[spacejunkie2001]

This is unbelievable:

I wrote to the author of the article and asked when they were going to release the NAME of the victim. Here is his reply:

“The victim was white. It is Orlando Sentinel policy to not use race of people we write about unless it is pertinent to the story, such as the description of suspects or in the case of the Sanford shooting when the family of the victim made it an issue. If investigators determine this is a hate crime, we will use the race. The Sheriff’s Office has withheld the name because he is on life-support and will likely not make it.”

[Gabz]

If investigators determine this is a hate crime, we will use the race.

What crapola. If the 2 perps were white and the guy on life support were black you know bloody well they would have listed the race of the victim.

At least you got a response from the writer - that is a start.

[dirtboy]

To all those on FR who questioned Zimmerman's use of force in response to an assailant without a firearm:

“The victim was white. It is Orlando Sentinel policy to not use race of people we write about unless it is pertinent to the story, such as the description of suspects or in the case of the Sanford shooting when the family of the victim made it an issue. If investigators determine this is a hate crime, we will use the race. The Sheriff’s Office has withheld the name because he is on life-support and will likely not make it.”

And bashing someone's head against a sidewalk can lead to brain injury or death as well. The perps who did this are barely older than Trayvon.

But we won't see condemnation of this incident by the Sharptons of the world. And if you FReepers who bashed Zimmerman had any integrity, you would come to this thread and eat the crow you deserve.

[Cboldt]

So, the family of the victim can make the race of the attackers an issue. Assert the attack was racially motivated.

[hoosiermama]

With Sanford history, I agree with the newspaper to play down race issue as much as possible. That area has been a powder keg since 2005 waiting for a match.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanford_Police_Department_(Florida)

They leave out the other incident mentioned in the Zimmerman family member's letter where George was supporting the black community in insisting that the son of a police Lt, who had beaten a homeless black, be arrested.

Tension was high before the death of Martin. Cool heads need to look at just the facts in his death, unfortunately because of the two previous incident people in the community do not trust LEO to do the right thing. GZ ironically is the scapegoat for the dysfunctional community.
The REV MSM and lawyer race baiters are throwing gas on the flame. A paper trying to minimize the issue is good IMO.