34 OR 3,000....JUSTICE STILL NEEDED

It's been 34 days since George Zimmerman fired a bullet into Trayvon Martin's chest ending his life. Thousands of folks in Sanford, FL and tens of millions more around the country are demanding not vengence, but simple justice be given to the Martin family, and by extension to all Americans, so there can be closure that the scales of justice are balanced. The controversy rages because of the belief that there was an instant "white skin" acquittal at the police station for Zimmerman who was released without charges under circumstances that defy credullity.

But its been 3,000 days since a punch that may have been thrown by Mayor Daley nephew Richard J. Vanecko sent a much smaller man to the pavement causing injuries that ended his life 11 days later. A controversy doesn't quite rage but it continues to smolder here in Chicago that Vanecko may have been given an instant "Chicago clout" acquittal by police investigating the incident. Like Sanford police, the actions of the Chicago police both during the so called investigation and for 3,000 days since, strain credulity.

The Martin family has Rev. Al and Rev. Jackson and millions more keeping their hopes for justice alive. David Koschman's mother Nanci has just a few dogged reporters and a newspaper that is fullfilling the highest ideals of good journalism keeping her hopes alive.

Next Friday Cook County judge Michael Toomin will issue his decision whether a special prosecutor will be named to investigate Nanci Koschman's claim that a police coverup prevented justice for David.

We don't know what a full and fair investigation will determine in either case. But the Martin family waited less than 30 days to know that their answer with be forthcoming with Governor Rick Scott's appointment of a special prosecutor. It's been 3,000 days and Nanci Koschman is still waiting for her's.