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| Zimmerman trial: Barack Obama shift |
| Zimmerman trial: Barack Obama shifts from passion to calm
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 16-July-2013
5:56:30 AM |
| When President Barack Obama first addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the slain 17-year-old. His powerful and personal commentary marked a rare public reflection on race from the nation's first black president.
But now, with the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Martin acquitted and the burden of filing any future charges squarely on his own administration, Obama is seeking to inject calm into a case that has inflamed passions, including his own. In a brief statement, the president called Martin's killing a "tragedy" but implored the public to respect a Florida jury's decision to clear George Zimmerman, the man charged in the death of the unarmed black teenager.
"I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher," Obama said Sunday. "But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken."
The president's restrained response underscores the complicated calculus for the White House as it grapples with the fallout from the racially charged case. Obama faces inevitable questions about the verdict, given his previous statements on the matter and his own race. But as the head of a government considering levying federal charges against Zimmerman, he must also avoid the appearance of influencing an ongoing Justice Department investigation.
"Barack Obama is a lawyer and I think his legal sense is that he should do nothing that would interrupt or disrupt any future matters involving George Zimmerman," said Charles Ogletree, a law professor at Harvard University and longtime friend of the president.
As the nation's first black president, Obama is frequently pressed about questions of race, though he often refrains from weighing in. And on the occasions where he did, he's had uneven results.
Obama's speech on race as a presidential candidate in 2008 was widely praised as an honest -
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