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Trayvon Martin's dad returns to East St. Louis to say books must replace guns
The Belleville News-Democrat ^ | May 25, 2012 | Carolyn P. Smith

Posted on 05/25/2012 11:39:49 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Now he was SIXTEEN? How "old" will he have been by the time this is all over? In utero?
1 posted on 05/25/2012 11:40:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Wouldn't it be better for children if fathers replaced guns?
2 posted on 05/25/2012 11:45:00 PM PDT by LucyT
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Comparing him to Emmett Till??? What-the-F???


3 posted on 05/25/2012 11:46:58 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Some day our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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That’s the image that they have in their heads, that he was a little boy skipping home with his candy when the evil white man ran up to him and shot him because he was black. That MUST be what they think from the insanity I’m reading.


4 posted on 05/25/2012 11:54:01 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Some day our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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It kinda sorta helps if said skittles waving ‘youth’ don’t approach people and slam their heads in the sidewalk too. Also aids to staying alive: Don’t make a habit of punching out bus drivers. It gives you a feeling of over confidence. Some day you will run into someone who is not going to put up with your ghetto crap and think their life is more valuable than yours. b) don’t steal rings and stuff from neighborhoods. Cuts down on getting throw out of school. And if you studied instead you might have more career choices than gang banger or pimp or drug dealer.


5 posted on 05/25/2012 11:58:05 PM PDT by gemoftheocean (...geez, this all seems so straight forward and logical to me...)
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"Put down the guns and pull up your pants. That's disrespectful."

The one particle of sanity in the whole thing.

6 posted on 05/25/2012 11:58:27 PM PDT by Yardstick
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It kinda sorta helps if said skittles waving ‘youth’ don’t approach people and slam their heads in the sidewalk too. Also aids to staying alive: Don’t make a habit of punching out bus drivers. It gives you a feeling of over confidence. Some day you will run into someone who is not going to put up with your ghetto crap and think their life is more valuable than yours. b) don’t steal rings and stuff from neighborhoods. Cuts down on getting throw out of school. And if you studied instead you might have more career choices than gang banger or pimp or drug dealer.


7 posted on 05/26/2012 12:00:01 AM PDT by gemoftheocean (...geez, this all seems so straight forward and logical to me...)
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Take technology away from these youths. And take away their cough syrup and Skittles and Arizona watermelon soda. Sheesh.

I resent these stupid children and their habits that cause normal people to have to show ID to purchase over the counter meds.


8 posted on 05/26/2012 12:09:29 AM PDT by petitfour
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Truth is never part of leftist speech—it is all agitprop—for their agendas of slavery for the masses.


9 posted on 05/26/2012 12:10:07 AM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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Blows your mind,doesn’t it?


10 posted on 05/26/2012 1:22:47 AM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you so much,Pumpkin. You're the best cat in the world.)
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“I want you all to consider what if on Feb. 26, George Zimmerman didn’t have a gun. It might’ve been an altercation, but nobody would be dead.”

That’s a lovely thought, but not accurate. I know a guy who got knocked off his bike by a city bus, and his head smacked into the ground. He’s lucky that he retained his intellect, but the accident messed up his motor centers and even now, years later, he can barely walk. Getting your head whacked on the ground, especially multiple times, is no joke — a recipe for permanent injury or death.


11 posted on 05/26/2012 1:44:38 AM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert ( "Be Breitbart, baby!")
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George Zimmerman was supposed to defend himself with a book?


12 posted on 05/26/2012 1:45:00 AM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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No, he was supposed to take whatever 12 year old Trayvon dished out, since he had no right to question or “diss” a visiting stranger to his community. If that meant being killed by having his skull smashed on a sidewalk, so be it...


13 posted on 05/26/2012 1:54:12 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Ich habe keinen Konig aber Gott)
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“...but nobody would be dead.”

I CAN’T STAND this attitude (with ANY event) where the thinking is that ONLY if you are in fear for your life do you have a right to defend yourself. If someone is trying to harm me, destroy something of mine, or steal something (among other things), they run the risk of getting shot as I try to stop them. And I have not only the legal right, but the God-given right to do so. (Well, legally it needs to be a felony in my state, which would mean stealing or damaging something more than $250. But I must be honest, if some kid is running away with my T.V. he’s probably ok, if it is my laptop with a lot of my work on it, he grabbed the wrong thing.


14 posted on 05/26/2012 2:15:48 AM PDT by 21twelve
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An attorney at a rally. Why do I think this is absolutely unethical???


15 posted on 05/26/2012 3:06:20 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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It would be better for children if Fathers stayed home and raised them instead of living with their girlfriends.

This clown watched as Trayvon got his gold grill and tattoos, collected his burglar tools and smoked Marijuana, He did nothing then, now he wants to blame gun owners because his son became just another hoodie wearing scum.

Screw him.


16 posted on 05/26/2012 3:11:06 AM PDT by Venturer
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‘Trayvoning’ (Posing As A Dead Body With Skittles) Is The Coolest New Trend For Idiots
http://www.mediaite.com/online/trayvoning-posing-as-a-dead-body-with-skittles-is-the-coolest-new-trend-for-idiots/


17 posted on 05/26/2012 3:31:56 AM PDT by ironman
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What if Trayvon had not been suspended from school five times, and was reading a book in a library instead of visiting his father on the other side of the state during one of his suspensions?
18 posted on 05/26/2012 3:56:57 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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2 years ago the family took the R.V. and we did route 66.
We had three books to use as guides and each said to leave route 66 and get on the freeway and bypass but under no circumstances should you go through East St. Louis.
It is a reas cesspool of Holders people.


19 posted on 05/26/2012 3:58:34 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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“It might’ve been an altercation, but nobody would be dead. Trayvon would’ve been going to his prom, and pursuing his dreams in the aviation field.”


So that’s what they think St. Skittles was talking about when he mentioned getting high? Erm..


20 posted on 05/26/2012 3:58:34 AM PDT by gzzimlich
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