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Despite outrage, federal charges uncertain in Zimmerman case
CNN ^ | July 15, 2013 | Carol Cratty and Tom Cohen

Posted on 07/15/2013 10:48:15 AM PDT by Errant

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To: Errant
Why should outrage play a role? {Rhetorical question}
21 posted on 07/15/2013 11:01:36 AM PDT by Gamecock ("Ultimately, Jesus died to save us from the wrath of God." R.C. Sproul)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

The excerpt above are Holder’s last year statements. You have to read the article linked to see what he said today, which really wasn’t much.


22 posted on 07/15/2013 11:03:02 AM PDT by Errant
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To: molson209

>> the NAACP will come up with their own racist evidence

You’ve heard of a crime lab? They have a crime FACTORY.


23 posted on 07/15/2013 11:03:18 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: Errant
DOJ will expel some ominous whispering threats of prosecution that stink to high heaven like cow farts, and then they’ll let the whole thing fade. There’s simply no there, there.

As discussed on another thread, attorney O'Mara is doing an excellent job pointing out to reporters facts about Martin's character and behavior which were established but not allowed to be introduced at trial. It seems like a shot across the bow of the race hustlers, "Hey, if you're going to continue with the BS, we're going to hit you with the truth. Every time."

I, too, think this will fade quickly -- particularly since all those folks with a license to produce Trayvon merchandise reallllllly don't want the truth coming out.

24 posted on 07/15/2013 11:08:36 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: Errant

When it is a given that a guy fired a single shot at a stranger that had him pinned down and had been beating the sh** out of him for almost a minute, it’s hard to charge him with anything other than maybe chipping the concrete with his head. And since the other guy controlled his head at the time it’s hard to make even that stick.


25 posted on 07/15/2013 11:09:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: DonaldC

They will also take the looming fissure of Black vs. Hispanic that threatens the Democrat Party and blow it wide open.


26 posted on 07/15/2013 11:09:28 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: cuban leaf

The “riots” have been underwhelming. They needed something on the Rodney King scale to make much out of this.


27 posted on 07/15/2013 11:10:20 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: EQAndyBuzz

well said.


28 posted on 07/15/2013 11:10:46 AM PDT by Nifster
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To: JennysCool

“Hey, if you’re going to continue with the BS, we’re going to hit you with the truth. Every time.”


This is why they prefer the court of public opinion, still pretty much controlled by the MSM.

Courts of law are so fair in a pesky way.


29 posted on 07/15/2013 11:10:58 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Errant

“You can bet they’re looking at every possible charge against Z with and electron microscope... “

All the while Corey is going after Georges’ wife.


30 posted on 07/15/2013 11:11:19 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: Errant

A sad day in the US when prosecutions are now based on mob outcries not the rule of law or facts, and not just in some rural backwater. And if the mob is not big enough send in some DOJ thugs to agitate. Justice is devolving into something seen in ancient Rome where the rabble scream for someone to be tossed to the lions.


31 posted on 07/15/2013 11:14:11 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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To: JennysCool
particularly since all those folks with a license to produce Trayvon merchandise reallllllly don't want the truth coming out.

Good point. The question in my mind, is to what extent this will be used to fan flames in order to push liberal agendas like gun control and etc.

32 posted on 07/15/2013 11:17:18 AM PDT by Errant
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To: molson209

Since we are so close to being a minority where is the
NAEA-National Association of European Americans to protect our interests?


33 posted on 07/15/2013 11:22:17 AM PDT by Average Al
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To: Errant
So outrage is what drives federal charges now, not the facts in the case?

Plenty of us were outraged when Angela Davis skated for obtaining the shotgun used by her criminal friends to blow off the head of a judge in a famous black panthers case back in the 1960s. Some of the jurors were even quoted as saying that they voted to acquit because they felt sorry for past discrimination against African Americans.

Can any Freeper even recall the name of the judge who was sacrificed on the altar of political correctness back then? Or the awful toll in the cracker riots which followed in outrage over the acquittal?

34 posted on 07/15/2013 11:24:24 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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Similar article posted on the Blaze: Eric Holder Speaks Out on Zimmerman Case: Trayvon’s Killing an ‘Unnecessary Shooting’ and Calls for ‘Difficult’ National Dialogue
35 posted on 07/15/2013 11:26:34 AM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant

>> this will be used to fan flames in order to push liberal agendas like gun control and etc.

You KNOW they’re going to try. Heck, they already are trying.

The question is, will it gain traction. I think not. JMO though.

Another thing to consider: this attempted railroading has gotten the attention of the PRO-gun side. I wonder how many states will get the message and STRENGTHEN their self-defense laws to prevent the same thing from happening in THEIR jurisdiction.


36 posted on 07/15/2013 11:27:03 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Without GOD, men get what they deserve.)
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To: zzwhale

This case has really brought rampant black racism out into the sunlight. I heard Jesse Jackson discussing the case and could not believe the degree of his dishonesty; almost everything he said was in direct contradiction to the evidence, even the prosecution’s!


37 posted on 07/15/2013 11:28:02 AM PDT by Trod Upon (Every penny given to film and TV media companies goes right into enemy coffers. Starve them out!)
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To: Nervous Tick
Can't speak of other States, but here in the Bayou State, our governor Jindal and both houses have really worked hard to strengthen our state's gun ownership laws.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/30/louisiana-amendment-gun-rights/2035561/

38 posted on 07/15/2013 11:33:37 AM PDT by Errant
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To: Errant
Despite outrage, federal charges uncertain in Zimmerman case

Who's outraged???

39 posted on 07/15/2013 11:34:51 AM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: The Cajun

Ping #38


40 posted on 07/15/2013 11:35:11 AM PDT by Errant
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