The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I binge-watched the docu-series Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story the other day. While I had been fairly well versed on the story, I wasn't fully versed and came away learning a number of things from the 6-part series. First off, while the series was expectantly sad and often times anger-inducing, it was rather interesting, educational, and I'd recommend people to check it out to, at the very least, garner a different perspective of the events. When it comes to the events, while comparisons to the O.J. Simpson trial were made during the course of the series, I only see a partial resemblance. In the Simpson trial, I feel the LAPD slipped up to such a grand extent, the jury was right to rule the prosecution didn't prove their case against the former NFL star beyond a reasonable doubt, thus declaring him as "not guilty." I also haven't been convinced one way or the other on his level of guilt or innocence with regard to his murder charges. Yes, I may be...

Three years after the death of Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman has come forward, releasing a 13-minute video regarding the incident and his life following it, lashing out at President Obama amongst other things. In the video, Zimmerman made the following statements: - "Only in a true life-or-death scenario can you have mental clearness to know that you cannot feel guilty for surviving. In all fairness you cannot as a human feel guilty for living, for surviving." - "By far, the president of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama." (when asked who has been the most unfair to him) - "To me that was clearly been a dereliction of duty." (regarding President Obama inviting the Martin family to the White House) - "Unfortunately for the president, I'm also my parent's child and my life matters as well. And for him to make incendiary comments as he did and direct the Department of Justice to pursue a baseless prosecution he by far overstretch...

Before I go into this next report regarding George Zimmerman, Fox News talking heads, is there anything you would like to say regarding this man? - "A real American hero that man is!" - "If anybody was ever a victim, it was George Zimmerman!" - "I'm not even gay, but if I had the chance, I'd do him." - "This man's middle name should be common sense. I mean, who else hasn't felt endangered by a black kid walking around the neighborhood fully loaded with ice tea and Skittles?" - "If I had a daughter, and George Zimmerman were the last man on earth, well, besides me, I'd happily shake his hand and call him son. Seriously, b*tches be crazy if they don't want him!" Thanks for your input, guys. Well, here's a basic rundown of Fox News' hero, George Zimmerman's life, since he was acquitted of murder and manslaughter charges: - A year ago, he threatened his estranged wife and father-in-law with ...

It was recently reported that an Orlando man (Claudius Smith) followed, shot, and killed a young man who ran through his yard, hopped over the fence, and kept running into a neighbor's yard. Smith is hoping he won't face charges due to the infamous Stand Your Ground law. I briefly wrote about this in a blog the other day - http://thekind-heartedsmartaleck.blogspot.com/2014/01/another-crazy-possible-stand-your.html. The only comparison to the George Zimmerman case I made was in the following paragraph: "Trying to one-up George Zimmerman, Claudius Smith of Orlando recently shot and killed 21-year-old Ricardo Sanes, who was running away from Smith. Sanes had climbed the fence and gone into the neighbors' yard when Smith followed, shot, and killed him." I then received a message about the blog, which said the comparison to the George Zimmerman case was ludicrous and that anytime such an event takes place, the blogosphere goes crazy with Zimmerman comparisons. Du...

Remind me to not wear a hoodie in Florida. In fact, remind me to not travel to the state until the Stand Your Ground law is repealed. Trying to one-up George Zimmerman, Claudius Smith of Orlando recently shot and killed 21-year-old Ricardo Sanes, who was running away from Smith. Sanes had climbed the fence and gone into the neighbors' yard when Smith followed, shot, and killed him. After the incident, Smith told the authorities that he felt threatened, because Sanes' "pants were falling down" and his hands were in the pockets of, you guessed it, a hoodie. He's hoping the state's Stand Your Ground law applies to him and no charges come his way as a result. I'm not going to talk about this very in-depthly again, but it boggles my mind how Claudius Smith could come out of this without any charges being placed against him. Let's look at this from a rather simplistic angle: A) Ricardo Sanes was running across Claudius Smith's yard, climbed the f...

It appears as if George Zimmerman is in trouble yet again. He was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, battery-domestic violence, and criminal mischief, for allegedly pointing his shotgun at his girlfriend, Samantha Scheibe, and threatening her after she told him to get out of the house, gathered his belongings, and threatened to call the police. In September, Zimmerman was accused by his wife Shellie of doing something similar after she gathered her belongings and moved out of their home. He's also been pulled over three times since the Trayvon Martin ruling - receiving one speeding ticket and two warnings. In light of this bit of news, the George Zimmerman Fan Club - Fox News - will likely respond with the following quotes: - "George Zimmerman is the last alpha-male." - "You see? Guns DON'T kill people; they just scare the ever living crap out of them!" - "Meet the most misunderstood man in America ...

Just recently, I read a blog written by the most boring voice in man's history - Ben Stein, entitled, "The Trayvon Martin case is worrying me." This blog bounced around like a lightning-speed pinball, but mainly focused on the Trayvon Martin case - how George Zimmerman was a "poor soul" in this whole ordeal (even though he's still living), that the liberal media made him out to be a "Klansman," and he basically insinuated that African-Americans are lazy and violent people, whom need our prayers - because closing our eyes and thinking about someone's problems will make them magically disappear (from our minds). After reading this racist and lazily written blog, I felt the need to respond to it with a blog of my own, entitled, "Ben Stein is really worrying me..." This morning, I received a response from an anonymous individual (George Zimmerman, Ben Stein, Sean Hannity, someone by the name of Tony, or Bozo the Clown perhaps), whic...

Just as I suspected, that George Zimmerman hero story appears to have been exaggerated to a certain degree. Now, for the second time since the ruling of his case, Zimmerman is back in the news, and this time, for something not quite as positive. Zimmerman was caught speeding yesterday, with a gun in his glove compartment. After the officer asked where Zimmerman was going, he said, "Nowhere in particular." It's been reported that Zimmerman also asked the cop if he recognized him from television. I wonder how Fox News will attempt to try and spin this story. "Cop Pulls Over Hero Zimmerman, Delaying Him from Killing Another Trayvon Martin-Like Thug" "Zimmerman Pulled Over By a Racist Cop, Angered He Killed a Dangerous Black Kid Armed with Skittles" "Cop Recognizes Zimmerman, Pulls Him Over Just to Say Thank You - for Disobeying Their Orders and Killing a Kid" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/george-zimmerman-speeding-gun-...

Is it just me or does this new George Zimmerman story about him rescuing a family from a car crash sound fishy? If it is true, he should be commended for the act. However, the once 100 lbs. lighter neighborhood watch volunteer, who had trouble handling a 17-year old kid he had followed, rescued a family from a car crash after reportedly gaining 100 lbs.? Even stranger, the trapped family has been "unidentified" at this point and a lot of the details of the accident have been vague to be kind. It was a "single-car accident," involved a "blue Ford Explorer SUV," which had "left the road and rolled over," but resulted in "no reports of injuries" to the four occupants of the vehicle. Alright, so let's just assume for a second that the story is legitimate and Zimmerman was one of two men who helped the family out of their wrecked vehicle. Why is it I keep seeing conservative news outlets and talking heads report this story like it prov...

I've been a tad confused in recent days since George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the Trayvon Martin case. Many people whom believe Zimmerman should have been found guilty of at least manslaughter seem to think Zimmerman's actions were at least partially motivated by racism. So in response to the jury's ruling this past Saturday night, I've read many articles and social networking posts from far-right conservatives regarding other murders which involved an element of racism and claiming that these murders and the element of racism in them were far worse than in the case of George Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin. I'm not here to say which way I lean on whether or not Zimmerman's following and killing of Martin was at least partially influenced by racism. However, I do think it's quite ridiculous for people to write and post about these other murders and basically say, "You see? Zimmerman wasn't too bad. Look at what this guy did! Now that...

Apparently, on Fox News' live video stream, host Jamie Colby engaged in the following back-and-forth with former federal prosecutor Doug Burns: Colby: "I know that George Zimmerman's attorney will prove that he has no criminal background, he's not an aggressive guy. That he's a gentle kind caring soul who was minding the neighborhood, the police didn't get there quick enough and he had reason to pursue, even though he was told not to. He was just doing his Good Samaritan job." Burns: "If I'm getting beaten up in an ordinary fist fight that's going to leave me - here's the counterargument - with a broken nose and some cuts and certainly no life-threatening injuries. Broken nose, we'll assume just hypothetically is not a life-threatening injury. Then so runs the argument, you can't turn around and kill the person. The counterargument is, 'Well, wait a minute, you can die in a fistfight. There's certainly a very good argum...