The Conservative Party USA extends our heartfelt and sincere condolences to the parents and family of Trayvon Martin. Based on what is currently known, Trayvon appears to have been an average teen with only minor brushes with authorities. None of those instances, however, should be used to explain away the questionable circumstances under which he died.
Having said that, we must also caution everyone to cease and desist from making hasty, emotional and uninformed judgments about this shooting. We urge everyone to remain calm and allow the wheels of justice to roll down the investigative road. Let all the salient and relevant facts be determined by local, state and federal agencies FIRST. Let’s all refrain from making premature legal pronouncements or demands for arrest or conviction before all the facts are established.
Of course the liberal media is stoking this irrational rush to judgment before all the facts are known. The main culprit in this crusade is none other than Al Sharpton. Remember Al? He’s the guy who pranced around NY State in 1987 pushing the wholly discredited narrative that a 15 year old African-American girl (Tawana Brawley) was raped and horribly abused by white men one of which was a local policeman. After weeks of heated demands for “justice”, emotional marches and fruitless demonstrations led by Sharpton (supported a classically biased media), a Grand Jury officially concluded the girl had fabricated the whole event to avoid getting beaten by abusive parents.
MSNBC totally ignored that egregious lapse in judgment and rewarded the “Reverend” with his own TV show. Now he’s using this Martin case to prop-up his flagging ratings. The rest of MSNBC and NBC have jumped on this racially charged bandwagon for the same reasons. Surprise!
The only exercise that fatheads like “Reverend” Sharpton, “Reverend” Jessie Jackson and the rest of the liberal media have been doing these days is jumping to politically-correct conclusions. As a matter of fact, they are Olympic Gold medalists in the Jumping To Conclusions event. Remember the Duke University lacrosse team rape case? The exact same dynamic applies in both cases: the victim was black and the alleged perpetrator(s) are white. Or in this case, non-black; it seems that Zimmerman is actually Hispanic.
Some people never learn from their mistakes. That includes Trayvon’s mother who now wants to Trademark his name. Trying to make money from her son’s tragic death is just as shameful (maybe worse) as a TV network trying to increase ratings. Shame! The election-year ploy Democrats are using by dragging the Martin parents into Congressional hearings is also reprehensible.
Blaming the “Stand Your Ground” Law (Castle Doctrine) for this media feeding frenzy is misguided. Florida has been averaging 35 legally “justifiable” deaths/year attributed to this Law for the past seven years without any hullabaloo from Sharpton, MSNBC or the NY Times. Why? There have been white people killed by black people who claimed self defense under this Law. There have been black people killed by black people using this Law as a defense. All types of people of many races and ages have been killed under similar Laws in other states for years. Why no “outrage” before?
CP-USA rejects the notion that liberals have no standards. They actually have double standards.
It’s time for the media, Sharpton and Obama to demonstrate leadership by calling for calm and allowing the legal process to continue without histrionics. The Administration, Sharpton and the rest of the liberal media must also roundly condemn the $10,000 bounty hung on Zimmerman by the New Black Panthers. There is no place for vigilantes in America. Period.
While certainly tragic, this event does not mean America should abandon the concept of “innocent until proven guilty”. Especially in Mr. Zimmerman’s case.
H. M. Hervey
Chairman,
Conservative Party USA
Twitter: @cpartyusa_01
