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Old 07-11-2013, 07:41 AM
 
Location: Dallas
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The OP seemed to insinuate the DOJ was organizing these marches, I don't believe that was true.
Did you read the link?
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:43 AM
 
Location: Great State of Texas
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Just remember..

United we stand but DIVIDED we fall.

It's to the government's benefit that citizens remaing divided among each other.
And it matters not which party is in control as they both benefit from the power they get.
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Old 07-11-2013, 07:49 AM
 
Location: South Portland, Maine
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We have a generation of victims born and raised to believe they have been done wrong and cannot catch a break. The truth does not matter to them!

I have said it before and I will say it again. I don't believe for a second that you can convict Zimmerman on murder with the "evidence" provided. Not only does it show he was being assaulted and was the victim but justifies his use of deadly force!

Now with that said I think he owns some responsibility. There was no crime being committed and I think he was extremely negligent making contact with martin. Fact is if he waited in the truck for the police its almost guaranteed martin would be alive! I compare it to the police where in many jurisdictions they are not allowed to place themselves in a situation that escalates to deadly force... like purposefully standing in front of a fleeing vehicle and then shooting the driver because your life is in danger..

My guess is he will be found guilty of some lesser charge and justifiably so! But this is not murder and it was never based on racism. Police would routinely stop white people frequenting black neighborhoods where I lived because they knew they were there to buy drugs.... and 99.9% of the time they were right.. using race as a tool is not racism. I am not even saying that Zimmerman did that.. but we all know he probably did and probably had good reason too!

25 years ago my classmate who was white was chased down and stabbed 22 times in the face and chest but 4 black youth... this on Martin Luther King day.. I saw first hand the media try and down play it keep it on the back page sort of as to not cause tensions. I am not surprised now with the government we have the opposite taking place. This is the worst, most corrupt government we have had since the inception of this country! But what really burns me is the Apathy towards it.
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Old 07-11-2013, 08:20 AM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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None of you appear to have the slightest inkling of what the CRS actually does, and PJ Media is very happy to keep you ignorant, as long as you're also outraged. You've been had.

So:



USDOJ: Community Relations Service

They're there to keep the lid on things by acting as go-betweens when protesters and authorities are ready to butt heads. But you keep on with the outrage, reality is so boring anyway.

ETA: Make that none of you except ellemint.
So, if this is actually the case, why did they only deal with and support those attacking Zimmerman?

We already know that the DOJ is biased from its actions over the last 4 1/2 years but this seems to be pushing it even farther.
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Old 07-11-2013, 08:26 AM
 
Location: Va. Beach
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Its going to be interesting how the gov. handles the riots after he is acquitted.
Here's a suggestion. Live fire.

Last edited by Darkatt; 07-11-2013 at 08:38 AM..
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Old 07-11-2013, 09:21 AM
 
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Bussing protester to a rally AGAINST ZIMMERMAN is "choosing sides".
They did not "bus protesters", you very ignorant person.
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Old 07-11-2013, 09:27 AM
 
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So $5000 over all of these events would do little to ease tensions so what exactly is the point and reason here?
So now they're doing too little?

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It is a huge freaking leap to say that the CSR was there...to...CSR was there to insight marches and ero the dsicontent. Huge freaking leap which is not supported by any documentation other that third or forth party conjecture.
It's PJ Media and PJ Media readers. Huge freakin' leaps is what they're there for.

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Where is the outrage from the MSM?
The MSM had a 19-year old intern Google "CSR DOJ" and realized that there's nothing to be outraged about.


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Did you read the link?
I did. No facts to support the underwear-on-head stupid notion that the DOJ was there to start riots.

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So, if this is actually the case, why did they only deal with and support those attacking Zimmerman?
They do not support. They mediate, negotiate, try to keep tense situations from blowing up. Apparently the anti-Zimmerman rallies was where they estimated things had the biggest risk of going awry, or perhaps they were at pro-Zimmerman rallies as well, only PJ Media didn't see fit to report on that.

You guys are so being led down the garden path.
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Old 07-11-2013, 10:59 AM
 
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We have a generation of victims born and raised to believe they have been done wrong and cannot catch a break. The truth does not matter to them!

I have said it before and I will say it again. I don't believe for a second that you can convict Zimmerman on murder with the "evidence" provided. Not only does it show he was being assaulted and was the victim but justifies his use of deadly force!

Now with that said I think he owns some responsibility. There was no crime being committed and I think he was extremely negligent making contact with martin. Fact is if he waited in the truck for the police its almost guaranteed martin would be alive! I compare it to the police where in many jurisdictions they are not allowed to place themselves in a situation that escalates to deadly force... like purposefully standing in front of a fleeing vehicle and then shooting the driver because your life is in danger..

My guess is he will be found guilty of some lesser charge and justifiably so! But this is not murder and it was never based on racism. Police would routinely stop white people frequenting black neighborhoods where I lived because they knew they were there to buy drugs.... and 99.9% of the time they were right.. using race as a tool is not racism. I am not even saying that Zimmerman did that.. but we all know he probably did and probably had good reason too!

25 years ago my classmate who was white was chased down and stabbed 22 times in the face and chest but 4 black youth... this on Martin Luther King day.. I saw first hand the media try and down play it keep it on the back page sort of as to not cause tensions. I am not surprised now with the government we have the opposite taking place. This is the worst, most corrupt government we have had since the inception of this country! But what really burns me is the Apathy towards it.
Honestly, this is what I think of all of this. I find using race as a reason to stop someone has a big pitfall, and it is one I'm familiar with. It assumes that one is guilty until proven innocent. I've had that happen to me. I've had an experience where I was followed in a store, no one else, just me. And I wasn't dressed like a "hood rat". I was being profiled. This person followed no one else in the store but me, the Black guy in the bookstore. What that basically says is "you're Black, therefore you're suspicious". And what you have said about Whites in Black neighborhoods, this is what I get from it. What you're basically saying is that "White people shouldn't live in or go to Black neighborhoods at all". Judging based on race presumes guilt until proven innocent. And race is a factor that a person cannot control. I can control how I dress, how I behave, and other controllable factors. I can't control what race I am, so why should I be judged by something I can't control? Why should I be judged based on the actions of other persons who happen to look like me? What benefit do I personally get from it?
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Old 07-11-2013, 05:27 PM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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So now they're doing too little?



It's PJ Media and PJ Media readers. Huge freakin' leaps is what they're there for.



The MSM had a 19-year old intern Google "CSR DOJ" and realized that there's nothing to be outraged about.




I did. No facts to support the underwear-on-head stupid notion that the DOJ was there to start riots.



They do not support. They mediate, negotiate, try to keep tense situations from blowing up. Apparently the anti-Zimmerman rallies was where they estimated things had the biggest risk of going awry, or perhaps they were at pro-Zimmerman rallies as well, only PJ Media didn't see fit to report on that.

You guys are so being led down the garden path.
Speaking of the garden path, which fork do you take? Oh yeah, the left one!
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Old 07-11-2013, 05:29 PM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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Honestly, this is what I think of all of this. I find using race as a reason to
stop someone has a big pitfall,
Spo hatred of Zimmerman because of his race is bad too?
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