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RallyCola
i don't hate you...i don't write bs about you...and i'm not black.
other than being a know-it-all asshole who likes to debate...i really disagree with you on this because i am having a hard time understanding why the voice recordings aren't enough evidence for you.
I wasnt talking about you....and post the video the whole coon thing u cant even tell if thats what he really said...
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SunshyneMonroe
the whole coon thing u cant even tell if thats what he really said...
Don't make George Zimmerman your poster boy, or you're going to look real stupid. I cannot believe Conservative Media is trying to excuse "coon hunting" by wannabe cops, because the guy had some fights and smoked some herb.
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Its easy to prove Zimmerman is lying just by his story.
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dafame
Great post Sunshyne because although it can be seen as admirable of you that you've pointed out the vast racial discrimination against white people in this country by the media, it gives the opportunity for someone to explain to you the obvious differences in these situations.
First of all if these allegations are true then this is an absolute horrible crime and they should be prosecuted to whatever the full extent of the law is in whatever state the took place in short of the "death penalty" (personal grievance).
However, you or whomever ever created this flyer didn't state any issues of the case. Was this a racially motivated crime? Was it financially motivated? Was there a relationship between the victims and the perpetrators?
There isn't an answer that's going to justify there murder but these answers could perhaps explain some of the reason that this case hasn't gotten as much attention.
With that said I'll explain to you Sunshyne what the main difference is. It's the fact that the people who murdered these people have all been arrested and will be brought to justice. I'm having a really hard time understanding how people aren't understanding that.
We're talking about a case where two people were murdered, there were arrests made and then a separate (can't really call it a case) situation where a 17 year old boy was killed on his way home from buying a bag of Skittles and no arrest made.
This country has a long history of racial profiling and racially motivated killings perpetrated against African Americans. As much as some whites may want to think that racially motivated killings is something that has equally been perpetrated against them it simply isn't true.
The vast majority of crimes including murder that are committed by African Americans are committed against other African Americans. Situations of murder that are perpetrated against whites are almost always financially motivated. This in no way means that there deaths are in anyway less meaningful but it is simply fact that this country simply doesn't have a history of blacks killing whites because of racial hate.
However there are differences in the medias coverage of crimes depending on race. For instance blacks make up 13% of the U.S. population. For all of the missing persons reports each year 60% of the reported missing fall into the category or white/or latino, and over half that number 31% are African American. I challenge you to name even one national news Chandra Levy, Laci Peterson, JonBenet Ramsey or Elizabeth Smart type coverage about someone that was missing and black.
There is also a difference because of the backdrop of a controversial law. One that as it is defined gives a person the right to shoot and kill someone if there "perceive" that they are in danger. As it stands in this situation the law to this point granted a man the freedom to pursue and kill a 17 year old kid, armed only with a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona Ice Tea, who he perceived to be dangerous or threatening in some way, even after being told "do not follow him" and who he said "he's running away now".
It's a law that I was totally unaware of which I'm sure many black men were and I live in the state of Texas which is one of the states that this ridiculous law applies to. Not a comfortable feeling knowing that a person can kill me just for the fuck of it and say "oh well he was threatening me and coming towards me" or "he was saying he was going to shoot me and was reaching into his waste band" and as long as there are no witnesses to refute his story he simply goes home while my body is on the concrete getting cold.
I don't see how this law could be making anyone safer and one thing that I'm certain of is that although it may not have received as much attention from the media (who knows), I can assure you that if this situation would have happened on the flip side and instead of Trayvon and Zimmerman say a middle aged black man had killed a 17 year old white kid who he was on record of stalking and was told to "stand down", I can assure you he would have been arrested and would be awaiting trial as speak.
For some reason this post seems strange coming from you. I've never met you and don't know what's in your heart but something about the way you look maybe (really don't know what it is) surprises me that you'd be a person that would put up such racially divisive post.
But again this is a horrible situation that you've just pointed out here but before before we start crying foul about all the injustice being done to white people in this country, let's first get these situations on equal footing by having Treyvon's killer arrested and tried the way that justice was served for these monsters.
Just Saying...
"However, you or whomever ever created this flyer didn't state any issues of the case. Was this a racially motivated crime? Was it financially motivated? Was there a relationship between the victims and the perpetrators? "
>Good Jesus...what the fuck does it matter ? They cut off the dudes dick and burned his body...does it really matter if it's categorized by the FBI Crime stats as a hate crime? It's black on white....period. Race was a factor if for no other reason than the victims were white. That's the standard it appears you're using in the Zimmerman case.
"We're talking about a case where two people were murdered, there were arrests made and then a separate (can't really call it a case) situation where a 17 year old boy was killed on his way home from buying a bag of Skittles and no arrest made. "
>No arrests made YET. That's been the point all along. Stop with the mob justice bullshit...the hanging mob you're a part of today could show up on your doorstep tomorrow.
"The vast majority of crimes including murder that are committed by African Americans are committed against other African Americans. Situations of murder that are perpetrated against whites are almost always financially motivated. This in no way means that there deaths are in anyway less meaningful but it is simply fact that this country simply doesn't have a history of blacks killing whites because of racial hate."
>Are you kidding me? Is that some sort of mitigating factor that's supposed to make white folks feel better about being victims of black perpetrators ? Well I'm sure the fuck glad you didn't hate me when you beat me into an inch of my life and stole my wallet. Why not just simply say blacks commit a higher percentage of crimes against all races than their proportionality to the general population? That's an accurate statement. I understand it's simplistic on it's face, and crime is a complex issue, but it's no less true.
Look....IMHO the justice system is more socio-economic than racist. I give you OJ as a perfect example. Got cash for a dream team...you chances are better than average you'll walk. Poor whites and poor blacks with public defenders get locked up every day.
And for your information....on Zimmerman's voter registration card he lists his ethnicity as "Hispanic".
"There is also a difference because of the backdrop of a controversial law. One that as it is defined gives a person the right to shoot and kill someone if there "perceive" that they are in danger. As it stands in this situation the law to this point granted a man the freedom to pursue and kill a 17 year old kid, armed only with a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona Ice Tea, who he perceived to be dangerous or threatening in some way, even after being told "do not follow him" and who he said "he's running away now".
There is no evidence that Zimmerman's attorneys will use the stand your ground as a defense if there is an eventual trial. It may not even be relevant in this case...If for the sake of discussion Martin turned to Zimmerman at some point and confronted him physically, like it or not...that changes everything. Your poor black kid eating skittles is out the window. That may be what the entire case is about.
You'd think after being burned in so many high profile cases, the racial hustlers, and the media would wait for events and evidence to unfold....but then that's why they're hustlers now...isn't it? It's commendable to console and assist the family, it's reprehensible to hear some of the inflammatory language being used and tweeting Zimmerman's home address. And didn't that opportunist Spike Lee tweet the wrong address? Brilliant.
SO what happens when all of you have invested so much up front into convincing yourselves that Zimmerman is a savage racist waiting for the right opportunity to gun down a black dude. Then we get to trial...let's say there's a racially mixed jury from the community, and evidence indicates that circumstances are not quite as cut and dried as you've convinced yourselves they are, and the jury either deadlocks or acquits....?? It would seem impossible to back track from your entrenched beliefs, so you'll remain convinced of your version of events. But then again the Duke dudes are still waiting for their apologies from the faculty, and from The Reverend Al.
I don't know why seemingly smart folks on here can't tell when they're being hyped and played by the media. There's nothing glamorous and controversial about a black guy in Red Hook Brooklyn getting blown away on his way home from Brooklyn college by another black dude. But throw in race, sprinkle in possible vigilantism, a hoodie, skittles, and the media's got a story they can pimp for weeks, and when it's all said and done...the rest of us have to figure out how to co-exist afterward. Sickening.
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The ONLY reason Zimmerman possibly will be arrested is because of the national media coverage given to this case by 'race hustlers', not my term since most conservatives nowadays call all Black civil rights activists race hustlers.
This case is a month old. If the police had arrested Zimmerman on probable cause in February, this story never would have had national media coverage.
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When a black guy murders a white family and walks THEN go up in arms! I've been jumped by black guys, a FEW times, I don't blame the black race.
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onmyknees
"However, you or whomever ever created this flyer didn't state any issues of the case. Was this a racially motivated crime? Was it financially motivated? Was there a relationship between the victims and the perpetrators? "
>Good Jesus...what the fuck does it matter ? They cut off the dudes dick and burned his body...does it really matter if it's categorized by the FBI Crime stats as a hate crime? It's black on white....period. Race was a factor if for no other reason than the victims were white. That's the standard it appears you're using in the Zimmerman case.
"We're talking about a case where two people were murdered, there were arrests made and then a separate (can't really call it a case) situation where a 17 year old boy was killed on his way home from buyiing a bag of Skittles and no arrest made. "
>No arrests made YET. That's been the point all along. Stop with the mob justice bullshit...the hanging mob you're a part of today could show up on your doorstep tomorrow.
"The vast majority of crimes including murder that are committed by African Americans are committed against other African Americans. Situations of murder that are perpetrated against whites are almost always financially motivated. This in no way means that there deaths are in anyway less meaningful but it is simply fact that this country simply doesn't have a history of blacks killing whites because of racial hate."
>Are you kidding me? Is that some sort of mitigating factor that's supposed to make white folks feel better about being victims of black perpetrators ? Well I'm sure the fuck glad you didn't hate me when you beat me into an inch of my life and stole my wallet. Why not just simply say blacks commit a higher percentage of crimes against all races than their proportionality to the general population? That's an accurate statement. I understand it's simplistic on it's face, and crime is a complex issue, but it's no less true.
Look....IMHO the justice system is more socio-economic than racist. I give you OJ as a perfect example. Got cash for a dream team...you chances are better than average you'll walk. Poor whites and poor blacks with public defenders get locked up every day.
And for your information....on Zimmerman's voter registration card he lists his ethnicity as "Hispanic".
"There is also a difference because of the backdrop of a controversial law. One that as it is defined gives a person the right to shoot and kill someone if there "perceive" that they are in danger. As it stands in this situation the law to this point granted a man the freedom to pursue and kill a 17 year old kid, armed only with a bag of Skittles and a can of Arizona Ice Tea, who he perceived to be dangerous or threatening in some way, even after being told "do not follow him" and who he said "he's running away now".
There is no evidence that Zimmerman's attorneys will use the stand your ground as a defense if there is an eventual trial. It may not even be relevant in this case...If for the sake of discussion Martin turned to Zimmerman at some point and confronted him physically, like it or not...that changes everything. Your poor black kid eating skittles is out the window. That may be what the entire case is about.
You'd think after being burned in so many high profile cases, the racial hustlers, and the media would wait for events and evidence to unfold....but then that's why they're hustlers now...isn't it? It's commendable to console and assist the family, it's reprehensible to hear some of the inflammatory language being used and tweeting Zimmerman's home address. And didn't that opportunist Spike Lee tweet the wrong address? Brilliant.
SO what happens when all of you have invested so much up front into convincing yourselves that Zimmerman is a savage racist waiting for the right opportunity to gun down a black dude. Then we get to trial...let's say there's a racially mixed jury from the community, and evidence indicates that circumstances are not quite as cut and dried as you've convinced yourselves they are, and the jury either deadlocks or acquits....?? It would seem impossible to back track from your entrenched beliefs, so you'll remain convinced of your version of events. But then again the Duke dudes are still waiting for their apologies from the faculty, and from The Reverend Al.
I don't know why seemingly smart folks on here can't tell when they're being hyped and played by the media. There's nothing glamorous and controversial about a black guy in Red Hook Brooklyn getting blown away on his way home from Brooklyn college by another black dude. But throw in race, sprinkle in possible vigilantism, a hoodie, skittles, and the media's got a story they can pimp for weeks, and when it's all said and done...the rest of us have to figure out how to co-exist afterward. Sickening.
This shit here isn't even worth responding to. I'll just simply say that I feel for you for the injustice you feel you've suffered and that is being perpetrated on George Zimmerman now and wish you the best.
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Check the video Zimmerman don't look like a guy whose head was smashed in or nose broken. Where's the blood?
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/trayvon-ma...7#.T3O-ETHlPFE
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Zimmerman said it was self defense,right? so justified, then he says "the gun just went off" and he is "devastated", which is it? where you saving your own life? or did the gun go off randomly, cant be both.
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tsdvdman
This whole case stinks.
I'm beginning to wonder whether or not Zimmerman shot Trayvon while he was in a standing position and Trayvon was on his back lying on the ground.
When you look at that video, there's no blood on Zimmerman's shirt, which I would expect to see if he shot Trayvon at point blank range who was punching on top of him.
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looks likes this thread is dead, but tell me again how we're overreacting by saying there's systematic prejudices in this country? http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/03/28-10
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the left always try and dominate the the media so they can control the people with the help of the government especially in Australia
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russtafa
the left always try and dominate the the media so they can control the people with the help of the government especially in Australia
If someone knows wtf this guy is talking about please let me know..lol
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dafame
If someone knows wtf this guy is talking about please let me know..lol
figure it out dumb cunt::loser:
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russtafa
figure it out dumb cunt::loser:
I'd prefer not to do any research on Australian politics because I don't care that much. That's why I was asking if anyone else understood that jibberish because I didn't understand how the shit you were talking about Australian media try to control peoples government programs had anything to do with the shit we're talking about over here??? Just seemed like a strange thing to say almost like you thought you clicked on a different thread or something. Thanks anyway though Mate. I mean cunt..LOL :footinmouth
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dafame
I'd prefer not to do any research on Australian politics because I don't care that much. That's why I was asking if anyone else understood that jibberish because I didn't understand how the shit you were talking about Australian media try to control peoples government programs had anything to do with the shit we're talking about over here??? Just seemed like a strange thing to say almost like you thought you clicked on a different thread or something. Thanks anyway though Mate. I mean cunt..LOL :footinmouth
another piece of over educated shit aren't yah with a smart girly mouth
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fuck australia.
dingos eat babies
http://funny4me.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/648.gif
back on topic. when someone gets outraged and shoots zimmerman for retribution, his black ass will be lynched in the street now won't it.
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Blimey. Put some Vegemite on that bitch!!
A paramedic on MSNBC said last night that if Zimmerman had sustained the level of violent injuries to his head that he claimed, an EMT crew would have placed him on a stabilizing board and secured his neck and head before rushing him to the nearest emergency room.
This wasn't a violent attack. Zimmerman IMO was following this kid for about three blocks, got out of his SUV to confront Trayvon, there was a minor fight and PUSSY Zimmerman blazed that kid in cold blood.
If we all are going to be allowed to make life and death decisions in random encounters with strangers without fear of arrest or prosecution, let's eliminate the institution of law enforcement and issue every citizen a semi-automatic.
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giovanni_hotel
Blimey. Put some Vegemite on that bitch!!
A paramedic on MSNBC said last night that if Zimmerman had sustained the level of violent injuries to his head that he claimed, an EMT crew would have placed him on a stabilizing board and secured his neck and head before rushing him to the nearest emergency room.
This wasn't a violent attack. Zimmerman IMO was following this kid for about three blocks, got out of his SUV to confront Trayvon, there was a minor fight and PUSSY Zimmerman blazed that kid in cold blood.
If we all are going to be allowed to make life and death decisions in random encounters with strangers without fear of arrest or prosecution, let's eliminate the institution of law enforcement and issue every citizen a semi-automatic.
fuck that. i watch sons of guns. give me that piston drive AR they made on full auto.
btw, i have no idea if it is a good gun...i know dick about real guns. paintball guns are a different story.
the only way to get real "justice" in this case, is to appoint a special prosecutor from outside the DA's office to investigate. that way, everyone can save face. the DA is not going to call for an arrest now because he will have caved to public pressure...the cops are not going to reverse their decision.
wanna know something...if i were mitt romney, i would call for a special prosecutor to be appointed. he would get such positive press from it and get out in front of his opponents this election year.
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" Former co-worker: Zimmerman lost security guard job after he ‘snapped’
The neighborhood watchman who in February shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was once fired from his job as a security guard for “being too aggressive,” according to a new report.
An unnamed former co-worker told the New York Daily News that George Zimmerman was paid under-the-table for providing security for illegal house parties between 2001 and 2005, but was let go because his anger issues “became a liability.”
“Usually he was just a cool guy,” the former co-worker explained. “He liked to drink and hang with the women like the rest of us. … But it was like Jekyll and Hyde. When the dude snapped, he snapped.”
“He had a temper and he became a liability,” he recalled. “One time this woman was acting a little out of control. She was drunk. George lost his cool and totally overreacted. … It was weird, because he was such a cool guy, but he got all nuts. He picked her up and threw her. It was pure rage. She twisted her ankle. Everyone was flipping out.”
more at link
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/03/3...er-he-snapped/
Just a bat shit crazy fuck with issues.
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I really don't understand how any of this situation is relevant. Everyone (white) thinks that there should be some kind of outcry for these situations. People miss the point at hand. This post starts asking why isn't there an outcry, there isn't an outcry because one isn't need in this situation the perpetrators have all been convicted just like they should have been. If this was a white on black crime and the people who commited the crime where walking free and clear then you would have a leg to stand on. If the police in this Zimmerman case hadn't botched the whole case like they did a public outcry wouldn't have been needed.
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I don't think Zimmerman hated black people, I think he distrusted most black males. You know, like generalized them all into one category regardless of their individual behaviors without ever having actually them. Man, I wish there was a word for when people make broad sweeping assumptions based on nothing but a person's skin.....
Oh, and also, it's looking like he's a liar
http://www.nbc12.com/story/17286084/...ill-under-seal
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I think he is a liar, and how can any one who wasn't standing right next to Zimmerman say what he did or what he is capable of. We all know that we are capable of anything when we are angry or scared. I think his family and friends should ARGH about what they don't know and stick to what they do.
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Idk if he hated black people or not, he racially profileds a black child for no apparent reason other than he was a black person where Zimmerman believed he didn't belong. I've listened to the 911 tapes numerous times and Zimmerman says he looks suspicious and he looks like he's on drugs. Other than walking with a hood on his head in the rain what made him look suspicious was he peeking into Windows and pulling on door knobs and car doors I don't think so. So what motives did he have to follow him?
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RallyCola
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fuck that. i watch sons of guns. give me that piston drive AR they made on full auto.
btw, i have no idea if it is a good gun...i know dick about real guns. paintball guns are a different story.
the only way to get real "justice" in this case, is to appoint a special prosecutor from outside the DA's office to investigate. that way, everyone can save face. the DA is not going to call for an arrest now because he will have caved to public pressure...the cops are not going to reverse their decision.
wanna know something...if i were mitt romney, i would call for a special prosecutor to be appointed. he would get such positive press from it and get out in front of his opponents this election year.
Mitt Romney belongs to a secretive space cult that thinks black people are barely human.
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The point is that the media makes him out to be some little boy getting candy when in fact he was a drug dealer and beat his bus driver days before getting killed the media always uses a picture of him at 9 years olds when in fact this is how he looked at 17...
Treyvon Martin doesn't look like this at 17 because this isn't Treyvon Martin. This has been proven to have been a picture that a right-wing website put out as disinformation.
Nor is this Treyvon Martin's Facebook account. Both have been debunked and are efforts out of an old playbook in situations like this involving African Americans.
The objective is to paint pictures that aren't based on any facts, but play to preconceived stereotypes and prejudices that people already have.
Perhaps we can hint at an element of criminality in this person.
Marijuana bag in the backpack: (Let's help people believe that he's not a kid that smokes pot but rather a drug dealer).
Maybe we can paint a picture of him being a thug (find someone with gold teeth in their mouth)
If we find a grainy picture of someone who looks like they could be him but with a far more mature face than he actually has at 17, perhaps we can get people to stop sympathizing over the death of a "kid" and start thinking of him as a "BLACK MAN".
Many people tend to think of blacks as violent so it won't be hard for those people to believe our story about him assaulting a bus driver before the incident with Zimmerman. If they believe that then maybe they'll believe Zimmerman's claim about being beaten within an inch of death by someone who when he saw Zimmerman's gun said "oh now you're gonna die tonight"!????
The goal is to paint a picture that plays to these certain stereotypes that many have in the back of their mind as they think about what happened that night and just who these two people are (or were in Treyvon's case). If you can play to those stereotypes then you can sway those that are on the fence or want to believe that Treyvon was a threat and Zimmerman had to act. You can perhaps sway a few to say "I don't think I want to advocate for or get involved in this because this was a menace to society and if this community watch guy hadn't intervened, he wouldn't be the only person that would be attacked or victimized by this guy at some point".
Trust me I've seen it before and everyone knew this was coming long before it started. It's pretty much par for the course in cases involving a black male victim. I understand totally why the people that are involved in this smear campaign are doing it, but my question to you Sunshyne is why are you?
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You're going too deep Defame.lol
On topics like this, girls like Sunshyne love to flame and pile jump. Allegedly she's fucking with a BM IRL, yet she's perpetuating stereotypes in cyberspace that BM are inherently criminal.
She's not worth trying to enlighten cause deep down she doesn't give a fuck.
Kill a million Trayvons and you know she would think 'SO THE FUCK WHAT?'
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You're going too deep Defame.lol
On topics like this, girls like Sunshyne love to flame and pile jump. Allegedly she's fucking with a BM IRL, yet she's perpetuating stereotypes in cyberspace that BM are inherently criminal.
She's not worth trying to enlighten cause deep down she doesn't give a fuck.
Kill a million Trayvons and you know she would think 'SO THE FUCK WHAT?'
Oh I know it giovanni and understood exactly what she was doing when she posted the picture of she and the "black" (this is questionable) boyfriend. This is more so education for my white friends who don't think like this girl and may be oblivious to these tactics and may not spot what she's trying to do as easily. When people do this you have to actually spell it out for people and make that person own the truth of it.
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Treyvon Martin doesn't look like this at 17 because this isn't Treyvon Martin. This has been proven to have been a picture that a right-wing website put out as disinformation.
Nor is this Treyvon Martin's Facebook account. Both have been debunked and are efforts out of an old playbook in situations like this involving African Americans.
The objective is to paint pictures that aren't based on any facts, but play to preconceived stereotypes and prejudices that people already have.
Perhaps we can hint at an element of criminality in this person.
Marijuana bag in the backpack: (Let's help people believe that he's not a kid that smokes pot but rather a drug dealer).
Maybe we can paint a picture of him being a thug (find someone with gold teeth in their mouth)
If we find a grainy picture of someone who looks like they could be him but with a far more mature face than he actually has at 17, perhaps we can get people to stop sympathizing over the death of a "kid" and start thinking of him as a "BLACK MAN".
Many people tend to think of blacks as violent so it won't be hard for those people to believe our story about him assaulting a bus driver before the incident with Zimmerman. If they believe that then maybe they'll believe Zimmerman's claim about being beaten within an inch of death by someone who when he saw Zimmerman's gun said "oh now you're gonna die tonight"!????
The goal is to paint a picture that plays to these certain stereotypes that many have in the back of their mind as they think about what happened that night and just who these two people are (or were in Treyvon's case). If you can play to those stereotypes then you can sway those that are on the fence or want to believe that Treyvon was a threat and Zimmerman had to act. You can perhaps sway a few to say "I don't think I want to advocate for or get involved in this because this was a menace to society and if this community watch guy hadn't intervened, he wouldn't be the only person that would be attacked or victimized by this guy at some point".
Trust me I've seen it before and everyone knew this was coming long before it started. It's pretty much par for the course in cases involving a black male victim. I understand totally why the people that are involved in this smear campaign are doing it, but my question to you Sunshyne is why are you?
Well then you've made my original point quite nicely.....perhaps unwittingly. The point was that all sides fueled by the media's ferocious appetite to stoke racial animus are off and running out of control. And the hustlers aren't helping matters. ( are ya listening Spike?) I did wonder why the only picture I saw was of a 14 year old looking Martin. Maybe it's the only one the family released, or maybe it fit the narrative some folks in the media are trying to convey. Why did they use that picture of Zimmerman in the orange jump suit ?.....there appeared to be others out there.
Every day seems to bring out a new series of events....some true, most not. It's no skin off my ass if Zimmerman is guilty of manslaughter, or worse.....but maybe it's time for someone to come out and quiet tensions and tell everyone to take a step back while the Special Prosecutor does her work? I recall he had some comments early on.....maybe it's time he do so again? After all...it is a event with national implications. This is heading for a tumultuous conclusion. Remember the last time that occurred? A whole lot of innocent folks both white and black got caught up in it.
Here's the cold hard fact.....with all due respect to the victim in this case, Trayvon Martin.....2 weeks after the resolution of this case, whatever, and whenever that is....poor and working black folks will still disproportionately be the victims of black perpetuators and few if any on this forum, and no one in general will really give a shit. We won't know their names, what their dreams were or how they died. It won't make the evening news, or the NY Times. The media will be onto to thier next sensational story because that's what they do. They'll be no marches or demonstrations. Life will resume as "normal" and that is ultimately the saddest casualty and reality of this.