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It was an incredibly polarizing event along race lines. and aside from yesterday, it doesn t seem like this is playing out in a similarly polarizing way. i think you re right, actually. i think this is a case that it looks so clear to people that this is an injustice. that is quite a relief to me, anyway, that we can all sort of agree that this kid should not have died and this person should be held responsible. i think that that crosses certain political barriers. the vast majority of the people that you can visualize are african american. but if you look closely, these are all races. it s all genders that are out there and protesting saying trayvon is my son. he could be anybody s son. it s an interesting case. ....
One of the things we had last time was a former offender who included child soldiers, done horrible things. a horrible juvenile history. a lot of people who turn their lives around and some of them the most effective advocates for the risks that we have in our society. you make a case for flogging. i wonder if it s on unusual punishment factors in to how expansively we can think about what we should be doing? the point of what i d like to say is i m not actually pro flogging, i m pro-choice. ....
Legislatures are doing, it s a lay-up for the state legislature to take a crime that is absolutely unquestionably heinous. i will tell you particularly in the miller case, they are really hard to reed. the problem that we ve had is bad crimes being turned into bad policy. and that s incarceration and stand your ground laws, make my day laws and all of these appeals are the product of politics of fear and anger. ....
Bernie goetz was being mugged. that s really a different case. it makes it less about crime, race and more about justice. the guy that killed him has not been arrested. this is michelle obama being asked in 2007, about a month after declaring canadidacy for president. this is what she said. the realities are, as a black man, bbarack can be shot going o the gas station. that s a sub text of why this moment has been so powerful is ....
Come together is that really all of this started with the attention that started in the black media. black radio host. black television programming. they brought the mainstream media and helped build around this tragic story. i m 40 years old and i can t remember a case in my lifetime where this isn t a lack of justice. i thought we finished this in the 60s where there simply is no us tis. i think for a lot of people with my generation, it s shocking to see this happen. can i ask you a personal question? i don t want to embarrass you, but i think you re a phenomenal finish you re a phenomenal writer. ....