Other people saying things, Zimmerman verdict edition

I don't have any brilliant insights on the George Zimmerman verdict. Some say the story's about racism; others say it's about guns; others say it's about Florida's horrible self-defense laws. Pretty sure it's all of the above. Each part of this episode—even just the stuff we know for sure—is deeply troubling, from the fact that Zimmerman saw Trayvon Martin as a threat to his vigilante response to the way his legal deadly weapon upped the ante to the fact that holding him guiltless is a plausible interpretation of Florida law.

That's about all I got. Others have a good deal more:

"The most damning element here is not that George Zimmerman was found not guilty: it’s the bitter knowledge that Trayvon Martin was found guilty."