"I could’ve been the one presumed guilty of racism and facing a media hell-bent on demonizing me. "
NRO "It could have been me who, after being acquitted by a jury of my peers in a state trial that never would have happened but for the color of my skin — not even the color of my skin, but what my name suggested the color of my skin might be — soon became the target of an investigation by the federal government.
"It could have been me facing a media so hell-bent on turning me into a monster that they said and did almost anything, including doctoring a 9-1-1 call, in order to turn me into something I wasn’t.
"It could have been me who will live with the fact that my actions led to the taking of a young life.
"It could have been me. I could have been George Zimmerman."
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"Here is one last thing I wanted to hear in President Obama’s speech: African Americans survived racism. It is liberalism that black people may not survive." Emphasis added. TD
"It could have been me facing a media so hell-bent on turning me into a monster that they said and did almost anything, including doctoring a 9-1-1 call, in order to turn me into something I wasn’t.
"It could have been me who will live with the fact that my actions led to the taking of a young life.
"It could have been me. I could have been George Zimmerman."
....
"Here is one last thing I wanted to hear in President Obama’s speech: African Americans survived racism. It is liberalism that black people may not survive." Emphasis added. TD
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