**Official** Trayvon Martin thread

[onlyrp]

And cops shoot kids all the time in the exact same circumstances. Again why this so special?

....how about because some people believe police shouldn't share their privileges with citizens?

 

[moo]

You're arguing with a troll. I'd step away.

how am I a troll when I am discussing the murder of trayvon martin?

 

[Anti Federalist]

i understand there is a double standard and it is unfair but in this particular case, a man killed an innocent child and wasn't arrested because of that "stand your ground" law. that law puts innocent children at risk for being murdered.

You are incorrect.

If there is one reason why Zimmermann wasn't arrested is that he was "friendly" with the cops.

The facts presented so far do NOT show Zimmermann to be justified in using lethal force, regardless of the "stand your ground" law.

 

[onlyrp]

You are incorrect.

If there is one reason why Zimmermann wasn't arrested is that he was "friendly" with the cops.

The facts presented so far do NOT show Zimmermann to be justified in using lethal force, regardless of the "stand your ground" law.

are you basically saying, it's not the law, it's the police and enforcement that matters?

 

[moo]

how am I a troll when I frequent the chatrooms and I've never seen your screennames in there. Don't patronize me. I came in here to support the trayvon martin case, a case some of you have deemed unworthy of attention because issues that you care about the most go unnoticed by the people. I understand.

 

[Indy Vidual]

how am I a troll...

If you are not, then don't worry about it; If you are, then why are you worried about it?

 

[VoluntaryAmerican]

I like how this country randomly chooses an incident to get mad about, but doesn't care about the rest.

Or is it random???? Discuss.

Public Relations bro.

 

[Ender]

You are incorrect.

If there is one reason why Zimmermann wasn't arrested is that he was "friendly" with the cops.

The facts presented so far do NOT show Zimmermann to be justified in using lethal force, regardless of the "stand your ground" law.

In complete agreement.

Zimmerman followed the kid after being told not to- if anything, Martin was the one who had the right to "stand your ground".

 

[onlyrp]

If you are not, then don't worry about it; If you are, then why are you worried about it?

maybe he's just a newbie. but just on the other side of the coin, both trolls and non-trolls prefer to keep posting, so don't like to be spotted as trolls.

 

[moo]

are you basically saying, it's not the law, it's the police and enforcement that matters?

exactly!

 

[Anti Federalist]

are you basically saying, it's not the law, it's the police and enforcement that matters?

I thought I was being pretty clear about what I was saying.

Under FL law, based on the facts as presented so far, Zimmermann emerges with no legal justification to use deadly force.

If the cops fell down on the job and let this guy skate because he was an FoC, then that was clearly an injustice.

If there are extenuating circumstances that significantly change the whole outlook of the story, then the cops better get those out there right away, before this poor fucker gets lynched.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Exactly! +1 rep!

The point is the angle that the media is portraying this and convicting Zimmerman in the public eye. Looking and acting like a thug doesn't give right to kill a man, that's not the point here. The point is calling the media out on their bias crap. We all know the days of honest journalism is over, but believe it or not there are TONS of people who are still in the fog. This blatant manipulation of the truth needs to be exposed to those who unquestionably believe everything they see on the news. Unfortunately, this tragedy needs to be left to the authorities in a court of law. Unfortunately, for Zimmerman, regardless of what evidence comes out, he's already been convicted in the public eye.

Unfortunately, the system will not allow me to +1 you again at this time for this excellent point.

 

[moo]

and trayvon did call 911 but they haven't released the tape yet.

 

[James Madison]

I'm so sick of hearing about this story.

My opionion is: People are spending WAY too much damned time on this; a jury will determine the outcome & justice will be served.

This story does not warrant this much of our attention.

Don't expect this story to go away. Every self-righteous social-activist wannabe is drooling over this right now. Same people that got suckered into the Kony 2012 bullshit. Meanwhile, thousands die every month in the Middle East because of our foreign policy and not a peep from these so-called 'activists'. Millions dead in Africa because of western-backed puppet dictators and not a peep. But one kid gets murdered, and it's as if the guy just killed Christ. And don't worry, they'll gladly send you off to go die in Iran when their dear leader starts WW3.

 

[Zatch]

somehow a person being suspended from school at 17, makes him ok to kill if he's wearing a hoodie and holds a bag of skittles?

Trayvon had Skittles! SKITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTLES!!! Case closed. No one who likes Skittles could be a bad person. Period. Execute Zimmerman NOW! /sarcasm

 

[BlackTerrel]

It's called rallying your base. Yes more people will come out because his side will put in more effort.

No they won't. In six months this won't be impacting the polls.

Yup.

The black demographic is already sewed up anyway, IIRC it went 98% for O-bomb-ya last time around.

Energize that base and get them out, that's guaranteed votes.

Yes. No one is changing their vote based on this.

As a major distraction! And hopefully cause a lot of racial divide, because as the story goes...divide and conquer!

Outside of this forum and out in the real world there is NO racial divide. My friends are incredibly diverse - black, Asian, Hispanic, white, Asian - no one is divided over this we all agree it is a travesty of justice. And not a single person I know is taking their anger out on a racial group - our anger is clearly directed at Zimmerman AND law enforcement.

The only shit I am hearing of racial divide and even the absurdity of "race war" is coming from this forum.

The vast majority of Americans just want justice - that is all.

 

[onlyrp]

Trayvon had Skittles! SKITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTLES!!! Case closed. No one who likes Skittles could be a bad person. Period. Execute Zimmerman NOW! /sarcasm

anybody who likes skittles CAN be a bad person, but WAS he, and more importantly, was he doing anything wrong at the time? I'm not crying for his kid, but I don't think it's fair to bring up what he did in the past as some indicator that he was a criminal at the moment (and he might've deserved to be shot, just not because of being suspended from school, or because he had skittles).

 

[BlackTerrel]

Obama needs to start a race war so that he has some mild excuse for declaring martial law and taking peoples guns

"Race war" is just about as likely as "WW3" or "Y2K".

For a people that rightfully complain about media and government there is a lot of propagating of fear around here.

Calm down. There is not going to be a race war. Nobody I know wants to hurt you. Stop living in fear.

 

[BlackTerrel]

somehow a person being suspended from school at 17, makes him ok to kill if he's wearing a hoodie and holds a bag of skittles?

That's what it sounds like.

 

[Indy Vidual]

The only shit I am hearing of racial divide...
...is coming from this forum.

Really?

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