I was living in California during the infamous "Dan White" trial. White assassinated both San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
DAN WHITE, KILLER OF SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR, A SUICIDE - NYTimes.com
He ran for office and was elected in San Francisco:
He had strong support from the police and firefighter unions. His district was described by The New York Times as "a largely white, middle-class section that is hostile to the growing homosexual community of San Francisco." As a supervisor, White openly saw himself as the board's "defender of the home, the family and religious life against homosexuals, pot smokers and cynics.
Dan White - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
While he belonged to the Democratic Party, he was clearly a right winger.
So how is he like George Zimmerman? Well, we'll get to that.
White quit his elected position and after some time, he went back and tried to get the mayor, a straight man and father of five, to give him his job back but the mayor refused. So White went into City Hall and opened a window, then went back outside, armed himself and climbed in through the window to avoid metal detectors. Then he shot the mayor, including twice in the head to make sure he was dead and did the same to Milk. (I know right wingers may be cheering by this point).
When the trial started, the police were ordered by the judge to stop wearing "free Dan White" pins. They later wore solid white buttons that looked like this:
Dan White is famous for the "Twinkie Defense". Seems when you eat too many Twinkies, it alters your brain chemistry and you unknowingly plan, in detail, murders and commit them. So Dan was convicted of Manslaughter and give a few years in prison and then let go a few year "early". His friends "cheered".
This is where I suspect George Zimmerman will become like Dan White.
Right wingers may cheer when someone who looks "white" or is named "White" kills a *** or a ******. They may defend them to their last cent. But it's still a murderer. A killer. Someone who has had a taste of "blood".
Dan White was chased from community to community. No one wanted him living anywhere near their "family". Finally, depressed and alone, he committed suicide.
Now the right wing may send hundreds of thousands of dollars for Zimmerman's defense (which they did). They may scream "let him go". They may feel good slandering this young boy who they feel deserved to be shot for being out walking while "black' in a white neighborhood, but the truth is, once this is over, no one will want Zimmerman to live by them. If he shot that kid from merely carrying a bag of Skittles and an Ice Tea while walking home, who might he shoot next? If you had teenage kids, would you want this guy living next to you? I don't think so.
I suspect Zimmerman will go free, be harassed unmercifully by the very people who supported him and end up taking his own life. He will become the new Dan White.
Did I miss anything?
