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Trayvon Martin case has been poorly handled, Santorum says
Washington Post ^ | 3/23/12 | Felicia Sonmez and Nia-Malika Henderson

Posted on 03/23/2012 3:19:52 PM PDT by AnybodyButBarry

In remarks after President Obama made his first public comment on the matter, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum said Friday that the handling by Florida law enforcement of the Trayvon Martin case has been “horrible” and that the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law should not apply to the shooter, George Zimmerman.

“Well, ‘Stand Your Ground’ is not doing what this man did,” Santorum said Friday morning at a campaign event in Monroe, La. “There’s a difference between ‘Stand Your Ground’ and doing what he did. And it’s a horrible case. It’s chilling to hear what happened, and of course the fact that law enforcement didn’t immediately go after and prosecute this case is another chilling example of horrible decisions made by people in this process.”

Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain, has not been charged in the shooting.

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TOPICS: US: Florida; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: 2012election; 2016election; blackkk; election2012; election2016; florida; georgezimmerman; kenyanbornmuzzie; mittromney; newtgingrich; pennsylvania; ricksantorum; rosewaterrickey; santorum; santorumtruthfile; slickrickie; standyourground; trayvonmartin
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To: lodi90
The NYT is reporting Zimmerman as a white hispanic. They're making him 'white enough' to hate.
121 posted on 03/23/2012 9:01:05 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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To: Road Glide

Blacks have taken to calling lynching the Black Holocaust. I think comparing 3446 summary executions, over 86 years, of suspected black criminals by vigilante groups vs over 4000 executions per day of Jewish men, women and children over a 4-year period by the Nazis is quite a stretch.


122 posted on 03/23/2012 9:08:19 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
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To: Repeat Offender

A whole new race to hate. Well now. Does that make obama a white black person? How many ways can the race card be used that they have to make up a whole new catagory for being utterly beyond stupid about this?


123 posted on 03/23/2012 9:09:56 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: WPaCon

one who sings through his nose?


124 posted on 03/23/2012 9:18:18 PM PDT by RitchieAprile
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To: MestaMachine
Pubbies should have stayed wayyyy back from this until the facts were in. I was so sorry to see Allen West jump in this with both feet.

Yep they should have...However I blame Obama as had he not piped up about this then unlikely anyone would have.....he opened this can of worms and once the people knew he was in their court on to the streets! They are like followers of the piped piper!!! He says jump..they say how high ginning from ear to ear as they go.

I think more importantly to consider...what if both were Hispanic, or both black..or white...or red.green whatever?

It would have been just another fight that someone got shot at in...that's all.

I didn't hear Wests comments....might be he's doing so to offset and throw Obama off tilt...in other words our guys are letting it be known they're watching this as well and will jump down Obamas throat if he gets out of line.

125 posted on 03/23/2012 9:40:12 PM PDT by caww
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To: AnybodyButBarry

I’ve had it with Santy. In less than a week his IQ level has dropped by 90%.


126 posted on 03/23/2012 9:41:50 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (When the smart do nothing the stupid take over)
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To: AnybodyButBarry

I’ve had it with Santy. In less than a week his IQ level has dropped by 90%.


127 posted on 03/23/2012 9:41:53 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (When the smart do nothing the stupid take over)
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To: MestaMachine

Seriously, do you think any of that matters??? The media spin is he shot this thug-in-training in cold blood...at least according to Sean Vannity. There was a young thug robbing a drug store in Okc recently who got dead when the pharmasist plugged him behind the counter. The pharmacist got life in prison for defending himself while the just-out-of-prison felon will skate soon enough.

Regardless, that this is another orchestrated media event, plain and simple. They’re pulling the strings now.


128 posted on 03/23/2012 9:50:30 PM PDT by RasterMaster ("Towering genius disdains a beaten path." - Abraham Lincoln)
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To: AnybodyButBarry

What a retard. I was a supporter before this.

He just handed the nomination to Romney.

Not ready for prime time.

If the pansey wants to seek approval from the leftist media - fine - but leave me out.


129 posted on 03/23/2012 10:02:18 PM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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To: dragnet2
You must be on the east coast, all worried about that. I mean, WTF??

Not quite east coast, but I spent most of my life where Hispanics are nonexistent if that is what you are getting at. In fact, I've spent almost my entire life in the least Hispanic city in the country, Pittsburgh, before moving further midwest recently.

Hey, I'm just confused. How does such a Hispanic guy have a German name? Is he perhaps not really or fully Hispanic or something?

130 posted on 03/23/2012 11:00:40 PM PDT by WPaCon
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To: Zhang Fei

Eva Longoria is considered Hispanic?

Shows how out-of-touch with Hollywood and Hispanic culture I am.


131 posted on 03/23/2012 11:03:46 PM PDT by WPaCon
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To: kcvl
Obama: “If I Had A Son He'd Look Like Trayvon” Obama: “If I Had A Son He'd Look Like Trayvon”
Obama: “If I Had A Son He'd Look Like Trayvon”
132 posted on 03/24/2012 12:01:39 AM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: WPaCon
Lorenzo Longoria, Eva’s first ancestor to arrive in the New World, sailed from Spain in 1603. Through the generations, Lorenzo’s descendants moved north to the modern US-Mexico border. In 1767, Pedro Longoria, Eva’s 7th great-grandfather, received almost 4000 acres along the Rio Grande in a land grant from the King of Spain.
133 posted on 03/24/2012 12:09:08 AM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: AnybodyButBarry
“Well, ‘Stand Your Ground’ is not doing what this man did,” Santorum said Friday morning at a campaign event in Monroe, La. “There’s a difference between ‘Stand Your Ground’ and doing what he did. And it’s a horrible case. It’s chilling to hear what happened, and of course the fact that law enforcement didn’t immediately go after and prosecute this case is another chilling example of horrible decisions made by people in this process.”

I like Santorum, but statements like this are characterized by too many unsupported assertions.

How does Santorum know that law enforcement did not perform its duties? What is wrong with trusting the system to present the facts, and then making statements? I am disappointed in Rick.

134 posted on 03/24/2012 3:09:49 AM PDT by olezip
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To: olezip

I withdraw my support for Santorum. too bad I can’t get the money back.


135 posted on 03/24/2012 3:14:25 AM PDT by anton
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin

Trayvon Martin

Born Feb 5, 1995 (1995-02-05)

Died Feb 26, 2012 (2012-02-26)

aged 17
(not 11-14 as family photos and media have attempted to portray)

Sanford, Florida, USA

Cause of death homicide (alleged)

Nationality American

Other "names" Nicknames: Tray; Slimm

Ethnicity African American

Hometown Miami, Florida

Height 6'3" (another sources states 6'2")

Weight 140 lbs.
(I doubt he was only 140 lbs. at 6"3"
- another source states he was 190 lbs.)


136 posted on 03/24/2012 6:15:54 AM PDT by devolve (- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - you can*t do that with a WebTV - - - - - - - - - - - -)
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To: Cicero

Sort of looks like he stopped looking for the kid and was walking back to his truck when he was attacked from behind. The wound in the back of the head makes me thing he was hit from behind. Tea can or bottle?


137 posted on 03/24/2012 6:22:40 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

The father of the kid said the voice calling for help was NOT his son.


138 posted on 03/24/2012 6:24:36 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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To: Netizen

“The father of the kid said the voice calling for help was NOT his son.”

He has since retracted that, from what I understand.

Regardless, he was listening to a bad recording of a 9/11 call with screaming in the background. I would be interested to find out how many recordings like that he had previously heard of his son by way of comparison.

None, would be my guess.


139 posted on 03/24/2012 6:31:35 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Solid Conservative Values. A Man You Can Trust. "Etch-a-Sketch 2012!" /sarc)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

The eyewitness said the guy on the ground wearing a red sweater was the one calling for help.


140 posted on 03/24/2012 6:35:22 AM PDT by Netizen (Path to citizenship = Scamnesty. If you give it away, more will come. Who's pilfering your wallet?)
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