Tuesday, July 23, 2013  The Pursuit of Justice: A Federal Civil
Rights Case against George Zimmerman  As the call for change in
existing self-defense laws rages on far beyond the post on this
an countless other blog sites, much has been made of additional
and alternative mechanisms for justice for Trayvon Martin. One
idea that has been floated is a federal civil rights case.
Personally, I have no plans to hitch my justice-seeking wagon to
the star of a potential federal civil rights case against George
Zimmerman. My position isn't at all based on cynicism about the
federal government's ability or willingness to effectively
prosecute civil rights violations. In fact, I feel confident
that Eric Holder, the Justice Department, and the Obama
administration are committed to pursuing justice against these
types of illegal activities and the booster laws which encourage
rogue vigilantism. That said, I just don't think what George
Zimmerman did - even in the most light most unfavorable to him -
amounts to a civil ri