Daily Kos: Eugene Robinson may deserve another Pulitzer:
Charles M. Blow also has a powerful column
Earlier today I posted Eugene Robinson may deserve another Pulitzer about the column he wrote in reaction to the verdict in Sanford. In that piece I wrote I have been waiting for the reactions of Eugene Robinson and Charles M. Blow. The latter's column would normally next run on Thursday. Well, it came out today, for tomorrow's paper, as Catte Nappe informed us in a comment, where he quote a b
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It begins with two short and to the point paragraphs:
Justice failed Trayvon Martin the night he was killed. We should be appalled and outraged, but perhaps not surprised, that it failed him again Saturday night, with a verdict setting his killer free.
Our society considers young black men to be dangerous, interchangeable, expendable, guilty until proven innocent. This is the conversation about race that we desperately need to have — but probably, as in the past, will try our best to avoid.
Trust me when I say that what you have just read is not close to the full power of this op ed.
It would be unfair of me to try to summarize the article - Robinson lays out his case thoroughly, precisely, and with evidence.
He reminds us of the history of the case, including the fact that Zimmerman was never tested for drugs or alcohol - and we have to wonder, what if in fact he had them in his system? Might that have changed anything.
He feels the case was more than met for a conviction on manslaughter, and offers the reasons