Posted on 05/18/2016 10:23:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Selling the gun that killed Trayvon Martin adds to the travesty over his unpunished homicide
Marketing the gun is more than bad taste — it’s a national shame
The murder has been ‘commodified,’ turned into a trophy for display
It was not enough just to kill Sam Hose. No, they had to make souvenirs out of him.
Hose was an African-American man lynched by a mob of some 2,000 white women and men in 1899 near the town of Newnan, Ga. They did all the usual things. They stabbed him, castrated him, skinned his face, mutilated him, burned him alive.
Then they parceled out pieces of his body.
You could buy a small fragment of his bones for a quarter. A piece of his liver, “crisply cooked,” would set you back a dime. The great African-American scholar, W.E.B. DuBois, reported that Hose’s knuckles were for sale in a grocer’s window in Atlanta.
No, it wasn’t enough just to kill Sam Hose. People needed mementos of the act.
Apparently, it wasn’t enough just to kill Trayvon Martin, either...
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
Cannot find my do not GAF meter gif at the moment, either.
Yes.
Leonard Pitts is a full-on flamethrower of keeping hatred alive.
(I found the case)
Victory lap? Heck, I’d do donuts and a burnout just for good measure.
The gun was probably somehow paid for by "friends of Hillary."
No word on how the parents of Trayvon sickly profited on his death in media attention and money
Unfortunately, I doubt he will get much for the gun.
What he deserved was millions from NBC and other outlets who aired the altered and edited 911 call to paint him as a racist.
Hillary channeled the Goldman Sacks money into this election stunt.
Wait to see how she milks it!
Can’t get a real job, eh Mr. Pitts?
Martin attacked Zimmerman and might have broke his skull wide open if Zimmerman hadn’t shot him. It doesn’t matter what Zimmerman said to him beforehand to warrant that vicious attack. Zimmerman was hounded relentlessly and nearly framed by the press. It probably is in bad taste but I can’t get worked up about this.
But this whole incident was blown out of proporrion for a reason. It was a message to whites that they should know their place, that if blacks want to prey upon whitea then they should be allowed to because other white people they never knew oppressed black people they themselves never had a hand in oppressing.
And of course it’s all about keeping blacks angry and dependent upon Democrats who they view as their champions but really by stirring so much hatred towards whites and claiming they are irreversibly oppressed they do nothing but ensure many more black lives being snuffed out than would otherwise occur. Hatred and hopelessness is a very dangerous combination.
This is the best I can explain it but I think this is exactly the truth.
Leonard Pitts is not an objective journalist but an opinion writer.
Zimmerman defended his life against someone who was trying to kill him.
People here on FR may not like GZ...heck, I may not like GZ...but a fact is a fact.
We should not join in this bashing of a man who lawfully defended his life.
2DV, I’m not saying this to you in an accusatory tone. :)
The odds this piece was written by a black homosexual are extremely high.
Wow, this guy is a racist
The Obungler wrote it?😀😃😂😊😇😆😄😎
And what about this?
Hillary Clinton to Deliver Speech at $1500 Per Person Trayvon Martin Event
travon attacked Zimmerman and deserved what he got.
Completely irresponsible. Will The Miami Herald publisher as well as its entire editorial staff which includes its editor be held accountable if and when reaction sets in to this highly inflamatory politiical screed based on a false narrative ? Looks like they’re afraid for the results of this November election and have to whipup a Ferguson.
It would be a shame if some thug pounded Leonard Pitts, Jr.’s head into the concrete.
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