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Race, he contended, was at the center of the incident from the start. “If my white 14-year-old son Luke had walked out that same night, in that same neighborhood, just to get a snack, he would have come back to his dad unharmed — and would still be with me and Joy today,” Wallis wrote. “Everyone, being honest with ourselves, knows that is true.” The Sojourners leader went on to call it “a political, legal and moral mistake” not to ensure that the trial focused upon race, as he believes that this was the root cause that inevitably led to Martin’s death. In fact, Wallis overtly accused Zimmerman of having racially profiled the 17-year-old victim....Wallis went on to say that “racial profiling is a sin in the eyes of God” and he described the “systematic injustice” that he believes is at play in American society — a system that he contended puts African Americans at a disadvantage. He described the case as providing a window into “an utterly segregated society.”

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Progressive Faith Leader Jim Wallis Issues Harsh Rebuke of Zimmerman Acquittal: ‘Racial Profiling Is a Sin in the Eyes of God’

1 posted on 07/16/2013 7:27:16 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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George Zimmerman is Alfred Dreyfus.


2 posted on 07/16/2013 7:28:50 AM PDT by wideawake
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The Sojourners leader went on to call it “a political, legal and moral mistake” not to ensure that the trial focused upon race, as he believes that this was the root cause that inevitably led to Martin’s death.

I'm guessing that Jim Wallis has decided to go into competition with Al Sharpton for top race-baiter.

3 posted on 07/16/2013 7:29:28 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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Guess it depends on which god you happen to be worshiping that day? Every time you go through an airport you worship the god of tolerance.

Pray for America to Wake Up


4 posted on 07/16/2013 7:30:04 AM PDT by bray (Coming soon: The Republic of Texas 2022)
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White liberals are having such a good time grandstanding over this. Nothing gives a white liberal a chance to stand up and start talking about himself, as when a black kid with THC in his system gets shot assaulting a Hispanic guy for calling the police.


5 posted on 07/16/2013 7:30:26 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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I might agree, given that TM profiled Z!


7 posted on 07/16/2013 7:31:12 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob ( Concerning bo -- that refers to the president. If I capitalize it, I mean the dog.)
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Some one needs to tell this putz had Travon been white and the same set of cirumstances occured, he’d be just as dead.


8 posted on 07/16/2013 7:31:26 AM PDT by SCHROLL
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Seems like projection.

It’s all racism and profiling... Until you actually get robbed. Then it’s PTSD.


9 posted on 07/16/2013 7:31:46 AM PDT by TigerClaws
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had shooting victim Trayvon Martin been white, he would still be alive today.

That could well be the case. White kids generally are much less prone to resort to violence when they feel they have been dissed.

Somehow, I don't think Wallis gets that point - that Martin, from his on-line comments, had embraced thug culture, and felt a violent response to being followed by Zimmerman was somehow justified.

And apparently a lot of liberals feel the same way as well.

10 posted on 07/16/2013 7:32:18 AM PDT by dirtboy
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I love profiling

Is it an actual cdrime now? Thought crimes are a sin against God.

If I have my car stolen in the middle of the night, I am not going to look for 80-year-old gramma’s

If I have a plane blown up I am going to suspect Arab Terrorists

If I own a store and 10% of my customers are responsibel for 90% of the shjoplifting I am going to be suspicious every time one of them walk in

That’s profiling, and its a good thing


11 posted on 07/16/2013 7:32:20 AM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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thou shalt not profile?


13 posted on 07/16/2013 7:33:47 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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“If my white 14-year-old son Luke had walked out that same night, in that same neighborhood, just to get a snack, he would have come back to his dad unharmed — and would still be with me and Joy today,” Wallis wrote. “Everyone, being honest with ourselves, knows that is true.”

Oh, Jim. How IS the Kool Ade?

Replay the scenario with Luke cold cocking a stranger in the dark, getting on top of him and beating him. Consider Luke informing the man he was beating that he was going to kill him.

Guess what? Your white son would be as dead as Trayvon Martin. Deal with it.

14 posted on 07/16/2013 7:33:49 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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“Profiling” is nothing more than using the God given skills of cognition to deduce patterns in our environment, which is the most basic aspect of human intelligence.


15 posted on 07/16/2013 7:34:57 AM PDT by Truthsearcher
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I think Zimmerman did profile Trayvon Martin. Trayvon was the only person Zimmerman saw creeping around in the neighborhood shadows that night. In the dark, raining, hood up; I seriously doubt he could even tell he was black when he saw him. In fact, he said so on the 911 call: “He looks black.” Zimmerman called 911 *before* he knew Trayvon was black. He did not know for certain until Trayvon was walking toward him: “He’s got his hand in his waistband and he is a black male.”

If I would have seen the hand in the waistband, I would be thinking he was armed.


16 posted on 07/16/2013 7:35:19 AM PDT by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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Isn’t accusing Zimmerman of racial profiling itself a form of profiling? (yes)


17 posted on 07/16/2013 7:35:28 AM PDT by circlecity
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Protestors' argument: It's wrong and stupid to think that young, black men may be up to criminal activity.

Yesterday:


18 posted on 07/16/2013 7:36:12 AM PDT by NotYourAverageDhimmi
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"If my white 14-year-old son Luke had walked out that same night, in that same neighborhood, just to get a snack, he would have come back to his dad unharmed — and would still be with me and Joy today. Everyone, being honest with ourselves, knows that is true.”

Be honest with YOURSELF, Jim. Your son would have come back to you unharmed because he would have gone directly home insterad of loitering around in the rain, then approaching GZ ready to fight. Trayvon would have been unharmed if he'd done the same....gone drectly home.

19 posted on 07/16/2013 7:36:14 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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Yet another militantly ignorant attention whore weighs in . . .


21 posted on 07/16/2013 7:36:46 AM PDT by tomkat
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There’s no way he can say this with certainty.

TM’s friend Janteal(sp?) told him to run away from GZ.

Trayvon chose not to.

I agree with another poster that he appears to have embraced the thug culture where if you feel disrespected you must act.

That mindset has got to change.


22 posted on 07/16/2013 7:37:19 AM PDT by ealgeone (obama, border)
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“If my white 14-year-old son Luke had walked out that same night, in that same neighborhood, just to get a snack, he would have come back to his dad unharmed — and would still be with me and Joy today,” Wallis wrote.
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How do you know he would have come back ???

do you let your 14 yo go out late at night wandering around strange neighborhoods ???

I didnt let mine and my grandchildren dont do that now...

What parent in their right mind lets their 14 yo children wander around a mile from home to a store by themselves...

Id call the cops on you if you did that...

its called neglect,

oh noez thats CHILD ABUSE


23 posted on 07/16/2013 7:37:24 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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Is the reverend racially profiling Zimmerman here?


25 posted on 07/16/2013 7:38:08 AM PDT by al_c (http://www.blowoutcongress.com)
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