ no matter what he says (1:03:01 AM) Chris Antenucci: it's not his job to heal the racial divide when he didn't have a part in creating it (1:03:06 AM) Chris Antenucci: that's up to black people (1:03:15 AM) Chris Antenucci: they can either embrace it, or fight it (1:03:37 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: he actually said he wants that to be his life's work (1:03:52 AM) Chris Antenucci: he said he wants it to be bringing people together (1:03:57 AM) Chris Antenucci: didn't lay out details (1:04:04 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: didnt have to (1:04:25 AM) Chris Antenucci: either way, it's not on him, and there's nothing h e can do when black people's minds are already made up (1:05:06 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: he could have lessened the racial tensions a li ttle at least (1:05:18 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: without taking anything away from the truth (1:05:58 AM) Chris Antenucci: nah, his job is to defend his brother against the media's portrayal of him, which is brutal, so there's no room for nuance and he knows it (1:06:39 AM) Chris Antenucci: no way he can lessen racial tensions when you have sharpton organizing protests in 100 cities (1:06:46 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: I guess in a different world he may have done t hat (1:08:03 AM) Chris Antenucci: the people who hate him and his brother, they dont wanna hear the truth, whether it's favorable to trayvon or not, they just wanna use this case to let out their rage (1:08:25 AM) Chris Antenucci: which should be the real question the media is foc using on but is scared to death to and so will never do it (1:08:36 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: i agre (1:08:38 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: agree (1:08:44 AM) Chris Antenucci: what is the source of all this rage? (1:09:13 AM) Chris Antenucci: obama was supposed to heal the divide but it's wor se than during the bush years apparently (1:09:15 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: being brainwashed by so called AA leaders like Sharpton (1:09:21 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: and Obama (1:09:41 AM) Chris Antenucci: black people dont have the excuses they used to ha ve, which were legit (1:09:51 AM) Chris Antenucci: there's still some injustice against them, but not much (1:10:04 AM) Chris Antenucci: so again, why the rage? (1:10:17 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: the above reason is the main one imo (1:10:34 AM) Chris Antenucci: nah, cause they willingly choose to be brainwashed (1:10:42 AM) Chris Antenucci: that's only the trigger (1:10:50 AM) Chris Antenucci: there's something more underlying it (1:11:19 AM) Chris Antenucci: i think it might be shame (1:12:20 AM) Chris Antenucci: when the spotlight turns on to the black community through one black individual or an event involving a black person that accurate ly represents them as a community, they realize it isn't a pretty picture, and t he only way to get the spotlight off that ugly reality is to put it on white peo ple and our so called "corrupt" justice system (1:13:26 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: that is all true, but the primary motivation to

act doesnt come from that (1:13:27 AM) Chris Antenucci: cause if they didn't do that, before too long they 'd be forced to try and answer why their community is so messed up and why there 's these disparities between black and white children even though they often hav e access to the same opportunities in this country (1:13:43 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: it comes from AA demagogues telling them to act (1:14:06 AM) Chris Antenucci: that implies they're brainless robots who only res pond to orders from above and do no thinking on their own (1:14:39 AM) Chris Antenucci: like i said, that's only the trigger, it's just as important cause it compels them to act, but they wouldn't act unless there was a deeper motivation (1:15:52 AM) Chris Antenucci: it's not always on the level of conscious thought, but can be subconscious (1:16:03 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: brainless in terms of rational thought, lets pu t it that way (1:16:09 AM) Chris Antenucci: right (1:17:48 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: so yeah when you are not thinking based on logi c you are going to let others control your actions (1:17:58 AM) Chris Antenucci: my point is, they dont wanna answer the question o f why there's these disparities, why their youth are so involved in crime and dr ugs and sex, why there's so many black unwed single moms, and why over 90% of bl acks killed in america are killed by other blacks. Cause that takes the blame o ff the authorities and the system and places it squarely on their shoulders, and would require them to change their culture, which they aren't ready to do (1:18:08 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: i agree (1:19:33 AM) Chris Antenucci: so sharpton can incite them to riot, but that only works for him cause he knows what we know and is using it against them, that th ey're afraid of what would happen if they didnt riot. They're afraid of silence and of the truth (1:19:42 AM) Chris Antenucci: and rioting compensates for that (1:20:20 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: yeah (1:21:00 AM) Chris Antenucci: all they need is someone to organize them and moti vate them to get out, but the desire is already there for the reasons i describe d above (1:21:15 AM) Chris Antenucci: so for someone like sharpton,all he has to do is t ap into that desire and it's easy for him (1:21:22 AM) Jonathan Antenucci: right (1:22:21 AM) Chris Antenucci: which is what makes me so disgusted by him, he act ually is an elitist who uses black people more than any white person does (1:22:35 AM) Chris Antenucci: and they're too blinded by their rage to realize t hat

Our corrupt DOJ should listen to this before conducting a witch hunt on Zimmerma n. . . .http://therightscoop.com/must-watch-full-interview-anderson-coopers-capt ivating-interview-with-zimmerman-juror/ They'd see that he's a good and decent man and anyone who studies the evidence the way the jury did would come to that conclusion, as each of them did. So many people are angry and enraged over the verdict but if you asked them why they're angry, it's basically because everyone's saying some "white" guy got awa y with killing a black kid. But they couldn't tell one thing about Zimmerman, nothing about his anti-racist past or the good he did in his community. None of that matters when blind rage is spreading throughout the country, and it is truly blind, cause to open one's eyes to the truth of this case causes you to become aware of the fact that Zimme rman was always innocent and as this juror said, the only thing he was guilty of was poor judgement and being too eager to help people. Everyone in the media is putting the spotlight on Zimmerman, but in reality they

should be asking, "where is all this rage coming from?" How can so many people be angry about a case they know nothing about? Why don't these same people car e or get angry about all the black people being killed in Chicago every day? Ar e the lives of those black kids who die there less valuable because they weren't killed by a white or hispanic man? Do the people upset by this verdict really care about the fate of young black men in this country, or do they just care abo ut getting revenge and sticking it to "the man". Actions always speak louder than words. There's a reason Trayvon was walking ar ound that neighborhood that night. He was going to his dad's house cause his mo m and dad were separated. If you think about it, this tragedy never would've ha ppened if he lived in a stable household with a mother and a father, he never wo uld've had to go somewhere else to visit his dad. Trayvon wasn't the victim of an overzealous wannabe cop, he was the victim of a culture that doesn't value family or marriage, where the family has broken down and many societal bonds with it. His behavior prior to the shooting was indicat ive of a young man searching for identity due to lack of guidance from a father figure, which is common among boy raised without a father, and that is the norm among the black community unfortunately. So people within the black community should be asking what they can do to preven t something like this from happening again, and one thing they can do is start h aving stable families again and providing a loving environment for their kids so they don't feel the need to get involved in the things Trayvon was involved in. Parents need to stick together in a committed relationship, and I guarantee yo u'll have a lot less young black men getting into trouble, they just need mother s and especially fathers who care and guide them along the right path. How many people who are so blindly outraged by this verdict actually have done o r are willing to do anything to help the young black men in their community? Wo uld you have done what George Zimmerman did and mentored black kids? Would you have launched a campaign to help a black homeless man who was beat up by a white guy like Zimmerman did? The biggest irony about this whole issue is that in reality George Zimmerman car ed more about black kids than most of the people rioting in the streets wanting him to die. Words without actions, and the right actions to back them up mean nothing. Start getting involved in your community, helping yhose who need it, and stand u p to the culture and mindset that keeps young men like Trayvon trapped in povet y and crime. Then we can talk about the imperfections in our justice system and what happened between Trayvon and George Zimmerman that fateful night.