THE WASHINGTON POST Eugene Robinson Opinion Writer Justice failed Trayvon Martin the night he was killed. We should be appalled and outraged, but perhaps not surprised, that it failed him again Saturday night, with a verdict setting his killer free. Our society considers young black men to be dangerous, interchangeable, expendable, guilty until proven innocent. This is the conversation about race that we desperately need to have — but probably, as in the past, will try our best to avoid. George Zimmerman’s acquittal was set in motion on Feb. 26, 2012, before Martin’s body was More…![]()
