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

[natina]

I listen too Rush, so I am going to say Natina without blinking!

[Token Williams-Black]

Haha!

[eccentricBlue]

The funny thing about rush is the way most of his critics don't understand his humor. He says things in jest and most media outlets fall for it hook, line n sinker. It's fine to disagree with him, as I do on some subjects, but to write off his valid positions because of your personal opinion of the man do nothing to advance civil & intelligent discussion.

George Carlin has always been one of my all time favorite comedians. I even saw him live a couple years before he passed. I never disliked him because he was an atheist. I didn't always agree with his politics, but as a commedian he was always top notch.

IMHO, (responsible) conservatives & liberals are valuable to our society, and each are needed in their respective time and circumstances. When we lose track of perspective and truth, then buy into rhetoric, we all lose.

[GroobySteven]

I never disliked him because he was an atheist.

Why would you have?

[eccentricBlue]

Why would you have?

I believe in God, but some people take their beliefs too far, or try to impose their beliefs on others. Like the old saying goes, "too much of anything is never a good thing".

[GroobySteven]

I believe in God, but some people take their beliefs too far, or try to impose their beliefs on others. Like the old saying goes, "too much of anything is never a good thing".

Fair enough although I'd say in response to "too much of anything is never a good thing" for religion, that any religion, is too much.

[Silcc69]

I don't always agree with Amy all of the time, but to say that she is a Faux New parrot is well it's absurd!

[TS CANDY NY]

Perhaps this post by Natina was insignificant to you, but it has importance for me, to bring out media bias. In order to believe Zimmerman's original story, one has to make the supposition that an unarmed teen without any criminal record, would suddenly attempt to kill a man without any provocation. Media images of Blacks play an important part of whether one believes this scenario or not.

I have said previously that certain communities actually attemp to keep crimes out of the news in order to make their communities feel safer. That ties directly to such things as property values, as people long to find safer places. Blacks who commit crimes are often 'paraded' on the news, such as in a big drug bust. But drug problems are in every community. It may be a dfferent type of drug or not.

I have not read every line of every post by Natina, but I have seen some informative information in her posts.

i agree, if do not like the thread stop trying to make your self relevant

[natina]

Zimmerman wants to toss trial judge in Trayvon Martin case




George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, on Friday asked for a new judge – again.
The motion was revealed as one of two Zimmerman case documents released Friday. The second sought to keep certain evidence evidence from being made public.
Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O'Mara said in the judge-recusal filing that remarks by Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Kenneth Lester “created a reasonable fear in Mr. Zimmerman that this court is biased against him” and Zimmerman “cannot get a fair trial."

O’Mara took issue with Lester saying in a July 5 order setting Zimmerman’s bail at $1 million that the defendant had “flouted the system” by failing to disclose at his first bond hearing in April that he had raised money from donations for his legal defense.

George Zimmerman



In April, Zimmerman was released on $150,000 bond. The judge revoked the bond June 1 after prosecutors showed Zimmerman had allowed his wife, Shellie Zimmerman, to mislead the court about the couple's financial picture during an April hearing, failing to disclose at least $130,000 raised in a PayPal account.

In granting the $1 million bail earlier this month, Lester said that evidence indicated Zimmerman, 28, was preparing to flee to avoid prosecution based on the money raised online, and his possession of second passport that he had failed to disclose to the court.
O’Mara’s motion argued the comment showed bias.

"The court makes sweeping generalizations about Mr. Zimmerman based on limited information and disregards the evidence that contradicts those conclusions," O’Mara said in the motion.
A spokeswoman for the judge said Lester wouldn't comment Friday but would address the matter later.

A spokesperson for State Attorney Angela Corey's office said in an email to media that it would file its own response to the recusal motion next week, and added that "the State objects to the Defendant trying to disqualify Judge Lester."
In April, Zimmerman and his legal team asked the judge presiding at the time, Jessica Recksiedler, to step aside because of a possible conflict of interest after revelations that her husband, Jason Recksiedler, had been contacted by Zimmerman's family as part of their search for a defense attorney.
The request was granted and Lester was appointed at that time to serve as judge in the case.
Zimmerman, who has pleaded not guilty, told police he acted in self-defense in the Feb. 26 shooting death of Martin, 17, in a Sanford, Fla., gated community.



In the second document released Friday, Lester denied O’Mara’s effort to keep two pieces of evidence under seal:

• A statement by so-called “witness #9.” In a statement released earlier, witness #9 told Sanford police that Zimmerman harbors prejudiced views. While NBC News has not seen the second statement, sources said it could be explosive and could damage Zimmerman in the court of public opinion.
• Details of almost 150 jail calls between Zimmerman and friends and family members.

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...rtin-case?lite

[natina]

zimmerman attorney wants to file a motion of STAND YOUR GROUND

AND HAS ALREADY AMITTED THAT ZIMMERMAN HAS CREDIBILITY

ISSUES,SO he wants a new judge who zimmerman has not deceived.