Erin Harper: Our Top Casey Anthony Tweets–What do you think?

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Erin Harper: Did Race Impact the Casey Anthony Verdict? Our Top Tweets

Today twelve jurors deliberated for less than eleven hours to conclude that Casey Anthony was not guilty of first degree murder and manslaughter of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee Anthony. She was also acquitted of aggravated child abuse. Reactions related to the impact of race on the verdict quickly flooded twitter timelines. Here are our top tweets.

“Casey Anthony was not in Roots.” @rembertbrowne

“If you are Black and you lie about your address to get your kid in a better school you go to jail…but white and kill the kid…” @DresBlacksheep

“Remember injustice happens on all sides.” @IndustryEars

“I ain’t seen Black folks this mad since Martin went off the air.” @ArtGotti

“I expect ignorant people to try to compare OJ to Casey. It’s about the evidence. People follow the orders given by the judge. That’s a juror’s duty.” @Buckhead_CEO

“Y’all please don’t make this Casey Anthony verdict a race thing. @Ebonifiyah

“Please hold for an exclusive interview from Plaxico Burress.” @SaiGrundy