Media inciting hate, race war with Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case

Bayoubuzz ^ | June 28, 2013 | Jeff Crouere

[2ndDivisionVet]

According to FBI statistics, approximately 9,000 African Americans are killed in this country each year.

This horrible carnage is basically ignored by the news media, which treats the vast majority of these cases as non-stories. This is a major tragedy which is consistently ignored by a media that often highlights the deaths of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. While all of these deaths are tragic, it is much more dangerous for African Americans on the streets of our country than it is for our soldiers fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan.

To add some perspective to the numbers, about 6,588 Americans have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, but 108,000 African Americans have been killed on the streets of America. Thus, the death toll for black citizens in the U.S. is 18 times greater than it has been for our soldiers fighting overseas.

This African American death rate is shockingly high and should be thoroughly analyzed by the media. Unfortunately, most of our journalists are not fair and balanced. Sadly, too many in the media today are looking for sensational stories and one sure fire method of creating controversy and attention is to stoke fears of racial injustice.

Enter George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, who shot and killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida in February of last year. The media has focused on this one incident, even though approximately 12,000 African Americans have been killed throughout the country in this same time period. The other cases were mostly overlooked because they involved “black on black” crime. FBI statistics show that approximately 93% of African American homicide victims are killed by other African Americans. Such crimes are not juicy or interesting to a media that wants to promote racial division and cause strife in this country.

Clearly, the media focused on the Trayvon Martin case because of the race factor. Trayvon Martin was black and George Zimmerman is Hispanic, although, initially, the media erroneously referred to the neighborhood watch volunteer as “White.” After civil rights leaders and politicians joined the fray, it was no surprise that Zimmerman was charged with second degree murder.

Zimmerman became the poster child for racism, even though his best friend is an African America. The media depicted Martin as a very young child and presented inaccurate pictures to viewers. Martin was not a young child targeted by a “racist” Zimmerman. In fact, he was a tall, muscular young man who had a questionable past and multiple brushes with the law, but all of this was hidden from Americans.

If Zimmerman was a black neighborhood watch volunteer or Martin had been a white or Hispanic youngster, this story would have been ignored by a media that has no interest in the vast majority of the 9,000 African American murders each year.

As a sensational trial moves forward, the country will learn whether George Zimmerman is guilty or not. We will also learn whether Martin was an innocent youngster trying to get to his father’s house or a troubled young man looking for a fight.

The jury has already heard from a “star” witness who has lied, used questionable language and admitted she did not know how to read “cursive.” This young lady said that Martin referred to George Zimmerman as a “creepy ass cracker.” It seems that the racist in this case may have been Martin and not Zimmerman.

Police photos show that Zimmerman was badly beaten by Martin in the scuffle. He had a bloody face and cuts on the back of his head, images that are consistent with the testimony of a neighbor who said that Martin was on top of Zimmerman as they were fighting on that fateful night. Since he was younger and more athletic, it is logical to assume that Martin was able to get the upper hand in his fight with Zimmerman.

If Martin jumped Zimmerman as the neighborhood watch veteran was heading back to his car, he could have inflicted quite a beating. Zimmerman may have felt his life was in danger and justified in shooting Martin. Florida has laws which allow residents to “stand your ground” and defend themselves with deadly force.

Now, the country is hearing reports of potential race riots if Zimmerman is acquitted. Civil unrest could spread throughout the country. Will threats of potential violence influence a jury that is only supposed to consider facts presented in the case?

Who knows what the jury will eventually decide, but it is tragic that so much is at stake in this one case. If there are riots, much of the blame for such violence will rest with our news media which created such racial unease with their coverage of this case.

Let’s hope and pray that sanity prevails both in the courtroom and throughout the nation.

[SueRae]

Good points, well taken.

I am in the camp that believes no matter the outcome, the blowback will occur, the media has ensured that.

I stay away from public gathering places such as cities, malls, etc. anyway. And I have instructed my daughter to do the same and be very aware when this verdict is announced. It’s basic situational awareness, something I always try to teach her..and my friends. I remember the Rodney King days. So many just aren’t aware of simple things going on around them that could spare them.

[wildbill]

Riots will occur if Zimmerman is acquitted. Count on it.

The media will be astonished and blame white racism as the cause and give the rioters absolution.

They will reject the facts that the MSM have made this thing into a national issue with their hasty rush to judgement and biased reporting of the facts and circumstances (such as the picture of Trayvoy as a 12 y.o.) in the early days.

They will take no responsibility for the mess they have created.

[Noumenon]

They’ll find equality over the sights of my FAL.

[Noumenon]

I’m glad I live in northern Idaho. Although, I have to drive into Spokane every day. That’s what 72 hour kits are for.

[TigersEye]

Yeah, I’m sure it was an honest mistake. /s

[TigersEye]

That’s why I said it was “the exact opposite of the actual testimony...”

[AppyPappy]

Riot! Riot! Riot!

Time to thin the herd of unarmed white victims.

[TigersEye]

Just like always, follow the beds and money.

Well, sure, it's that ... and the fact that they hate America like all the other Marxist traitors.

[GOPJ]

...the media would rather talk about assault rifles and rural white men than black on black violence even though assault rifle toting rural white men account for maybe 1% or less of all homicides annually and inner city black on black violence accounts for the vast majority of homicides.

You're right - the elite MSM hates white conservatives - and they use blacks as a means to express that hatred for them...

[capt B]

The media focused on the race factor BUT the NAME “ZIMMERMAN”. gated community, community patrol.etc. conjured up a White Jew. Now they’re stuck with the race issue

[tanknetter]

Yeah, I’m sure it was an honest mistake. /s

Like I said, they need to acknowledge it, correct it and apologize for it.

Beyond that, I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this. I've occasionally, for laughs, turned on the closed-captioning feature while watching TV. If the amount of discrepancies between what's being said and typed isn't funny enough, the constant backspacing and retyping certainly is.

I also recall when one of the news orgs scrolled a caption saying that the space shuttle Columbia was going 80 times the speed of light when it disintegrated. And that's the most prominent of scroll errors that I can recall. There have been lots of others.

[TigersEye]

I guess you’re a more generous person than I am. My supply of benefit-of-the-doubt for the FedMob and the MSM has run out completely and I’m not ordering any more of it. All I have left is a little patience to wait for the day they are all put up against the wall.

[tanknetter]

I’m glad I live in northern Idaho. Although, I have to drive into Spokane every day. That’s what 72 hour kits are for.

:-D

An added benefit to where I happen to live is that there's a LOT of big money wealth (both old and new) between the city core and me. If there's a breakout from the core in my direction a lot of them are going to be slowed down (probably even halted) staking claim to the McMansions, cabin cruisers, etc ... and then fighting with each other over "ownership" of them. THEN they reach the two bridges.

[tanknetter]

I guess you’re a more generous person than I am.

Sort of. For me its Occam's razor and whether the high school GED who's sitting at the board trying to rapidly type up and input the scroll is actually smart enough to manipulate it in one direction or another. IOW I'm choosing incompetence (at least for this case) over evil intent ;-)

[TigersEye]

Sort of.

I don't think there's any doubt about it. Especially the way I'm feeling this morning.
:-) lol

[jiggyboy]

No there was indeed explicit mention of at least relative skin color:

“John Good testified he saw a man in dark clothing on top of a man who was wearing red or light-colored clothing with lighter skin.”

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57591520-504083/george-zimmerman-trial-neighbor-testifies-trayvon-martin-was-straddling-zimmerman-moments-before-fatal-gunshot/

[jiggyboy]

I posted this in another thread already today:

While I was watching the trial coverage on HLN yesterday, I saw an ad for a new movie about how a white BART cop in SF accidentally shot an unarmed black teenager and killed him. It comes out on July 12. There is no way the timing is just a random coincidence.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fruitvale_station/

[zencycler]

While some blacks may die from riots which follow a not guilty verdict, I think in the long run more blacks would dies as a result of a guilty verdict.

While a not guilty verdict would cause rioting and some deaths in the short run, it would send the message that Trayvon had caused his own death through his hostile confrontation of George Zimmerman.

Conversely, a guilty verdict would send the message that Trayvon was justified in his hostility toward Zimmerman, and that other, young black men who have chronic rage toward whites and toward society in general should likewise feel justified. Ultimately, it is this unhealthy anger - fueled by the race hustlers, liberals, and a justice systems which often excuses it - which by far is the greater cause of death among blacks in our country.