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CBC wants Trayvon Martin's death investigated as potential hate crime
http://www.politico.com ^ | | 3/19/12 5:55 PM EDT | By KEVIN ROBILLARD

Posted on 03/19/2012 5:45:25 PM PDT by redreno

The Congressional Black Caucus wants the Justice Department to investigate the shooting death of a 17-year-old, unarmed black Florida high school student as a potential hate crime.

“This case compromises the integrity of our legal system and sets a horrific precedent of vigilante justice,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said in a statement. “Members of the Congressional Black Caucus stand together in the name of justice for Trayvon. As a nation we cannot, should not, and will not ignore, Trayvon’s brutal murder and the inconceivable fact that his killer remains free. Contrary to the flippant way this case has been handled, his life had meaning and purpose. Trayvon had a family, friends and a future all taken away because of the color of his skin

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackcaucus; blackracists; cbc; ccw; florida; georgezimmerman; hatecrime; lmm; prejudicethejury; racecaucus; selfdefense; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: redreno
These idiots give Black people a bad name.

Then again, that doesn't say much for the other Black people that elected them in the first place.

121 posted on 04/19/2012 7:44:52 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: SJSAMPLE
You forgot the /Sarc tag.

Is there another Zimmerman being accused of Second Degree Murder? Your comments have no relation to the reality of what happened.

Zimmerman was walking back to his Truck to wait for the Police. He was not stalking the Black kid because as a White Hispanic he is a Racist. You sound like Farrakhan.

I'm not sure what a Soda and a pack of Skittles or the number of times Zimmerman contacted the Authorities in previous years has to do with this.

Did he shoot 40+ people when he called the Authorities 40+ times? Your flawed logic would lead to that assertion.

122 posted on 04/19/2012 7:58:37 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (A day without Obama is like a day without a Tsunami.)
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To: TigersEye
Actually, I was not throwing that at you, TigersEye.

(Unless you too have multiple personality poster disorders?)

I was throwing that at the Freepers who revived a month old, dead thread, after I chastised another FReeper to stop re-posting proven disinformation.

You were probably pinged to this thread because I had the gall to tell your attacker tonight on another thread to stop.

123 posted on 04/19/2012 8:02:21 PM PDT by sarasmom ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xZsFe6dM3EY)
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To: sarasmom
You were probably pinged to this thread because I had the gall to tell your attacker tonight on another thread to stop.

With all due respect I really doubt that. I was pinged to this one by someone who knows my views on this case very well and agrees with them wholeheartedly. In any case this thread was revived yesterday by someone who hasn't posted on it at all today.

124 posted on 04/19/2012 8:23:41 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: TigersEye

>>I made an honest mistake after being pinged to this thread.<<

Kind of like being accused of stalking by the same poster for making one post and one reply to her, huh? You have my sympathies, TE.


126 posted on 04/19/2012 8:50:10 PM PDT by Aunt Polgara
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To: Aunt Polgara

That’s a little bit strange. I don’t think I’m the one who needs the sympathy but I thank you. ;^)


127 posted on 04/19/2012 9:31:39 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: wtc911
responding to a month old post by saying that it isn’t worth responding to...genius.

Sigh. I said "generally aren't worth the effort to respond," not isn't worth the effort to respond. The use of 'generally' means it wasn't an absolute statement. "Isn't worth" is an absolute statement.

Interesting that your response wasn't factual and then misrepresented what I said given the context of your original post to which I responded.

128 posted on 04/20/2012 8:01:17 AM PDT by Scoutmaster (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it)
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To: redreno

Once he is acquitted, they will try him for Federal civil rights violations. They’ll get him on something - for political purposes.


129 posted on 04/20/2012 10:46:55 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: anglian

The mystery of the 7-11 and the Skittles


130 posted on 04/23/2012 4:35:08 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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