The Zimmerman verdict is in and it's a fair verdict according to what I know of law. Nancy Grace and HLN should be held accountable for all of the race baiting done since the night Trayvon Martin died. I, as a rule, never blame the victim. But I can and do blame parents and society for this. Decent Americans of all colors and creeds, as a rule, respect the laws of this country. They do not play the victim card when a verdict is rendered that they don't agree with. The first thing out of Nancy Grace's mouth was that Zimmerman weighed more than Martin and that was quickly picked up on by Jane Velez Mitchell and the HLN quack called Dr. Drew. The first rule of self defense in to use and opponent's weight and size against them. But no one on HLN, CNN or MSNBC ever talks about that! Now Martin's parents go on a media tour and say that Trayvon was not confrontational. While many parents are clueless to their kids behavior, it's not a defense. The non-confrontational Trayvon allegedly hit a bus driver in the face when the driver refused to let him ride free...just days before his death! He was suspended for marijuana, possession of questionable jewelry and possible burglary tools! He didn't live with his dad but it seemed mom wanted to get him out of town quick! White folks would've sent him to grandma or, if they had money, to Military School! These parents sound like the parents of the captain high school football team who bails him out when he's accused of sexual assault on a cheerleader. It's not MY kid is usually followed by she must've asked for it or she led him on. These are the same parents who learn that the class closeted gay is bullied so bad that he or she commits suicide. The parents defense: It was bullying! Kids just teased him/her. Since the internet hit America's households, parents and police have tried to keep kids safe from pedophiles and predators. No responsible parent would allow a kid to join NAMBLA. Why do they allow the sagging which is a PENITENTIARY fashion? Why would any parent allow any child to listen to rap music which glorifies guns, drugs, gold and misogyny? Fox News recently showed Lil Wayne trampling on the American flag. We have a mixed race president but he steps on the flag like a terrorist. HLN was quick to show the failed Stand Your Ground Case where a black woman shot into a wall to deter her husband from beating her. She got 20 years. His defense? He has 5 baby mamas and he has put his hands on all but one. This is okay in the black community? White America is not glorifying the thug life nearly as much as lack America although I do hear it from some white and Hispanic teens. I hear people like Sheri Shepherd saying its a part of black culture. If slinging dope to afford gold, putting a cap in someone's ass, beating your girlfriend and having a bunch of kids by different women is a part of black culture, I am SO glad I am white! Advertisers couldn't wait to drop Paula Deen because she used the N word 20+ years ago, but Trayvon Martin thought it was okay to call what he presumed to be a white person a creepy ass cracker. He learned that racism from his family or rap thugs or both. If the N word is so horrible and disgusting, why is it okay for rappers? A bad word is a bad word so matter who utters it. Hate speech is hate speech...PERIOD. And the idea that a black person cannot be a racist is absolutely absurd! I was walking home in Dallas, TX in the fall of 2010 with both hands full of those irritating plastic bags full of groceries. It was still daylight and I was surrounded by mom and pop stores when a 2007-2009 black Toyota Tundra stopped and the driver asked me for directions. Yes, she was black and had gold teeth but I wanted to be a good neighbor like my parents taught me. As soon as I was next to the driver's door she pulled out a very shiny, chrome plated semi-automatic handgun and demanded my groceries and my wallet. Her last words to me were, "I ain't playing with you, bitch!" So I started to lower my bags, which were twisted around my wrists, to the ground. When that gun was no longer aimed at my chest, I ran and she literally chased me in that truck...until she saw me run into a liquor store. DPD took a report long after she had headed for South Dallas but said they couldn't help me because I didn't get a TAG NUMBER!!! They wouldn't even pull the red light videos so I could identify the truck. Why? If I said it was because I am white and she was black, I would be laughed at by the very same Attorney General who is now helping to gin up racial unrest over a completely LEGAL verdict! Where was the NAACP when a 19 year old black young man was shot execution style and dumped on South Garrett Avenue in Dallas, TX shortly before Christmas, 1999, reportedly by Mexican thugs who accused, tried, convicted and executed him for pinching their drugs? He barely got a blurb in the paper because he was allegedly doing something illegal. Finally, if ANYONE expects equal treatment in this country, they need to stop trying to divide it. I am an AMERICAN. My family tree is diverse, but I see no need to hyphenate myself. African-American, Mexican-American, Cuban-American, Italian-American....who cares? The very fact you are here means you are an American. That's all that counts. Trayvon Martin's death is a tragedy but he was 75 yards from home and could've gone into that home and locked the door behind him. George Zimmerman got out of his vehicle but there is no evidence that he was doing anything but heading back to it when Martin decided to confront and batter him. Was Martin entitled to walk home in the rain? Absolutely! Was Zimmerman entitled to carry a gun and keep a watchful eye on him community? Absolutely! Was Martin entitled to confront, punch and batter Zimmerman just because he was a 17 year old and black? Absolutely not! And if his parents think they are blameless in letting him think this way, they are sadly mistaken. There are messages to be learned in this case, but the only way to learn them is to look at the facts. And one of the most important facts is the way some of our young people idolize thuggish behavior and bad choices and carry them into their own life.