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No empathy for George Zimmerman
The Kansas City Star ^ | July 24, 2013 | Melvina Johnson Young

Posted on 07/24/2013 7:08:32 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

So, George Zimmerman was scared the night he shot Trayvon Martin through the heart. Know who else was probably pretty scared that night? Trayvon Martin.

Surprised I’m asking? Me too. But it seems like a lot of people haven’t thought much about that.

Obviously, Trayvon isn’t here to tell us how he felt. He’s dead. And a lot of folks disregarded Rachel Jeantel’s account of him being afraid even though she was the last person to hear Trayvon speak (besides Zimmerman). She heard his fear through the phone. She heard him try to run away. He was scared.

And yet there’s a disturbing silence in public discussion about it.

What in the hell is going on?

Why is it so hard to imagine that a teenager walking home at night would be afraid if a strange, angry-looking guy started following him? A bigger, older, guy in a truck.

Why is it so hard for some people to understand his fear escalating when the angry guy got out of the truck and confronted him? Why is it so hard to imagine how his fear must have rocketed skyward when the angry guy brandished his gun? (Of course, he brandished it or showed it somehow. How else would Trayvon even know it was there on a dark and rainy night?)

Why can’t we put ourselves or our children in Trayvon’s Martin tennis shoes? Because Zimmerman was what every parent regardless of race in America warns a child about — “stranger danger” — with a gun.

So how come half the country identifies with Zimmerman?(continued)

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KEYWORDS: blackkk; blacks; florida; georgezimmerman; racheljeantel; racism; saintskittles; trayvon; trayvonmartin; trayvonstroops; zimmerman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She must not have heard about the four minutes Trayvon had to complete one hundred yards of distance to his father’s unit.

If he walked them, we all would be discussing something else.


21 posted on 07/24/2013 7:21:10 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I did not need a photo to show what she is.


22 posted on 07/24/2013 7:21:12 PM PDT by AlexW
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
A bigger, older, guy in a truck.

Dear Melvina, Trayvon was on his way home we're told. Trayvon was 6 foot 2 or 3. Zimmerman was five foot eight or so.

Therefore, if we go with the "bigger" theme, then we've got to mean that Zimmerman was fatter than Martin.

A mere 70 yards from the house where he was staying, Trayvon could have been in the door in total safety within 30 seconds.

23 posted on 07/24/2013 7:22:17 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, Trayvon was scared sh**less while he was bashing Zimmerman’s head into the concrete.


24 posted on 07/24/2013 7:22:32 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (What would Scooby do?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

When she walks around in public she better make damn sure she doesn’t walk in the same general direction as black men because evidently that gives them permission to beat you up. I mean come on, they get scared and paranoid so obviously they must be allowed to hide then ambush you and slam your head into cement so they feel better.


25 posted on 07/24/2013 7:22:46 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Of course, he brandished it or showed it somehow. How else would Trayvon even know it was there on a dark and rainy night?

And Young knows this, how?

If St. Martin actually knew it, why would he sucker punch, break Zimmerman's nose and pound his head into the concrete?

26 posted on 07/24/2013 7:22:55 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Obviously she hasn’t heard of the videos of Master Trayvon beating up homeless guys.

Scared? Ya, right. He was looking forward to whaling on Zimmerman.


27 posted on 07/24/2013 7:23:49 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
From the article:

Rachel Jeantel’s account of him being afraid even though she was the last person to hear Trayvon speak (besides Zimmerman). She heard his fear through the phone. She heard him try to run away.

Rachel also heard the sound of "wet grass".
28 posted on 07/24/2013 7:24:17 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey, NSA!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another Black Racist spewing crap....says nothing when blacks cap other blacks

More reason to slap any and all White Guilt Liberals you know


29 posted on 07/24/2013 7:24:43 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Difference between George Zimmerman and Al Sharpton is that Sharpton woulda let honky family burn)
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To: jsanders2001

Why is it so hard to imagine that a teenager walking home at night would be afraid if a strange, angry-looking guy started following him? A bigger, older, guy in a truck.

First of all Melvina you’ve got your facts all wrong. Trayvon was several inches taller than Zimmerman. He was not the innocent little 12 year old displayed by the MSM ad nauseum; he was 17 at the time, drug addicted, into Fight Club, had been caught with what appeared to be 12 pieces of stolen jewelry and a burglary tool in his backpack at school. Plus he doubled back around to confront Zimmerman before he could get back to his vehicle to give him a beatdown. Add to that there were numerous buglaries reported within the last year citing a black male matching Trayvon’s description, peering into windows in the neighborhood.

But don’t let facts get in the way of your racial rant...


30 posted on 07/24/2013 7:25:38 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
I mean come on, they get scared and paranoid so obviously they must be allowed to hide then ambush you and slam your head into cement so they feel better.

You just reminded me of the excuse the liberals used back in the Reagan years as to why the Soviet Union had to have so many missiles aimed at us and why they had to militarily invade and occupy so many of their neighbors. We made them paranoid because we were so aggressive with our military.

31 posted on 07/24/2013 7:27:08 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: mylife

He was sooooo skeerd that he confronted this person that was “following” him. TM wasn’t being followed - all he had to do was go 70 yards and not return if he was so scared.

TM chose to return instead, thus sealing his fate. I have no empathy for a street thug that told GZ he was going to die that night as he was pounding his head into the concrete.

Nobody gives any thought or speaks any words to the effect of TM’s state of mind being either confrontational or downright vigilantist in nature (if he thought GZ was a gay stalker per Jenteal).


32 posted on 07/24/2013 7:27:36 PM PDT by jurroppi1
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To: VeniVidiVici

Bob Marley never sang no Whaling Songs!


33 posted on 07/24/2013 7:27:54 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trayvon was so scared, he decided to give Z a beatdown?


34 posted on 07/24/2013 7:28:28 PM PDT by umgud (2A can't survive dem majorities)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If you want to know what went down between George and Trayvon, send a white guy walking though Trayvon’s old neighborhood where he grew up in Miami Gardens at night and see what happens.


35 posted on 07/24/2013 7:28:55 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
And yet there’s a disturbing silence in public discussion about it.

Has this woman been traveling abroad and had no internet for the past several weeks or something?

36 posted on 07/24/2013 7:30:16 PM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mammas don’t let your babies grow up to be thugs.


37 posted on 07/24/2013 7:30:31 PM PDT by TheDon (Inside Every Liberal is a Totalitarian Screaming to Get Out.)
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To: jurroppi1

There is no amount of logic that will ever convince people like Melvina that Martin attacked.


38 posted on 07/24/2013 7:31:33 PM PDT by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
ok... just imagine what some of the greeting cards that cater to the "urbanites" might be like...
39 posted on 07/24/2013 7:32:17 PM PDT by digger48
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I identify with Zimmerman and she along with of the lynch Zimmerman mob can kiss my ass.


40 posted on 07/24/2013 7:33:37 PM PDT by sport
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