It's taken them WAY too long to do the right thing, but no one said the state of Florida was smart. In fact I am certain the entire country now realizes just how slow and backwards Florida really is. Case in point, when you compare George Zimmerman's case to that of Marissa Alexander's the state clearly wished to exhibit just how ass backwards it was and still is.
The world knows the case of Zimmerman by now, an armed person of color (he is half white, half Peruvian) who killed an unarmed young Black man because he was walking slowly in the rain and "looked suspicious". Thanks to that states ludicrous "stand your ground" laws it took law enforcement days to even arrest Zimmerman and when he finally was, the political right jumped to his defense. I think that had to be the first time the political right jumped to the defense of ANY person of color in this kind of situation, EVER actually. The reasons are obvious to all those that don't live in this racist country with their heads buried in the sand.
The world eventually found out about Marissa Alexander and her case. It was the case of a Black woman who had had enough of being abused by the man who swore to protect and cherish her before friends, family, and God. According to the details Marissa, a woman standing 5'2" tall did what she could to ward off yet another attack from her 245 lbs. husband by shooting a warning shot in their kitchen wall. Please note, this is a man that had previously been arrested for domestic violence against Marissa. Yes, unlike so many other women in this country that get beaten by their boyfriends, fiances, or husbands and never press charges or testify against them, Marissa did. Honestly, due to the argument of the prosecution that Marissa endangered her husband when firing the warning shot, I feel had Marissa just killed her husband that she would be free now. Though I'm sure they would have found a reason to give her life behind bars had she done that.
George Zimmerman kills a teenage Black boy and walks free. Marissa Alexander defends herself from a convicted abuser, someone she had an active restraining order against during the time of the attack, by shooting nothing but the wall in their kitchen and she gets sentenced to 20 years behind bars.
George Zimmerman has a bag of guns and can travel this country freely as if he had done nothing wrong in his life while Marissa Alexander's bond was almost revoked and she sent back to jail because she was in violation of her home detention by going on trips not authorized by the court. If she takes another unauthorized trip, Marissa will be back behind bars for a crime any woman in her right mind should have committed.
I truly think if Florida ever asks to secede from the union, we let them. EXONERATE THIS WOMAN!!! What in the world are you waiting for Florida?
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