Posted on 07/12/2013 11:37:36 AM PDT by matt04
f you thought you couldn't be any more sickened than you already were at the idea that George Zimmerman might actually get away with going out of his way to stalk and then kill an unarmed black teenager who was guilty of nothing more than, well, being an unarmed black teenager, don't go to Gawker today. Because you will be evern more sickened, guaranteed.
Alternatively, if you're just not quite upset enough about Trayvon Martin's death and need an image to get yourself all pumped up, then, we suppose, go check out the photo of the 17-year-old's dead body splashed all over prime space on the site's home page right now.
That (if we decide not to be cynical and say he was just after traffic) seems to be author Adam Weinstein's idea. The headline accompanying the photo of the slain teen reads: "This, Courtesy of MSNBC, Is Trayvon Martin's Dead Body. Get Angry." He goes on to explain why he used it:
This is Trayvon Martin's body. These are the last skinny jeans he wore, cuffed once at the bottoms. These are his stylish kicks, his sockless ankles. There are Trayvon's taut neck, his slack jaw, his open eyes.
This is what happens. Not just when we input "black" and "teen" and "hoodie" and "night" into our onboard computers and output "DANGER," but also when we find the aftermath Newsworthy, and must consume it voraciously from start to finish, but insist that we cannot stomach seeing the bones and gristle on our plates ...
(Excerpt) Read more at theroot.com ...
Sounds about right to me.
Very sad.
Wha..?
Which genius came up with this?!
I don't take it this way, longfellow.
I think that GZ wanted, like most cops, to "protect and serve".
IMHO. He saw that the condos where he lived were being burgled and at least one home invasion had occurred where the terrified mother hid in a closet with her infant.
I really do think he wants to "protect and serve".
Again, IMHO.
Protecting the weak is normal. He made himself capt. and he was looking for exactly what he found.
Disrespectful but accurate.
;-)
One less thug.
Where his hoodie be?
Any punk-ass running around at night in Florida wearing a hoodie is looking for nothing but trouble.
He be playin’ possum.
Exactly. The caption for the photo blatantly reads..."GET ANGRY".
It is so unbelievably disrespectful of this young man. We don't know who Martin was but if you look at his parents, I seriously doubt he would want the jerks at MSNBC or Gawker speaking for him after death...NO WORDS CAN DESCRIBE HOW LOW THESE PEOPLE ARE.
It appears that Trayvon was attracted to the gangsta lifestyle.
The lyrics of one of my country songs go ...
“Every good girl wants a badass boy”
It’s more prevalent in country than most other genres or social circles. :)
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