Holder Stands Down on George Zimmerman, DOJ Won’t File ‘Race’ Charges

21st Century Wire says…
After a three year-long federal effort which expended tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer money, the US Department of Justice finally gave up on trying to construct a ‘racism’ case against George Zimmerman over the highly controversial shooting death of black teenager Trayvon Martin.
It became one of the most politicized incidents in the US in 2012, after US Attorney General Eric Holder, along with the Reverend Al Sharpton converged on Sanford, Florida with crowds and media in tow, which subsequently escalated a narrative of ‘race’ around the tragic shooting in order to further polarize the country along racial and political lines, but also to accumulate political capital during a re-election year.
President Barack Obama injected race into the issue early on with his famous comment, ‘If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon…’
Later on, after Zimmerman’s acquittal of second degree murder charges in 2013, the President unleashed a long set of racially-charged comments which further inflamed the national conversation. ‘Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago’, remarked Obama. ‘There are very few African-Americans who have not had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had the chance to get off. That happens often,’ he added.
Obama and Holder’s three-year hunt finally came to an end yesterday…

This post was published at 21st Century Wire on FEBRUARY 25, 2015.