Anti-Flag have had a busy year. They just put out a “greatest hits” of sorts, A Document of Dissent, on July 22, and they’ve also been continuing the 20 Years of Hell 7″ set.
Well today, they just posted the last track from it, “Close My Eyes.” Chris #2 had a few words regarding the song: “‘Close My Eyes’ is a really personal track to me. I wanted to interject the things that have happened in my life and to my loved ones into this song. The Trayvon Martin case floored me. I had so much empathy for his family, having lost my sister to violent crime and then a subsequent very questionable trial and not guilty verdict. My distrust of American justice was once again put in front of me. This song is commentary on all of that.”
Check the song out below for yourself, and let us know what you think.
If you haven’t snatched the 7″ series, you can still do so here. Get on that before it’s all sold out, as it’s a limited 500. It will go fast.
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The problem has been the focus on irrelevant arguments – some of which are
actually unsupported by the evidence.
1. ‘George Zimmerman (GZ) racially profiled Trayvon Martin (TM)’ There is no
evidence of this.
2. ‘GZ disobeyed an order by the police’ * The civilian dispatcher, Sean
Noffke, testified that he did not give GZ an order and, in fact, he, like his
fellow dispatchers, are trained not make comments that sound like commands. *
Noffke also testified under cross that, as a result of his asking GZ which way
TM was going, GZ could have reasonably interpreted this as being asked to follow
Martin. * It is also not a crime in Florida to disregard a comment made by a
civilian dispatcher.
3. ‘GZ got out of his car’ Not a crime on public property and not negligent
either.
4. ‘GZ followed TM’ Again, anyone can follow anyone on a public street unless
the followee has obtained a restraining order against the follower and even
there, the RS only places time, place, and manner restrictions on the person
enjoined.
5. ‘GZ wasn’t really injured’ * Under Florida’s self-defense laws, one
doesn’t have to be injured AT ALL to use deadly force * No one is required to
refrain from defending himself while another is engaged in or attempting to
commit a felony.
6. ‘TM is dead through no fault of his own’ * If you believe that TM
assaulted GZ, then he IS dead as a result of his own actions.
7. ‘GZ could have left’ * Under Florida law, there is not a duty to withdraw
rather than use deadly force * TM was straddling GZ so how the latter was
supposed to leave the scene is unanswered.
8. ‘GZ was armed and TM wasn’t’ * One’s fists can be considered weapons and
can result in severe bodily harm or death. * GZ was legally carrying a weapon *
There is no requirement under the law that the same weapon be used by the
assailant * A homeowner can kill an intruder whether or not he has been
threatened * Those that attack cannot feign surprise if they are met with
superior firepower.
9. ‘Stand Your Ground!’ * SYG is NOT at issue in this trial. * The defense is
a classic self-defense case.
10. ‘Black men NEVER get to use SYG!’ * Wrong http://tinyurl.com/nboht35
11. ‘GZ is a man and TM was a boy!’ * As if ‘boys’ don’t commit murder, rape,
and assault everyday in this country.