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Jul 2013
The verdict has been rendered
And George Zimmerman goes free.
(I still would not bet money
On his life expectancy)
There is anger in the streets this night
in our divided land.
One mother’s son was shot and killed
by this George Zimmerman.
The Jurymen have heard the facts
and ruled it self-defense.
Far too many in the streets
Take acquittal as offense.

Long ago, in Boston town,
were British redcoats tried
for the ****** of six colonists-
β€œA massacre!” folks cried.
John Adams got the soldiers off
with a plea of self-defense.
He must have had great courage
and, in Justice, confidence.
How difficult it must have been
To face his neighbors’ angry cries
The principles he fought for live
Unless we let them die.
Some thoughts on the Zimmerman verdict. In my mind it reminds me of the traila and verdict of the soldiers in the Boston Massacre case.  If we don't believe in Justice and the rule of law we are on the eve of destruction as a civil society
John F McCullagh
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John F McCullagh  63/M/NY
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