17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?

[SFTB]

I can't believe Conservative Media is choosing this battle to fight.

I cant believe your calling ABC, Huffington, and Yahoo as well as every other outlet conservative media.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/...180103647.html

Here you see an interview with the witness, a black youth who says it was Zimmerman on the ground, and Martin on top. But I guess he's part of the great right wing conspiracy also? Willie in all fairness if 2 people are struggling on the ground and the gun goes off...I said weeks ago this was an idiot with a gun, and let the police sort it out. Oh no, he was a cold blooded killer who stalked an angel and killed him in cold blood. Zimmerman's past was open season, but as soon as they peek into Trayvon's past, its all the media trying to demonize the victim. Zimmerman who is half white is described by the media as a "white/hispanic" but in 3 years I've never heard our President called a "white/black."

[buttslinger]

If Trayvon Martin had killed Zimmerman, he could have gotten off on the stand your ground law.....right? He was being stalked by a guy with a gun. right? Trayvon probably bought his skittles with food stamps. You guys never smoked pot in high school?
My kin down south don't like damn yankees passing judgement over them, that's fine. This has nothing to do with that.

[giovanni_hotel]

Zimmerman stalked Trayvon because he was BLACK, and assumed Trayvon had 'criminal intent'. Zimmerman even stated that Trayvon was RUNNING AWAY from him on the 911 call.

Zimmerman left his SUV with a loaded 9mm on his waist....for what purpose?? What legal authority does one civilian have over another who ISN'T BREAKING THE LAW?

What happened next is all Zimmerman's word and the partial eye witness testimony of observers, or those who heard the fight from their homes.

Sorry, but when you follow someone for several blocks, park your car to chase them down and approach them with a sidearm strapped to your waist, YOU are the aggressor and whatever else happens after the fact is YOUR FAULT.

See, this is what happens when there's no investigation. We don't know the condition of Trayvon's body, if he had any defensive wounds or was hurt prior to being shot. The Sandford PD tested the DEAD Trayvon for drugs, and if he'd just smoked a spliff before getting murdered that would have been the justification that he was the aggressor by authorities.

But NO ONE drug tested the shooter.

This entire case is about RACE Zimmerman.

If Trayvon was White, Zimmerman would not have followed him and called him in to 911. If Trayvon had been White, Zimmerman would have been arrested on the spot, or either fleed the scene. If Trayvon had been White, the PD would have conducted a probable cause investigation.

If Trayvon had shot Zimmerman, Trayvon would still be in jail.

Just because conservatives think racism is a political lever used by progressives to socially divide an innately good, colorblind nation(lol), doesn't me it doesn't exist.

[SFTB]

Giovanni
There was an autopsy on Trayvon's body. So we would know if there are defensive wounds, ( while he was on top Zimmerman beating his head) A drug test is part of an autopsy.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/nat...19691&srvc=rss

Giovanni, it doesn't serve your purposes to acknowledge this at the moment, but somehow this "colorblind(lol)" nation as you put it, elected a black president, has made a black woman its biggest highest paid entertainer, put over a dozen black atronauts in space, it goes on, but you know it.

This tragedy has been hijacked by people who are using it for their own purposes.

[buttslinger]

I hope the Supreme Court doesn't decide this case! Yeah, I talkin to YOU, Scalia!

[pimpdog]

So what if Treyvon gained the upper hand in a altercation? if a rapist attacks a jogger, and she scratches his eyes out, kicks him in the nuts and gets away, is he allowed to execute her?

[Silcc69]

Giovanni
There was an autopsy on Trayvon's body. So we would know if there are defensive wounds, ( while he was on top Zimmerman beating his head) A drug test is part of an autopsy.

http://www.bostonherald.com/news/nat...19691&srvc=rss

Giovanni, it doesn't serve your purposes to acknowledge this at the moment, but somehow this "colorblind(lol)" nation as you put it, elected a black president, has made a black woman its biggest highest paid entertainer, put over a dozen black atronauts in space, it goes on, but you know it.

This tragedy has been hijacked by people who are using it for their own purposes.

A majority of liberals might be color blind, but the conservatives LOL doubtful.

[brickcitybrother]

This case will not solve our problems, differences or issues! It will only highlight them! Each participant in the discussion only approaches the issues from their perspective (without considering an alternative).

We will not solve this case here and making either person a monster will not help.

OJ walked because the prosecution wanted him to be a monster. [He was no monster. He was a jealous man who killed two people. John Wayne Gacey or Jeffery Dalmer he was not].

The police officers who attacked Rodney King were portrayed as monsters and walked because of it. [They fell into a mob/group mentality of 'contempt of cop' and did not realize they went from overzealous to dangerous reactions].

You want to be angry ... be angry at slip-shod police work that gave us the situation we have now. But if you want to create monsters... be prepared to become one yourself because you either identify with young Trayvon or Mr. Zimmerman (and each side is doing their best to make the other the MONSTER)

'Nuff said - back to watching

[EvonRose]

There are no evidence of Trayvon vandalizing, or breaking in, or robbing, or hurting people. This guy I believed picked on him for no reason nd just gave that lame excuse of Trayvon being suspicious, Like what the person said below, If he had a gun I think he was licensed, he was trained better than to shoot carelessly, Willie is right. although a watchman should not have guns! They are not allowed to carry, unless they are security. Trayvon regardless of drugs or his personal troubles, or what not that's his personal battles and he could have changed but all that hope has been taken away for him to create a better life, that does not give a 30+ man to kill a kid. Zimmerman would have easily taken his skinny built down without the gun. He may not be white, but he is latino, and in my neighborhood in San Francisco latinos and blacks seem to have racial hate towards each other. So maybe that plays a role. I could be wrong, I know it's the same with New York, and Chicago, and Miami.

[eccentricBlue]

I find it pathetic that verdicts have been passed without all the evidence. The boy was not a saint, but that doesn't mean he deserved to be shot. However when you attack an armed man you shouldn't be surprised when he retaliates.

I'm just saying that I prefer to hear the evidence before jumping on the media bandwagon. This whole situation reeks as bad as the Duke Lacrosse Rape fiasco.