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CNN Anchor Blasts Sanford PD for Warning Community Not to Riot After Zimmerman Verdict — ‘Strikes Me
The Blaze ^ | 7/12/13

Posted on 07/12/2013 7:29:26 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

CNN anchor Don Lemon rebuked the Sanford Police Department for warning the Florida community not to riot after the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial, saying it struck him as “those barbarians can’t contain themselves.”

“Let me say this, no one should ever be violent about anything, especially in this particular case,” Lemon said on CNN Friday. “I want to say this as judiciously as possible, and I’m not just saying this because I’m African-American, but to hear people come out before hand and talk about the possibility of violence and not rioting, it strikes me as, ‘those barbarians can’t contain themselves’ and it strikes many people as that well.”

Lemon said there wasn’t any such talk “surrounding the Jodi Arias verdict or the Casey Anthony verdict.”

“There is race involved [in this case], but to say beforehand, many people think that is sort of inciting violence, by telling people not to be riotous and not to come out. It is incumbent on police departments to protect and serve all the time, including in these particular situations.”

Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger and Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith went on national television Friday afternoon to appeal for calm after the verdict is read, no matter the outcome. “There is no party involved in this case who wants to see any violence,” Eslinger said after the case was handed off to the jury. “We have every expectation upon the announcement of this verdict that our community and its visitors will continue to act peacefully. … We will not tolerate anyone who uses this verdict as an excuse to violate the law.”

Smith said law enforcement officials have spent months working on a plan to “ensure the safety of Sanford and our surrounding communities” following the verdict.

“Ladies and gentlemen, it’s a trying time for all of us. We’re not sure what the verdict is going to bring out, but at the same time it’s a great opportunity for evolution within the Sanford community and to show how we as a community evolve to do better and be better,” he said. “To ensure that we have an opportunity to to speak our piece, peacefully; to come together, peacefully; and when you leave here, you leave her peacefully.”

In addition to local law enforcement, Rev. Jesse Jackson also appealed for a peaceful response to the decision.

“If Zimmerman is convicted there should not be inappropriate celebrations, because a young man lost his life, and if he is not convicted we should avoid violence because it will only lead to more tragedies,” Jackson said.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; trayvonmartin; trayvonstroops
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To: Altura Ct.

The affirmative action Negro lemon said this?


21 posted on 07/12/2013 7:43:42 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Altura Ct.

It was pretty obvious why they stepped to the podium. They wanted to say it in black and white. Really pi**** me off.


22 posted on 07/12/2013 7:43:47 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Altura Ct.
“I want to say this as judiciously as possible, and I’m not just saying this because I’m African-American, but to hear people come out before hand and talk about the possibility of violence and not rioting, it strikes me as, ‘those barbarians can’t contain themselves’ and it strikes many people as that well.”

Well, now, can we just go by what's REGULARLY happened in the past, or do we have to IGNORE THE FACTS, because "someone" might be offended that we point them out?????

THIS is what political correctness is all about: ignoring the obvious, and pretending it didn't happen.......ROFL

23 posted on 07/12/2013 7:44:29 PM PDT by traditional1 (Amerika.....Providing public housing for the Mulatto Messiah)
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To: Altura Ct.

Figures Jackson can’t say all violence should be avoided because it is MORALLY WRONG.


24 posted on 07/12/2013 7:45:14 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: Altura Ct.

they either contain themselves, or they will be contained

this isn’t New York or washdc and this isn’t the 80s.

people are quite fed up

and the powder is dry


25 posted on 07/12/2013 7:45:30 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: scott7278
Uh, maybe history plays a role? The threats of rioting? Could that be it?

Of course not! After all, for liberals, history began this morning...

26 posted on 07/12/2013 7:45:39 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: Altura Ct.

What? This “journalist” didn’t see all of the blog posts, FB posts and tweets about burning down the city made by his fellow “African-Americans”? He didn’t hear about the Black Panthers threatening to go into non-black neighborhoods and kill people? What planet has he been on? It’s all the fault of the authorities for being pro-active? This is just another blame-it-on-racism pimp. I wish just once these people would quit posing as victims and take ownership of their behavior and its consequences. It if walks like a barbarian and talks like a barbarian ...


27 posted on 07/12/2013 7:47:02 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: Altura Ct.

Listen, you f*ggy dumb@ss Don Lemon: Who rioted in Los Angeles in 1992? Who is the only group that riots, anytime, in America? Which demographic makes up the most violent segment of our society?


28 posted on 07/12/2013 7:48:24 PM PDT by Charles Henrickson (I'll give you three guesses, and the first two don't count.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

And when the riots happen (not if) ... what will his next article say?


29 posted on 07/12/2013 7:50:10 PM PDT by doc1019 (Get our troops the hell out of the ME)
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To: Altura Ct.

If you don’t have the time, don’t do the crime.


30 posted on 07/12/2013 7:50:31 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Altura Ct.

What? A CNN anchor who doesn’t follow Twitter? Never saw or heard any threats of violence if Zimmerman is acquitted? Sure would like to find that nice, isolated island where Lemon lives.


31 posted on 07/12/2013 7:52:29 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Pining_4_TX
“Now, now, they’re not going to riot... they’re going to loot.”

I believe the term now is redistribution.

32 posted on 07/12/2013 7:54:26 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Irenic
A thoughtfull, measured responce is always desirable.

Some portion of the “media” is in fact demonstrably guilty of intentionally inciting violence.

So are some elements of our federal government.
And not a few elements of our state government, and assorted special interest groups.

I agree with you, that all of those people should burn in hell. But fortunately or unfortunately, that is not our call, as mere humans.

What we each can controll is how we individually react to them in this world.

If we are not with them, then we are against them.
Time to take a roll call.

33 posted on 07/12/2013 7:56:16 PM PDT by sarasmom (The obvious takes longer to discover for the obtuse.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Guess Lemon hasn’t seen the postings on social media nor the New Black Panther Party nor Al Charlatan stirring the pot.


34 posted on 07/12/2013 8:07:53 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Altura Ct.

Perhaps the Sanford PD saw this:

From PJ Media, exerpt:
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2013/07/12/occupy-web-hub-we-are-all-trayvon-martin-the-whole-damned-system-is-guilty/

InterOccupy.Net has set itself up as a hub for demonstrations to react to the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman.

The Stop Mass Incarceration Network has set up a Facebook Page for people to list any planned actions responding to the imminent verdict in the George Zimmerman Murder Trial.

Below are some planned actions. If you don’t see yours here please email us at info@interoccupy.net AND contact the Stop Mass Incarceration Network through any of the following avenues:

Email weralltrayvon@live.com
Stop Mass Incarceration Website
SMI Facebook Page
RevCom
We Are All Trayvon Twitter

Go to our website to find materials to use in spreading the message: “We Are All Trayvon; The Whole Damned System Is Guilty!” Send your plans to SMIN at stopmassincarceration@gmail.com. Take pictures of what you do and send the pictures and reports to SMIN as well.


35 posted on 07/12/2013 8:08:07 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight (Proud bitter clinging wacko bird chirper.)
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To: Altura Ct.
... Rev. Jesse Jackson also appealed for a peaceful response to the decision.

I recall during the tragic riots following the Rodney King arrest video thinking that the black leaders allegedly pleading for calm might really have been, using reverse psychological persuasion, pushing for civil unrest and violence.

I have that same, uneasy worry at this moment.

(Hoping I'm totally wrong.)

.

36 posted on 07/12/2013 8:08:42 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Altura Ct.

I can’t believe this took more than 15 minutes. Self defense by this man who gives back to his community rather that this POT smoking thug who’s girl friend “ho” cant read. This is over. Shoot any rioter on sight . It will stop in 30 seconds. What a joke to prosecute this national hero.
I think they have voted and it is over but they are suppressing the verdict until blacks are waking up late tomorrow.


37 posted on 07/12/2013 8:10:57 PM PDT by SADMILLIE
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To: Seaplaner
I recall during the tragic riots following the Rodney King arrest video thinking that the black leaders allegedly pleading for calm / / /

Pleading for calm? Sorry, I don't recall that ever happening. Jackson, Sharpton, et al were AWOL that night.

38 posted on 07/12/2013 8:13:25 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: Hoodat

Good, maybe I’m mus-remembering.


39 posted on 07/12/2013 8:16:53 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...except to convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: Altura Ct.

Don Lemon is, without question, the dumbest human on national television. The guy is an idiot.


40 posted on 07/12/2013 8:18:04 PM PDT by stranger and pilgrim
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