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But if the facts of the case are that Martin attacked Zimmerman, then the conversation is \u201cwhat can we do about young black men who attack others?\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u00a0<\/span>A jury determined that the evidence supports the latter alternative, or at least, that that evidence in favor of the former alternative isn\u2019t strong enough to send a man to prison.\u00a0 We can\u2019t know, ultimately, what happened that night.\u00a0 What\u2019s the value in a \u201cnational conversation\u201d when it is impossible to establish the basic premises of the conversation?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ann Althouse has a conversation \u2014 or tries to, at least.\u00a0 But it\u2019s rather difficult to do when you disagree on the basic facts of the case. If the facts of the case are that Zimmerman attacked Martin, then the conversation we need to have is, in fact, \u201cjust because a black teenager wears a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nConversations about Zimmerman and Martin<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ann Althouse has a conversation -- or tries to, at least. 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