The recent
bounty declaration by the New Black Panther Party against George
Zimmerman must be repealed. This is not, in any way, shape or form,
acceptable. This is not how justice is meant to be handled. While we
may be seeing a situation where justice is not working in the favor
of the victim, it is not a call to hypocritical action.
The major problem with the death of
Trayvon Martin is the simple fact that George Zimmerman took the law
into his own hands, twisted it into his own brand of justice and
carried out a sentence. This is an outrage to Trayvon's family, friends,
the local and national public and apparently to the Black Panthers.
So my question would be: If you are so outraged by the injustice of
this vigilante action by George Zimmerman, why would you condone the
same actions by those who share your outrage?
The New Black Panther Party is calling
on regular citizens to take action and “apprehend” George
Zimmerman for his crime. If you want this done, why are you putting
the public in jeopardy of losing their freedoms and rights by chasing
this bounty? The Black Panthers should be keeping quiet and carrying
out their “bounty” on their own. If you want to be a racial/moral
compass for others to follow, the militant attitude will only make
you fall short. I can promise that, like me, the Black Panthers find
the lynchings of African-Americans in the past to be abhorrent.
However, preaching that an “eye for an eye” is suddenly the right
approach, when that approach will only lead people to make decisions
as bad as Zimmerman did, is irresponsible to say the least.
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