Jesse Jackson: Trayvon Denied Jury of His Peers

Jesse Jackson on MSNBC Sunday morning:

JESSE JACKSON: Frankly, I am stunned over this disgrace, this tremendous miscarriage of justice. When the jury says not guilty: he's at least guilty of murder. An armed man, racially pursuing and profiling a young African-American boy, and kills him. And in this case, the prosecutor denied, should I say ignored the matter of race, and the defense denied this. But the fact of the matter is this is a pattern of behavior toward young African-American men, whether it is Grant in Oakland, or Diallo in New York or Trayvon Martin in Florida, and it's very painful.

MSNBC: Reverend, I want to ask you about the make-up of the jury. You tweeted this after the verdict was handed down, you tweeted: "The jury, no black and no men, was always suspect." Do you feel this affected the outcome: the make-up of the jury?

JACKSON: Well, it was a stretch, trying to avoid the obvious. There was no--you speak of jury of your peers: there was no man on the jury—Trayvon was a black boy...

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Translated:

A jury of his peers would have seen the vengeance we wanted and ruled accordingly!

Another reason why PMSLSD is the lowest rated thing on cable. The peers are for the defendant. Not the alleged victim.

A jury of hoodie-wearing, pot smoking teenagers? Is that what Jesse is calling for?

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Jesse Jackson: Trayvon Denied Jury of His Peers

There was no--you speak of jury of your peers: there was no man on the jury—Trayvon was a black boy...

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His 'peers' are in the joint or in the ground - with Trayvon.