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Old 06-24-2014, 03:29 PM
 
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Higher gun ownership would reduce this. Its not as fun if you hit someone with a bat, and the guy next to him feels threatened by your behavior and shoots you.
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Old 06-24-2014, 03:32 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia
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The kids that do this type of thing are such inhuman cowards...like it or not it is still a reflection of our society.
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Old 06-24-2014, 03:54 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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What is wrong with people? Why is this still going on? Where's the outrage from community leaders? Look at him prowling around Walmart swinging a baseball bat looking for a victim. Thank goodness she's okay but she's very lucky it wasn't worse. [/url]


Makes no sense to me that he was released on a $20,000 bond.

What's up with that, Port Smith, Arkansas?
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Old 06-24-2014, 03:55 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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I never thought I'd see the day when the Stromfront crowd would be on the same side of an issue as the Rev. Al Sharpton.

Knockout Games -- The Biggest Form of Cowardice | Rev. Al Sharpton
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Old 06-24-2014, 04:11 PM
 
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Imagine if it was white doing this.....and does Obama say anything?...if it were his folk he would be screaming all day long.
It's always amusing when people like you project their racial anxiety onto others. But the simple truth is, there's no shortage of white people randomly attacking black people - the "knockout game" is supposedly played exclusively by black kids attacking non-black people, because this is exactly what the white supremacists define it to be, regardless of their reasoning.

Back in the real world, Obama has been quick to extend his sympathy to the families of victims of violent crime, regardless of their skin color. It's actually white conservatives who have shown anger based on skin color, from Trayvon Martin, to Jordan Davis, to Renisha McBride.

Projection. It's always projection...

ETA: And I'm glad to see that Gemdiver has decided to make this blatantly about skin color.
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Old 06-24-2014, 04:14 PM
 
Location: Spokane, WA
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It's always amusing when people like you project their racial anxiety onto others. But the simple truth is, there's no shortage of white people randomly attacking black people - the "knockout game" is supposedly played exclusively by black kids attacking non-black people, because this is exactly what the white supremacists define it to be, regardless of their reasoning.

Back in the real world, Obama has been quick to extend his sympathy to the families of victims of violent crime, regardless of their skin color. It's actually white conservatives who have shown anger based on skin color, from Trayvon Martin, to Jordan Davis, to Renisha McBride.

Projection. It's always projection...
There are groups of white kids attacking black people? Surely this must have made national news. Can you link to that story? Actually link to any story of white people randomly attacking black people? It happens all the time right?
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Old 06-24-2014, 04:21 PM
 
Location: Buckeye, AZ
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I see this and think it is another social panic like rainbow parrots before it that isn't as wide spread as people make it out to be.
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Old 06-24-2014, 04:26 PM
 
Location: Spokane, WA
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I see this and think it is another social panic like rainbow parrots before it that isn't as wide spread as people make it out to be.
How many attacks would you say there would need to be before it was considered "wide spread"?
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Old 06-24-2014, 04:28 PM
 
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There are groups of white kids attacking black people? Surely this must have made national news. Can you link to that story? Actually link to any story of white people randomly attacking black people? It happens all the time right?
Well, aside from the cases I already mentioned, there are also cases like this one. Face it, some people are simply cruel, and it has nothing to do with some supposed "game", or to skin color. And as much as you guys like to whine about the Trayvon Martin case, the only real reason why that case hit national news was because the police chief went around blaming the victim, instead of arresting George Zimmerman, who was clearly the murderer and the aggressor.
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Old 06-24-2014, 04:34 PM
 
Location: Spokane, WA
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Well, aside from the cases I already mentioned, there are also cases like this one. Face it, some people are simply cruel, and it has nothing to do with some supposed "game", or to skin color. And as much as you guys like to whine about the Trayvon Martin case, the only real reason why that case hit national news was because the police chief went around blaming the victim, instead of arresting George Zimmerman, who was clearly the murderer and the aggressor.
GZ was not the agressor. Murderer? Sure in self defense, but not the aggressor. I guess you failed to watch the actual trial huh?

I see your one and raise you 6.

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