The Best Zimmerman Trial Breakdowns and Conspiracy Theory

There Was An All-White Jury

“The shock at the verdict was so sharp and profound because the hope was so great for justice to be served late Saturday night. It was a desperate hunger of a people so starved for accountability in the theft of this young man’s life — my own brother’s age — who died so senselessly that night.

But once this shock subsided and resolve took its place, something so crucial to this trial that was downplayed by some or discarded altogether, revealed that many of us knew all along what would be the result. It was something that was solidified before the trial even began; that is, the selection of the jury.

When it was reported that the six-person panel would be comprised of five white women and one Hispanic woman, many of us knew what that meant, but weren’t allowed to say it. We just had to grin and bear the composite of this jury so obviously stacked against Trayvon, and hold onto nothing more than hope that they would come to a just decision.” -Huffington Post