Posted on 08/23/2013 9:21:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
And that is the common denominator in all of these cases.
“I would feel that he would say anything racist about anybody is because we have felt racism from some of the people here in the community.”
-Ah, the “look what you made me do” defense, popular with racists and wife-beaters since time began.
“Given that Edwards is not believed to be the one who pulled the trigger, Padilla said she doesn’t know why he has been “charged with first-degree murder when he wasn’t the one who shot and killed the guy.””
-Rule of felony murder and transferred intent, sweet-ums.
“Padilla admitted that her brother had been in trouble for fighting in the past, but maintained that he’s “never been a vicious person””
-Yeah, he beat a lot of people up, but he didn’t really enjoy it all that much, so it’s okay!
What’s that on her tongue? She looks like an Angler Fish!
Not necessarily, many good guys love to fight, and fight each other regularly.
MARTIN: Cause man dat nigga snitched on me
LAVONDRIA: Bae y you always fightinqq man, you got suspended?
MARTIN: Naw we thumped afta skool in a duckd off spot
LAVONDRIA: Ohh, Well Damee
MARTIN: I lost da 1st round :( but won da 2nd nd 3rd . . . .
LAVONDRIA: Ohhh So It Wass 3 Rounds? Damn well at least yu wonn lol but yuu needa stop fighting bae Forreal
MARTIN: Nay im not done with fool..... he gone hav 2 see me again
LAVONDRIA: Nooo... Stop, yuu waint gonn bee satisified till yuh suspended again, huh?
MARTIN: Naw but he aint breed nuff 4 me, only his nose
As West had Connor establish, over several objections, Martin had engaged in an MMA-style fight with a distinct advantage going to the fighter who could establish the dominant position. This became evident in a second conversation with someone named "Michael 'Suave' French."
A day later, Martin would tell French that his opponent "got mo hits cause in da 1st round he had me on da ground nd I couldn't do ntn." This all mattered, of course, because after Martin knocked Zimmerman down with a sucker punch, breaking his nose, he assumed the MMA-style "ground and pound position" and flailed away. The best eyewitness described what he saw in exactly those terms.
The fact that the jury was not present for Connor's testimony gave the media the excuse to ignore it, but their collective neglect did not make the data any less true or real. They knew that Martin's savage attack on Zimmerman was hardly out of character. Had they shared this information with the public, they would have helped dispel the widespread illusion about innocence of this seventeen-year-old "child," a word they and the prosecutors used repeatedly, and helped prepare the nation, black America in particular, for the eventual outcome of the trial.
Although not allowed to know it, Edwards had a lot in common with brother Trayvon. He too boasted of his drug use, his affection for violence, his disdain for bitches. He too even took a photo of his hand on a pistol. Though only fifteen, Edwards was on a slightly faster track than Martin. "With my niggas when it's time to start taken life's," he tweeted three days before the shooting. Apparently, he was not kidding.
Sorry. "I have white friends" doesn't cut it unless it also works in reverse. And we know it doesn't work in reverse.
eventually it is society’s fault for not providing the support he needed.
Here is my favorite. Don't mess with old white dudes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLhXbQl1kvk
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