单选题
Recently, I was struck by Eric Holder's comment on the
George Zimmerman versus Trayvon Martin case in Florida. Talking about his son
and the fears of African-American fathers for their teenage sons, Holder said:
"I am his father and it is my responsibility, not to burden him with the baggage
of eras long gone, but to make him aware of the world he must still confront.
This is a sad reality in a nation that is changing for the better in so many
ways." I also agree with the commentary of Lawrence
Bobo: "The most essential facts of this case will never change.
A teenager went out to buy iced tea. At some point, he was confronted by a man
with a gun who killed him. There is no universe I understand where this can be
declared a noncriminal act. Not in a sound, just and racism-free
universe." What happened was a crime and the released shooter,
Zimmerman, is no role model for anyone. He was aggressively stupid.
But for me, the mentally-retarded killer is not the issue. I think this
story is about guns and television. Florida is a swampy place and so are its
laws. It is absurd to permit a civilian like Zimmerman to legally go around with
a concealed weapon, following or pursuing anyone he decides or imagines is a
danger to his community. Circumstances like that are the reason we have laws,
courts and police. And television. I know a bit about
television in courtrooms, which I thought was a bad idea from the start. In
1978, I wrote about what I believe was the first televised trial—in Miami. The
defendant was a kid named Ronny Zamora, who killed an 83-year-old neighbor in an
unskilled burglary in her home. He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Zamora case, like the Zimmerman case, was a big story, not because it
was an unusual trial, but because of cameras in the courtroom. The television
press could not ignore it. The video feed was a real reality show. It was
irresistible and dangerous television wallpaper, guaranteed to fan the
ever-withering racial coals of the nation. Back to guns. My
father was for gun control because, as he told me many times, in disputes that
escalate into violence, someone inevitably reaches for the deadliest weapon
available. If there's a gun and someone uses it, death is likely. He was right,
then and now.
单选题
According to Paragraph One, Eric Holder is probably ______.