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Posted on 08/20/2013 4:17:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Weeks have passed since George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin in mid-July, but a group of young activists known as the Dream Defenders only recently ended their occupation of the state capitol building in Tallahassee, where they called for a special session of the legislature to repeal Florida's so-called "stand your ground" (SYG) law, confront racial profiling, and end the school-to-prison pipeline.
They were right to do so for four main reasons: •the "stand your ground" law is badly flawed, and the evidence is overwhelming; •it was directly implicated in Zimmerman's acquittal, even though Zimmerman's lawyers did not explicitly invoke a "stand your ground" defence; •the law highlights and intensifies the broader problems of racial profiling, and the criminalisation of minority youth; •America badly needs a reborn civil rights movement, and the Dream Defenders are the perfect catalyst, like the Freedom Riders and the lunch counter sit-in protesters who played key roles at times when the Civil Rights Movement needed rejuvenation, and the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, which played a key role organising young activists and putting them on the front lines of struggle.
After initially refusing to meet with them, Governor Rick Scott changed his mind, but still refused to take any action, claiming that the law had already been looked into - by a widely-criticised, politically stacked commission, as it turns out. More recently, Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford announced that he will be ordering a review of the controversial laws this coming fall - but with no guarantee of any action. Indeed, Florida is one of seven key states strategically gerrymandered by Republicans to produce solid safe GOP legislative majorities out of closely-balanced electorates, both in Congress and state legislatures....
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How long has been locked up when they took that photo?
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Doesn’t he look like he’s crawling with lice, fleas and other little friends?
Had either of these men been armed, they’d be alive but slandered and bankrupted and hounded into hiding.
In the real world these black on white assaults are becoming more frequent and deadly. I have grave doubts if we can ever live in peace with "those people." Their resentment approaches hatred and due to their serious limitations I doubt they can voluntarily change.
The kind of “unbiased” reporting we can expect as they rake in millions per month from cable-satellite subscribers
Well, I’m sure we will be hearing all about these cases with coverage 24/7 from the BSM.
/sarc.
I don’t need second string communist fellow travelers
to defend me. Even stark naked I’m armed and dangerous.
Ok, that last time I had a baseball bat but that was all.
Fake picture of Michael Jones. MJ has straight hair, light skin and European features. Probably 7/8 white, 1/8 black if that much.
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