George Zimmerman verdict I

I am not going to spend a lot of time on this especially since it is way off topic.
Over the weekend the jury ruled George Zimmerman not guilty.  He was was charged with Manslaughter and Murder in the second degree.  Naturally people were shocked when they heard the verdict.  I wasn't.  I was a younger adult when I heard the Rodney King verdict and not much older than that when I lived through the OJ Simpson case.  Nothing surprises me.
People think they hear everything on the news, however, when it comes to these high profile cases you don't necessarily hear whet you need to hear.  In fact I asked an attorney where I can look up the facts on the Zimmerman case and he wasn't even able to tell me.  He did tell me that he once was a assistant district attorney and would be in court taking notes on a case.  He told me reporters would be sitting in on the same case and when the paper would come out the next day the facts of the case would be at times be totally different.  That told me you can't trust outside sources.  Without reading transcripts from the court you do not know anything and you cannot believe anything.
Upon hearing the verdict people took to social media.  Local news also interviewed a lot of folks, quite a few screaming about the justice system.  I see it differently.
If the case didn't go to trial I would say the system is screwed up.  It went to trial and up to now I heard nothing about the judge being unfair to the prosecution or showing favoritism so the system works.  When I heard the verdict I determined one of a few things must have happened:
1. The prosecution was weak
2.  Zimmerman's defense was superb
3.  The jury was tainted
I personally lean towards the first two.  I listened to an African American radio personality yesterday who confirmed my theory by saying that some people thought the prosecution threw the case.  I haven't heard one minute of the actual case so I can't judge one way or the other.  I have to give the defense a lot of props though.  They chose an all-female jury.  Had I been the prosecuting attorney I would not have proceeded until I had at least two members of those six were African American and one of the two were male.  After a year of watching information on this case on virtually every channel Zimmerman's attorneys somehow managed to convince six women that Zimmerman acted in self defense, even after being told by 911 operators to not follow Martin.  Even worse, the prosecution was unable to prove that an unarmed boy didn't pose a threat.
I am as disturbed as everyone else but I know this is not really over yet.  Like in the Rodney King situation after the cops were found not guilty in the criminal case the federal government got involved and hit the cops with civil rights violations and won.  Zimmerman might have been better off if he was found guilty in his criminal case.  I believe the sentencing in federal cases are harsher. 
Plus the family of Trayvon can still go after Zimmerman in a civil suit.  Zimmerman can pull a Bernhard Goetz and file bankruptcy but he would be financially ruined
Lastly Zimmerman has to spend the rest of his life. Looking over his shoulders.  For a young man, not even 30 years old, that is a hard way to spend the rest of your life