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From the Pierce County herald Under state news. Link has many other stories not related so I cut and pasted this one.: Jurors will start hearing testimony today in the trial of John Spooner, a 76-year-old white man accused of killing a black teen in Milwaukee over guns he thought the boy stole. As the jury was being selected yesterday, Circuit Judge Jeffrey Wagner said the case is totally different from that of George Zimmerman. He’s the Hispanic neighborhood watch volunteer from Florida acquitted Saturday in the killing of black teen Traevon Martin. Wagner asked prospective jurors if they could separate the two cases. A white candidate was let go after telling the judge that the system is “failing,” and black teens are getting arrested for things that whites only get ticketed for. Prosecutor Mark Williams said he was not pleased that only one of the 14 jurors to hear the trial is black – and he’ll bring up the matter this morning before attorneys make their opening statements. Prosecutors said Spooner shot a neighbor, 13-year-old Darius Simmons, in May of last year while the youngster was taking out the family garbage. Defense lawyer Franklyn Gimbel says he’ll concede that his client shot Simmons, but will claim that it was not intentional. He also plans to present evidence showing that Spooner had a mental illness in which he could not judge right-from-wrong. Spooner has pleaded insanity to first-degree intentional homicide.
Where is justice heading?? Can we go by facts on the incident rather than the white killed black nonsense? This is sickening.:banghead:
Where is justice heading?? Can we go by facts on the incident rather than the white killed black nonsense? This is sickening.:banghead: