Posted on 03/21/2012 2:39:25 PM PDT by NoLibZone
THE news that the Justice Department will investigate the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is a welcome development in a horrible story. Last month Martin, a high-school student from Florida, was walking to his father's girlfriend's house and talking on the phone to his own girlfriend when he was spotted by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old man who had appointed himself as a neighbourhood monitor, and who had made dozens of 911 calls over the past year or so. He made another one that night, saying that he had spotted a "suspicious" black man. The dispatcher told Mr Zimmerman to stay in his car, but Mr Zimmerman had already set out after Mr Martin. "These assholes, they always get away," he said in one of the 911 calls, which are posted at Mother Jones. Martin was, in fact, trying to get away; his girlfriend, whose identity is being protected because she's 16, had advised him to run after he told her he was being followed. Mr Zimmerman caught him, and some kind of fight ensued, ending when Mr Zimmerman shot and killed the unarmed teenager. When police arrived, they questioned Mr Zimmerman, but released him, and have since explained they have no cause to bring charges.
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More information is now coming out. The kid is 6 ft 3 in about 200 lbs. I know he looks really small and sweet in the photos. He was just suspended for 10 days from school. A witness said the kid was beating the crap out of Zimmerman on the ground. I don’t know what really happened. Maybe Zimmerman should be charged. All I am saying is save the judgement until more facts come out.
Holder can’t decide to back the black kid or the Hispanic guy.
The left is trapped in it’s own racial politics.
Why is Holder stalling? The question should be why the he** is the fed involved at all? This is a local crime, not a fed crime. The only reason Holder has his a** stuck into it is because the dead guy is black. Were this a black guy shooting a white 17 yo male there would be no fed investigation.
There are so many lies that have been told and repeated,
they have become the truth to the lynch mob.
“Is there damage to the car door where the kid drug him out of the car, tear marks on the seat, blood and teeth marks on the steering wheel, he may have hit his head trying to stay in the car. That is it he was holding the door on his head so the big old seventeen year old could not beat the crap out of the twenty eight year old. You are probably on to something here, keep digging.”
I’m not on one side or the other. I have three sons. All have been 17 at one point; and they all walked the dog late at night.
Why assume I am trying to defend the shooter? I am just saying, this is not cut and dry, or I think charges would have been filed.
So you are the judge and the jury. I’m glad you are not involved in the law. Our constitution describes how this should be handled. I feel sorry for you.
“it is none of Joe blows business where I am going or what I am doing”
So, naturally, you can beat him to a pulp for asking.
After all, you’re civilized...
I am shocked, shocked to find there has been criminal activity in the area
They're probably trying to figure out how to arrest any and all Republicans in the entire state of Florida... for something or the other.
Based on the statements of Zimmerman, whom the Sanford PD seem to have awarded benefit of the badge regarding his statements about the shooting.
So far we have had
Murder is a state crime. So is manslaughter. For that matter so is theft. Is there anything you don’t want the feds involved in?
To stir up racial resentments. It is a cold calculated development to keep the racial hatreds stirred up & fermenting . That way when the election comes around the Democrats will go around telling folks how they can get back at the “white trash “ & the “crackers” by voting for Obama. Also will provide opportunities for organizing what Maxine Waters referred to the LA riots as Rebellions against the man.
I don’t want the Feds in it at all.
You missed the point I was trying to make by several miles.
The media whores are in fact working to fan the embers of racial hatred into flames for a couple of simple reasons ,first it will help Obama & second it will get them great news stories after all a bloody riot to avenge the black teen shot by a Latino portrayed as a white guy will get these media types lots of publicity.
In a room somewhere near Eric Holders office, DNC workers are counting and re counting how many Hispanic Latinos and Blacks there are.
In a room somewhere near Eric Holders office, DNC workers are counting and re counting how many Hispanic Latinos and Blacks there are.
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