Even Some Left Leaning Publications (or at least their opinion columnists) Get it Right Occasionally...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Lib erty -vs- Tyr a nny Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference outside the Department of Justice while discussing Trayvon Martin case. Sharpton called for the federal government to investigate civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. ( Win McNamee / Getty Images / July 16 , 2013 ) The following article from the opinion pages of the liberal Los Angeles Times is without need of further comment. By David A. Lehrer and Joe R. Hicks - During the week since the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, the responses to the tragic event, the trial and the verdict have been predictable. That an unarmed youth lost his life and the perpetrator of the act walked free catalyzed angry and sometimes violent street protests. However unfortunate, that is hardly surprising. The legal nuances of second-degree murder, manslaughter, evidentiary rules and jurors'...