The Justice Departments insistence on pursuing an investigation into George Zimmerman on the basis of a racial hate crime is misguided. The jurors who struggled with the verdict about the guilt of Mr. Zimmerman claimed they did not believe race was an issue in the actions of George Zimmerman and the double jeopardy clause in the fifth amendment of our Constitution should allow their verdict to stand. If the Justice Department wants to combat racial intolerance, they should start with the war on drugs, where people of color and the poor are far more likely to be searched, arrested and incarcerated than whites or wealthy Americans.

http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/15/obama-wants-you-to-respect-the-Zimmerman

http://reason.com/archives/2013/07/17/4-reasons-to-reject-federal-charges-agai

http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/18/judge-napolitano-on-double-jeopardy

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/15/us/justice-department-to-restart-hate-crime-investigation-in-trayvon-martins-death.html?ref=us&_r=0

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/16/george-zimmerman-juror-b37_n_3608057.html?ref=topbar

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/16/justice/tale-of-two-trials/index.html

http://www.aclu.org/billions-dollars-wasted-racially-biased-arrests

http://reason.com/blog/2013/07/12/dc-cops-criticised-for-black-ew

Randy Johnson