Look, I am not going to pretend like I know anything about the Casey Anthony trial because my only knowledge comes from hearing Nancy Grace put on her whole "LEMME JUSSAY" and "JUSTICE....for little Caylee...killed....and abandoned....in....the....woods" routine while passing relatives in the living room on my way to the kitchen. As a heterosexual male with some sort of (any) life outside my house, I had absolutely no interest in the trial and questioned the morals of those that did, because, you see, I am an American, dammit.
What I do know is the only reason the Anthony trial was not as popular as the O.J. Simpson trial was because a car chase did not precede it. Car chases are awesome, like this one, or this one, or these, ewww, even this one!!! Oh man, how I do love a good car/tank chase. (Sidenote: Worlds Wildest Police Chases, what a good ass show.)
But, that is not my point. My point comes from what we see as a result of the trial. It, uh, kind of brought out the worse in people and junk.
Go ahead and jump if you really care
Well, first, you have the incredibly unbiased talking heads over at HLN and FoxNews; Nancy Grace, etc., etc. They all stumbled around in a haze shortly after the verdict as if struck in the face by a 2x4. Then, once they regained consciousness, played the "How did this happen? Why is Casey Anthony still breathing?" card. In defense to them, they all want some kind of justice. It's a human biological need. Bad thing happens: SOMEONE MUST DIE! It's a simple equation. But, what very few have been apt to point out is that we live in a imperfect world working on an imperfect system. I am not saying she did or did not kill her child, but if you claim to know so much about law (*cough* Nancy Grace *cough*), then you know how the system works or does not work. As the humorists over at Kissing Suzy Kolber put it, and as I will say parenthetically, the twelve people that acquitted Casey Anthony watched the entire trial and weighed the state's burden of proof against a reasonable doubt. True that. Not that it makes anything she did right, or any one else right, or any one involved in the trial good people, or not saying she did not do it, but the jurors did not believe she did it beyond a shadow of a doubt. We saw it with OJ, we see it today, and everyday in lesser examples. There are many stories out there about wrong guilty verdicts, and maybe, perhaps, this may have been a wrong acquittal. But who knows or cares at this point.
Anyway, to get to my main point. This guy (video included), John McClure, owner of Skyline Chili Restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida, wins the prize for biggest douche of the trial. And that is tough to do. If you don't like to click on links, this guy put a sign up in the front of his restaurant after the verdict was handed down that said 'Pinellas County jurors not welcome' (Pinellas County being where the trial took place, its largest city being St. Petersburg, Florida). Good job, Mr. McClure. The all-knowing, all-seeing being Dr. Drew asked McClure about why he decided to put up the sign, in which McClure answered "Because I did not agree with their (the jury's) decision." Because when you disagree with someone you ban them from your place of business. Leave it to the southern states to have nostalgia for the time before the Civil Rights movement. The whacked out thing is that many people believe this is a good idea and praise the decision. Where are we at in society today? The same Amendments that protect this man in this country also protect the jurors for their decision, except........exclusion. All men created equal, Mr. Clure. What happened to that? Interpret it how you want, but to exclude these people for doing their civic duty, yeah, good call douche.
It just so happens that jurors don't like chili anyway...
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