No justice in Trayvon Martin case outcome
George Zimmerman innocent! Innocent of what? I had to sit down for a minute and collect my thoughts, most of which were filled with images of some self-appointed Neighborhood Watch captain profiling, stalking, taunting, then gunning down another minor: Perhaps mine, maybe yours.
Sure, Trayvon Martin had been in trouble before and yes, he may have continued to live a life of crime into adulthood and become an enemy of decent society. But maybe he would have finished high school, gone to college, fallen in love, become a doctor and cured cancer.
The point is we will never know because his life ended suddenly because the same man who singled him out and had the courage to stalk him suddenly feared for his life when Martin angrily confronted him. Some of us have made mistakes in the past, paid dearly for them and then had the wisdom to turn our lives around. Due process can allow for that, but vigilante stalking and profiling, or “baiting,” is a criminal act unto itself. There is no justice to be found anywhere in this case. It’s school yard bullying armed.
JOSHUA A. HURLEY, Dalton, Ga.
City’s spending needs some accountability
Some enterprising reporter should dig up the amount of the money wasted by the city of Chattanooga in legal fees and civil court judgments over the last 20-plus years due to arbitrary promotional practices by the police department. It would be considerable.