Suspicion nation the inside story of the Trayvon Martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it
In her provocative and landmark book Suspicion Nation, Lisa Bloom, who covered the trial from gavel to gavel, posits that none of this was a surprise: Our laws, culture,a nd blind spots created the conditions that led to Trayvon Martin's death and made George Zimmerman's acquittal by far the most li...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA :
Counterpoint,
[2014].
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| Summary: | In her provocative and landmark book Suspicion Nation, Lisa Bloom, who covered the trial from gavel to gavel, posits that none of this was a surprise: Our laws, culture,a nd blind spots created the conditions that led to Trayvon Martin's death and made George Zimmerman's acquittal by far the most likely outcome. A trial lawyer herself, Bloom details how the "Winnable case was lost" through new in-depth interviews of key trial participants. The only nonwhite juror tells her story of loneliness and isolation during the trial. The stat's medical examiner describes a scientific theory he wanted to raise during his testimony but could not. Rachel Jeantel, the state's star witness adn the last person to speak to Trayvon Martin, reveals how poorly the state prepared her to testify and what went through her mind when she was on the stand. And a new examination of Trayvon's school suspensions raises troubling questions about racial profiling against the teenager at his own school. And the injustice continues, as more shootings, especially of unarmed African Americans, plague our nation. Gun rights have been expanded to surreal extremes, as the U.S. has the highest per capita gun owenership rate in the world and more gun deaths than any other developed country."--Book jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 318 pages ; cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781619023277 161902327X |
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