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George Zimmerman takes a victory lap over Trayvon Martin’s grave
The Miami Herald ^
| May 17, 2016
| Leonard Pitts, Jr.
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 its 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 Hoses knuckles were for sale in a grocers window in Atlanta.
No, it wasnt enough just to kill Sam Hose. People needed mementos of the act.
Apparently, it wasnt enough just to kill Trayvon Martin, either...
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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: blacks; racism; trayvon; zimmerman
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Will they still be hearkening back to Jim Crow, lynchings and the KKK two hundred years from now?
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Zimmerman has not had an easy time so maybe the money will help him move on.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:25:43 PM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Make America Great Again Starts with America First! I stand with Trump.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
No, those words will have been outlawed by then and removed from every textbook.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:27:03 PM PDT
by
Roos_Girl
(The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I want Travon Martin’s knuckles as a souvenier, not Zimmerman’s gun.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:27:18 PM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(Chuck Norris finally met his match in Donald Trump.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A "national shame?" What a drama queen.
Pitts probably thinks Obama is a national treasure.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:31:58 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Yup. It will still continue to be the only way they can try to justify their failures as contributors to the world.
Well, that’s if the world is still here, which I doubt.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:32:00 PM PDT
by
piytar
(http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullet)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Good lord, this article is utterly shameless.
The white hate racism here, against an innocent man, is criminal incitement.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:32:34 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(One who commands, must obey.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
GZ is a bit off, as it turns out....
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:33:49 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Live Free or Die.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My only regret is that I couldn’t buy zimmerman’s keltec. That gun was well broken-in.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:35:18 PM PDT
by
867V309
(It's over. It's over now.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Dear Mr. Pitts:
FU.
FOAD.
Sincerely,
dsc
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:35:35 PM PDT
by
dsc
(Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
To: Lazamataz
well said Laz!...well said
(u get it!) despite your horn-dog ways
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:36:49 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Leonard Pitts jr.
12
posted on
05/18/2016 10:37:11 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
Comment #13 Removed by Moderator
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I want to know when these people will begin to describe what Travon Martin did to George. Somehow that info is never exposed.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:39:30 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
("Peace Through Strength")
To: Trod Upon
Zimmerman probably saved more than his own life that night.
It's clear the druggie thug travon was headed to a life of crime. zimmerman did society a favor, no doubt about it.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:42:01 PM PDT
by
867V309
(It's over. It's over now.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
FULP This is a very recent example of what your people do to mine =>
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:42:24 PM PDT
by
Ken H
(Best election ever!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I am quite glad that the punk kid is dead.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:44:24 PM PDT
by
Radix
(Natural Born Citizens have Citizen parents)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Leo is quite the drama queen. I guess the guy has to make a living too.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:49:36 PM PDT
by
TheDon
(BO must be replaced immediately for the good of the nation and the world!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Trayvon’s mother and father all tried to make a buck over Trayvon’s body. Why shouldn’t the the true victim of the media lynching do the same?
How is that morally wrong , and the others occurred without condemnation?
Because of the bigots in the media.
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:51:43 PM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/18/2016 10:53:21 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(Fair Dinkum!)
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