Could Eric Holder Become The Perpetrator Of A Hate Crime?

In the aftermath of George Zimmerman’s acquittal, Eric Holder and the (No) Justice Department are looking into the possibility of filing charges against Zimmerman for criminal civil rights violations.  I wasn’t quite sure what those could be but a quick search online gave me the following information concerning civil rights violations:

"A criminal civil rights violation refers to an offense that occurs as a result of the use of force or the threat of force by the offender against a victim that fall under federal criminal civil rights statues.  For instance an assault committed because of the victim's race or sexual orientation.

The offender to a criminal civil right violation can be prosecuted under these various statutes, such as those laws that prohibit hate crimes, bias crimes, and human trafficking.

A criminal civil rights violation can occur with:

a. hate crimes;

b. migrant worker exploitation;

c. law enforcement misconduct;

d. religious interference or property damage;

e. health care access interference, such as phone threat or bombing; and

f. slavery rings

I don’t know about you but to me it seems the only possible statute that could apply to the Martin/Zimmerman case is a possible hate crime charge.  However, Holder’s own FBI investigated the case and, according to a recent report, found no evidence that the shooting was race related.  Will Holder ignore or simply nullify the FBI report to press charges against Zimmerman?  If so, why?  What possible motive could he have except 1.) a personal vendetta against George Zimmerman for killing a black kid or 2.) to appease the black community? 

If he ignores the FBI report and stretches the boundary of the law to charge Zimmerman with a hate crime for either of the above reasons – would that not make Holder himself guilty of a hate crime for singling out a “white Hispanic” for unjustified prosecution?  After all – how can you charge someone with a specific crime with no evidence from the investigators that a crime was committed?

Wait – what am I saying?  Isn’t that how Zimmerman was charged in the first place?  Investigating agents the night of the shooting found no evidence that a crime was committed.  Then the police chief was forced to resign and the local prosecutor was fired and a special prosecutor was appointed. That special prosecutor, appointed by the governor and the Florida Attorney General (to appease the media and the agitators in the black community) allegedly covered up evidence that she felt detracted from her quest to prosecute Zimmerman, and charged him anyway.  The case was politicized by anyone and everyone with a liberal agenda - especially the mainstream media.  But it didn’t quite work out the way they intended.  The prosecution (not surprisingly) could not prove their case, Zimmerman was acquitted and to their credit (and in contradiction to the predictions and hopes of the mainstream media) the black community, with few exceptions, did not react violently.  (Can you imagine the disappointment of the mainstream media when they couldn’t find riots to cover nationwide?)

George Zimmerman’s life as he knew it is over – at least for the next 10 years or so.  He cannot go out in public right now without the threat of violence and/or death hanging over him.  He can’t get a job for that same reason.  Those on one side will say he deserves it but the man was found not guilty.  Like it or not the American justice system did not convict him.  So should he have to live in constant fear for his own life?

Again, some will say yes.  And it’s those same people who demand “Justice for Trayvon – as long as that justice goes the way we want it to!”  That’s not how it works.  

How many people, both black and white, thought (and still think) O.J. Simpson was guilty of murder?  How many riots and death threats occurred after his acquittal?  How often do Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson go to Chicago to protest against the hundreds of black men and women murdered every year?  So why was this case special?  It’s simple.  Racism, whether perceived or genuine, draws TV viewers and boosts ratings.  As soon as the media turned the Martin/Zimmerman case into a racial issue it went worldwide and thus began the court of public opinion.

Eric Holder now wants to put George Zimmerman through the wringer one more time.  Part of me says the guy has been through enough.  Another part of me says let Holder go for it and let Zimmerman win in court again.  That would be an embarrassing slap in the face of Holder and the Obama administration.  

From what I’ve heard, because he was acquitted in his first trial, Zimmerman is immune from a wrongful death lawsuit according to Florida law.  So if he won in federal court maybe, just maybe it would be over.