By Jaime Ortega.
It was not long ago when Trayvon Martin a 17-year-old black teen, was racially profiled by George Zimmerman, a patrolling block watch neighbor who decided for unknown reasons to chase Trayvon because of fear of another local burglary.
Zimmerman was acquitted for Trayvon’s death, and prosecuted on trial for first degree murder. Zimmerman claimed he killed Martin out of self-defense after his racist remarks.
But It was not long, until the media took strategical advantage of the story and doing what they do best, ‘make money.’They turned the whole case into a racially biased solo prosecution to promote his guilt and sponsor an anti-Zimmerman campaign that would last for over a year.
The Media went against the factual evidence and ignored the FBI’s, and High School criminal record that gave another outlook on Trayvon Martin’s lifestyle.
The Media presented an emotional perspective in the case, showing on live television young African American men and women, angered and hurt over Martin’s death as it connected with personal experiences. Obviously, and logically so, the Media catapulted the case of murder, into a case of national controversy which enraged the population.
The Media promoted a ‘campaign of racial unity’ and selected their new sacrificial lamb to carry on with their propaganda to earn more publicity. But the Media vaguely investigated or questioned the real possibility that Zimmerman could have actually being innocent on the disputed murder charges, despite the racial aspect of the case, as it was all diverted with pretension into believing the contrary.
Zimmerman had to be Guilty! And the propaganda model designed by the media flooded all minor networks and activist organizations, that benefited from the cases with more financial support. Good reason to be excited!
During the long process of the trial, black and white activist went ballistic, fired up and fueled by the Media’s propaganda about Trayvon’s case, and protested against racial stereotypes to show discomfort, distrust and fury against Zimmerman and those who defended his racist view.
Social media blew up and Facebook, Twitter and Instagram became online propaganda networks that allowed opinion instead of hard evidence to infect youngsters all around the web. Social Media helped turn everyone into a victim, everyone became Trayvon (even the caucasians), and many took the Media for granted without examining critical data that the media resolved to not air, so it wouldn’t conflict with their already full-geared agenda.
But after all the conflicting views between the right and the left media, the State of Florida, due to the lack of evidence absolved Zimmerman, declared him innocent and set him free. Huge backlash was felt all over the nation after the venedict.
The resentment between the Afro-American community became clear, figures like Rev. Jesse Jackson, Jay-Z and even President Barack Obama, resembled the frustration of their community, as the jury’s conviction had not fitted with their own personal interpretation of the story.
All the white and black activist, packed up their belongings and the Afro-American community’s pain became visible all over the country. Many gave up.
Not long after Zimmerman’s trial, another sinister murder took place in Oklahoma. Where three teens two of them black , Chancy Luna, Michael Jones and James Edward shot and killed a young Australian by the name of Chris Lane of age 22 while he was jogging in a park.
In the aftermath, James Edwards tweeted the following:
The Media became obsolete on their reporting and quiet about the whole issue, it didn’t spark any racial controversy alike Trayvon’s case, and the racial tweets had no impact in either the black community or the activist that once rallied and campaigned against Zimmerman.
President Obama forgot to issue a live apology to Lane’s family, after the controversial press conference when he spoke about Trayvon’s case been unjust and racially oriented. Maybe because he is not aware of the same racial concerns surrounding black gang racism towards white caucasian men.
It is fair to say, that justice was served for the three teens who killed Lane as they will spend their lives without parole in state prison. The evidence presented against Zimmerman in Trayvon’s death might or might not be presented as justice. But that is a decision the criminal division made, not the Media.
But one thing is clear, the media played a biased role with Zimmerman’s ‘racial case’ (not the crime) and united all races to fight against racism. But when it came to protest with the same eloquent energy, the same type of racism shown by James Edwards (not the crime) to Lane, the Media, the activist and the Afro American community ‘whistled’ as nothing happened without any demonstrations in the street. Showing the hypocrisy they themselves rallied against.
United States is a racist country. Because true racism has no colours, so the chants of any racist activity should resolve into unification, not just into protesting against the problems of one singular race. That’s why the U.S. needs to show unity in every racial case, not just one. Be fair, be fair for all, or you’re indeed also racist. And whatever you decide, don’t trust the Media because the Weapons of Mass Destruction never existed, and everyone believed it!