re: #53 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

The FBI did not investigate whether Zimmerman was a racist. They investigated whether there was evidence of racial bias in the shooting of Trayvon, and didn’t find any strong evidence to substantiate it. That’s not nearly the same thing.

For federal civil rights charges to stick, they will need strong evidence. They tried and failed to get that already. Which bodes poorly for the prospect of a successful prosecution by the federal gov.

I don’t know what you mean. A lot of the stuff that’s being ‘sent’ is because of larger issues about how law enforcement works, as it played out in this case.

What I mean is The ACLU is correct in at least the latter part of the linked letter above. They might also be right about double jeopardy, but time will tell.