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2013/07/16 21:10:01
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
A Twitter user who launched a social media campaign to stop a juror in the George Zimmerman case from getting a book deal has succeeded in her effort — within six hours.
On Monday, Juror B37, one of six female jurors who made the controversial decision to acquit Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, told Anderson Cooper that she had signed with a literary agent to shop a tell-all book about her experience during the three-week, televised trial.
The agent, Sharlene Martin, told Yahoo News that the juror reached out to her on the advice of a producer from a morning show and that the juror had said she was planning to publish the book anonymously “given the sensitivity of the verdict and the outpouring of mixed reactions by the American public.”
Then came the social media campaign.
Genie Lauren, whose Twitter handle is @MoreAndAgain, tweeted out the agent's contact information, urging fellow users to flood the agency with calls and emails "to stop the book deal from coming to fruition," Uproxx.com reports.
"Hey, @sharlenemartin, please drop juror B37," Lauren wrote. "Do not help the person who let a murderer get away profit from this tragedy."
"Only thing I can think to do is flood Sharlene Martin's phone, email, and snail mail, w/ requests that she drop juror B37," she continued.
Lauren then launched a Change.org petition asking the agency to drop the unnamed juror:
After murdering Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman was acquitted, even though juror B37 admitted (in a CNN interview) that Zimmerman "went too far", and didn't "stop at the limitations he should've stopped at". Now that very juror, who allowed Trayvon Martin's killer to get away, is writing a book. Please don't allow this person to profit off of the injustice that they've served to the American public. We deserve better. Trayvon Martin's family deserves better.
The petition quickly reached 1,000 signatures, and the Martin Literary Agency released a statement late Monday:
After careful consideration regarding the proposed book project with Zimmerman Juror B37, I have decided to rescind my offer of representation in the exploration of a book based upon this case.
Juror B37 then announced she was abandoning the book idea:
I realize it was necessary for our jury to be sequestered in order to protect our verdict from unfair outside influence, but that isolation shielded me from the depth of pain that exists among the general public over every aspect of this case. The potential book was always intended to be a respectful observation of the trial from my and my husband’s perspectives solely and it was to be an observation that our "system" of justice can get so complicated that it creates a conflict with our "spirit" of justice. Now that I am returned to my family and to society in general, I have realized that the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before I was called to sit on this jury.
Roots' drummer Questlove applauded Lauren's efforts, tweeting a thank you note to his 2.6 million followers
2013/07/16 21:12:06
Subject: Re:Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
A Twitter user who launched a social media campaign to stop a juror in the George Zimmerman case from getting a book deal has succeeded in her effort — within six hours.
On Monday, Juror B37, one of six female jurors who made the controversial decision to acquit Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, told Anderson Cooper that she had signed with a literary agent to shop a tell-all book about her experience during the three-week, televised trial.
The agent, Sharlene Martin, told Yahoo News that the juror reached out to her on the advice of a producer from a morning show and that the juror had said she was planning to publish the book anonymously “given the sensitivity of the verdict and the outpouring of mixed reactions by the American public.”
Then came the social media campaign.
Genie Lauren, whose Twitter handle is @MoreAndAgain, tweeted out the agent's contact information, urging fellow users to flood the agency with calls and emails "to stop the book deal from coming to fruition," Uproxx.com reports.
"Hey, @sharlenemartin, please drop juror B37," Lauren wrote. "Do not help the person who let a murderer get away profit from this tragedy."
"Only thing I can think to do is flood Sharlene Martin's phone, email, and snail mail, w/ requests that she drop juror B37," she continued.
Lauren then launched a Change.org petition asking the agency to drop the unnamed juror:
After murdering Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman was acquitted, even though juror B37 admitted (in a CNN interview) that Zimmerman "went too far", and didn't "stop at the limitations he should've stopped at". Now that very juror, who allowed Trayvon Martin's killer to get away, is writing a book. Please don't allow this person to profit off of the injustice that they've served to the American public. We deserve better. Trayvon Martin's family deserves better.
The petition quickly reached 1,000 signatures, and the Martin Literary Agency released a statement late Monday:
After careful consideration regarding the proposed book project with Zimmerman Juror B37, I have decided to rescind my offer of representation in the exploration of a book based upon this case.
Juror B37 then announced she was abandoning the book idea:
I realize it was necessary for our jury to be sequestered in order to protect our verdict from unfair outside influence, but that isolation shielded me from the depth of pain that exists among the general public over every aspect of this case. The potential book was always intended to be a respectful observation of the trial from my and my husband’s perspectives solely and it was to be an observation that our "system" of justice can get so complicated that it creates a conflict with our "spirit" of justice. Now that I am returned to my family and to society in general, I have realized that the best direction for me to go is away from writing any sort of book and return instead to my life as it was before I was called to sit on this jury.
Roots' drummer Questlove applauded Lauren's efforts, tweeting a thank you note to his 2.6 million followers
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2013/07/16 21:51:06
Subject: Re:Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
It's like everyone has the "thin skin" syndrome...
o.O
The amount of FB status updates I've seen from people who should know better have been unreal. I'm hiding them rather than even trying to reason with them.
2013/07/16 22:02:27
Subject: Re:Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
It's like everyone has the "thin skin" syndrome...
o.O
The amount of FB status updates I've seen from people who should know better have been unreal. I'm hiding them rather than even trying to reason with them.
Dear lord, yes. My US profile is flooded with people taking sides in this case -__-
Sigvatr wrote: Dear lord, yes. My US profile is flooded with people taking sides in this case -__-
There were some people that I know to ignore because they have an ideology that they always argue from, but there were others who I was surprised at with some of the things that they posted.
2013/07/16 22:25:50
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
Sigvatr wrote: Dear lord, yes. My US profile is flooded with people taking sides in this case -__-
There were some people that I know to ignore because they have an ideology that they always argue from, but there were others who I was surprised at with some of the things that they posted.
I'm just surprised how obvious it is how many people I see on FB who have barely followed any of the details of the case. That's not to say that I think everyone who followed the case closely would have the same opinion, but so much of it seems to be completely in favor of Martin while claiming that Zimmerman is a murdering racist vigilante and that now SYG laws prove that racist white vigilantes can get away with killing black people whenever they want.
I feel like someone who had actually dug a little bit into the case would have a bit more nuanced view than that.
And interestingly... in Florida, Zimmerman may be immune to any civil lawsuits.
And that's probably for the best, as much as I did not like outcome of the trial it should be respected and harassing Zimmerman with further lawsuits doesn't seem right. But US legal system is a weird anyway, so I'm not sure how any of this works. What is the difference between criminal and civil lawsuits?
Hordini wrote: I'm just surprised how obvious it is how many people I see on FB who have barely followed any of the details of the case. That's not to say that I think everyone who followed the case closely would have the same opinion, but so much of it seems to be completely in favor of Martin while claiming that Zimmerman is a murdering racist vigilante and that now SYG laws prove that racist white vigilantes can get away with killing black people whenever they want.
I feel like someone who had actually dug a little bit into the case would have a bit more nuanced view than that.
Yup. If you're going to spread your views on a subject as far and wide as you can it really doesn't hurt to acquaint yourself with the basic facts about it.
Hordini wrote: Oh no. It was most definitely about her use of one word.
I'm surprised how quiet it's been over Adam Baldwin's homophobic rant
2013/07/16 22:43:06
Subject: Re:Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
Sigvatr wrote: Dear lord, yes. My US profile is flooded with people taking sides in this case -__-
There were some people that I know to ignore because they have an ideology that they always argue from, but there were others who I was surprised at with some of the things that they posted.
My main issue is that even people not interested in legal stuff suddenly start taking sides, just using the info they got from the media. And really, mass media is an extremely bad source.
Sigvatr wrote: My main issue is that even people not interested in legal stuff suddenly start taking sides, just using the info they got from the media. And really, mass media is an extremely bad source.
Phrases that were a pretty good indicators that the person has no idea what they were talking about;
"The murder of Trayvon Martin"
"Justice for Trayvon"
"He was only carrying Skittles and Iced Tea"
Mum and Dad are over for our wedding and we went out to eat in a wee local place that had Nancy Grace in the background (mercifully muted) railing on about Zimmerman getting his gun back, and they were asking for the run down on the case. We said we'd give them a run down at home about it rather than have someone take that as an invite to join the discussion
xole wrote: Good news everyone! The media's found a comparable* case to Zimmerman's.
Seriously? Seriously? For what? Why not give that money to someone deserving. Not this moron.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh yah. And one of them is only to a Historically Black College. That's not discriminatory at all. And quite frankly, I don't understand how these universities are still allowed to exist.
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2013/07/16 23:46:32
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
cincydooley wrote: Oh yah. And one of them is only to a Historically Black College. That's not discriminatory at all. And quite frankly, I don't understand how these universities are still allowed to exist.
They are not black only, though in the past they were when they had to be, they just tend to have a black majority as opposed to most universities that have white majorities.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
2013/07/16 23:48:00
Subject: Re:Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
I'm just going to leave that there for you all.....
.... Yup, you read that right. The DOJ has opened up a "tip line" email address to solicit help from the "public" in their investigation of George Zimmerman
2013/07/16 23:50:04
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
Seriously? Seriously? For what? Why not give that money to someone deserving. Not this moron.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh yah. And one of them is only to a Historically Black College. That's not discriminatory at all. And quite frankly, I don't understand how these universities are still allowed to exist.
So after a racially divisive trial and media witch hunt, a prosecution witness who used racial slurs is being given a full ride scholarship "to any HBCU" which will keep her apart from people of other races?
I'm just going to leave that there for you all.....
.... Yup, you read that right. The DOJ has opened up a "tip line" email address to solicit help from the "public" in their investigation of George Zimmerman
Sounds like they're trying to get him on anything that they can. Like I said earlier, I'm waiting for Zimmerman to be charged with littering for leaving a shell casing and his blood at the scene.
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2013/07/17 00:03:52
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
cincydooley wrote: Oh yah. And one of them is only to a Historically Black College. That's not discriminatory at all. And quite frankly, I don't understand how these universities are still allowed to exist.
They are not black only, though in the past they were when they had to be, they just tend to have a black majority as opposed to most universities that have white majorities.
Oh no, I understand why they used to exist. But to pretend that there's not a gakload of passive racism inherent in them now is silly. I mean, I guess it's a good thing that as a whole they're mediocre schools and they're not highly desirably to go to.
Regardless, give the money to someone deserving. In addition to proving herself to be a moron, Jeantel also proved she's an incredible racist in her interviews. Why in the sloppy feth is she deserving of a college scholarship?
2013/07/17 00:08:36
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
cincydooley wrote: Regardless, give the money to someone deserving. In addition to proving herself to be a moron, Jeantel also proved she's an incredible racist in her interviews. Why in the sloppy feth is she deserving of a college scholarship?
Because a White Man White Hispanic murdered that poor sweet child Trayvon Martin who was armed only with Skittles and Iced Tea, and she was so traumatized about what she heard on the phone that she did her hair after. So justice for Trayvon........or something
2013/07/17 00:16:49
Subject: Trayvon Martin case: All female jury picked---Verdict Not Guilty
I'm just going to leave that there for you all.....
.... Yup, you read that right. The DOJ has opened up a "tip line" email address to solicit help from the "public" in their investigation of George Zimmerman
Who was calling it tinfoil hat crazy when it was stated the government was going to do it's best to have Zimmerman convicted a few pages back on this thread?
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