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Old 03-23-2012, 06:38 PM
 
Location: where people are either too stupid to leave or too stuck to move
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this thread is really bringing out people's true colors.. no pun

 
Old 03-23-2012, 06:39 PM
 
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A simple concept. I guess some want criminals to have free reign to commit crimes and terrorize a community. Some folks fight back.
Here's another simple concept. I think laws that encourage vigilante justice are as big of a threat to law and order as no laws at all.
 
Old 03-23-2012, 06:39 PM
 
Location: Alaska
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You're ragging on the left for making this political when you're insinuating that anyone with a left wing mindset has been politicizing this tragedy. Hi pot, meet kettle.
Never, ever post to soon.. It is always prudent to wait 24 hours for the Reverend to stir up racism..

Trayvon Martin case: Rev. Jesse Jackson says it's evidence that "Blacks are under attack" in America. - latimes.com
 
Old 03-23-2012, 06:42 PM
 
Location: Illinois Delta
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What law did gz break when he followed tm or left his vehicle ?
Read the Fifth Amendment. Remember that the 911 dispatcher told Zimmerman, "We don't need you to do that" when he said he was following Trayvon. Look at the police report and see the original cause of death.
Zimmerman was not protecting his home, so the Castle Doctrine doesn't apply. Both co-sponsors of the SYG bill have stated that Zimmerman did not act in compliance with their bill. You do not have the right to stalk someone and attempt to intimidate them when you've no evidence that
they have committed a crime or are in the process of doing so. Go outside and walk around the block once...imagine that a total stranger is tailing you. How safe will you feel? Imagine that he then demands that you justify your presence there. Are you still feeling safe? Imagine then that you just want to go home, but he grabs your arm. Now you don't feel very safe at all, do you? How would you respond? Finally, imagine that you're only 17. Then you might be terrified, huh? And justifiably in fear for your life.
 
Old 03-23-2012, 06:43 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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It is all spin now...........facts be da**ed.

Trayvon was on private property!!!

The pics they are showing of the Deceased Yute are 3-4 years old. The dead Yute was actually 6foot1 and 150-160 lbs and a member of the football team.

It is sounding more and more like self-defense. Zimmerman was getting his face pounded..........so, he dispatch the Angelic Yute.
Provide pictures of what Treyvon looked like when he got murdered by Zimmerman
 
Old 03-23-2012, 06:53 PM
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BECAUSE RACE MATTERS! Jesus wake up that is the country in which you live. Race has ALWAYS mattered in America. Why don't you think this guy who is obviously a minority isn't getting the justice he deserves? Blacks don't even have a chance. Not only did they have to deal with white racism and civil right issues now they are seeing a huge demographic from down south destroy what chance they had at really achieving prosperity and equal treatment under the law. Our government cares more about the latinos than any other segment of the population.

So when the "minorities" i.e. brow skinned people who are going to basically elect our next President commmit violence against even more hated minority i.e a black kid it's going to be worse than white on black crime as far as being reported in the media, and reliably investigated and prosecuted. There are HUGE race issues in FL right now. blacks, haitians, mexicans, whites. FL is a cesspool of multiculturalism special interest. FL is a microcosm of what the rest of the country will look like in a few decades.
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Old 03-23-2012, 06:54 PM
 
Location: in a cabin overlooking the mountains
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Aside from anything else, a healthy part of Florida lives off of tourism and retirees. If the Sunshine State is perceived as a place where anyone get get shot over nothing and there is no deterrent, no follow-up, no charge no nothing, this could hurt the state longterm. I think Florida's politicians understand that and are going to try to contain the damage.

On another note, if you haven't heard this, give it a listen.
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Old 03-23-2012, 06:57 PM
 
Location: Illinois Delta
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Provide pictures of what Treyvon looked like when he got murdered by Zimmerman

There's nothing worse than some jumped-up poster coming into the middle of a long and complex thread and not reading through it before trying to take the whole thread back to square one. The least such a poster could do is a little leg work and provide us with Trayvon's most recent photo. I'll be curious to see how different it might be from the sweet-faced young man that we've been seeing for three weeks now.
 
Old 03-23-2012, 06:59 PM
 
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Here's another simple concept. I think laws that encourage vigilante justice are as big of a threat to law and order as no laws at all.
Against vigilante laws yet some in the same breath agree with the "mob" to tar and feather this zimmerman guy without trial. That makes sense.
 
Old 03-23-2012, 07:05 PM
 
Location: Here
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Aside from anything else, a healthy part of Florida lives off of tourism and retirees. If the Sunshine State is perceived as a place where anyone get get shot over nothing and there is no deterrent, no follow-up, no charge no nothing, this could hurt the state longterm. I think Florida's politicians understand that and are going to try to contain the damage.
Riiiiiight. I'm sure conventions in Chicago are being canceled at a breakneck pace since they've already had 100 murders this year.

Where do people come up with this crap?
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