Zimmerman trial - right and wrong and remaining calm

i've been watching social media for the last few days, many people are up in arms, and if George Zimmerman killed someone based on his race, he needs to be strung up by the balls.

BUT - how we as a people go about doing that was handled completely wrong.

first, everyone needs to know and accept the 'stand your ground' laws that exist.  you may not agree with them, but they are there, so they are the first issue.

realize that aside from the Zimmerman case, this law has been in effect for some time, and has been abused at length.  even in a basic search of news reports can help you find cases in Florida where convicted drug dealers would get into shoot-outs, and one would kill the other, and the person who survived was only charged with 'felon in possession of a firearm' and not murder - why?  because in Florida, if you can convince a jury that you felt threatened, you can kill someone.

and, since we're all a dramatic people these days, it's not difficult to convince people that you were threatened.

second, while the act of feeling threatened gives you the right to be lethally defensive, it doesn't give you the right to kill someone because they are black.  this is a civil rights violation.

so - how should the government have gone after George Zimmerman while following the laws?  this should have been a civil rights case.  someone should have gotten him on the stand and somehow caused him to use terms that would have labeled Trayvon a hoodie wearing thug - because of his race, and poof... conviction.

sadly, the government didn't handle it properly.  al capone fell because of tax laws, not because he blatantly violated liquor laws.  prosecutors should have thought this out better, they should have thought out the best way to make sure this guy went to jail, but for whatever reason they did not - yet.

we as a people have a choice, we can continue to rant and rally about the loss of this young man, or we can do our best to influence the right cause of action.

remember - people are stupid, but persons are smart.

don't fall victim to hype, think this out, then contact who you need to by the best means and do what you can to make sure the correct process takes place.

if George Zimmerman is guilty of killing Trayvon Martin because he was black in any way, the he needs to be brought up on federal civil rights charges, because in Florida, once there's a fight, you are supposed to 'stand your ground'.

we as a people are again falling victim to pundit led drama, while politicians ramble about the need for justice - but actually do nothing to properly handle this case.  not only is Trayvon a victim here, so are we as we fall prey to spin and drama created by people who are increasing their image and lining their pockets while doing nothing.

let's never forget that a young man was murdered, and how sad we are - but - at the same time, the murder rate for young black men in Chicago is higher than the death rate of our soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq.

over the last few days, i've seen many rallies and protests nationally about this case.  the idea that action is needed may be right - but where are the rallies and protests against the every day murders in Chicago or L.A.?  why aren't these groups organizing against the every day murders which we can't hang on a schlub like George Zimmerman?

before we get too worked up, we need to find out why Obama didn't press his people into filing federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman, and we need to ask ourselves why Al Sharpton isn't in Chicago.