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Florida rep. on Trayvon Martin case: 'We're not trying to make it racial. It is racial'
cnn.com ^ | March 23, 2012

Posted on 03/23/2012 2:21:10 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-FL) talks about the Trayvon Martin case on Starting Point with Soledad O’Brien.

Wilson says, “It's racial profiling. This isn't something that someone is pulling out of a hat. It happens all the time. It is happening as we speak. Racial profiling happens in our nation, in our state of Florida…. It happens every day. We're not trying to make it racial. It is racial.”

On the potential public reaction if shooter George Zimmerman isn’t convicted, she adds, “Well, I am afraid to even think. I don't want to think back to the '60s when people burned down cities. So, as we move around and we talk with people who are participating in rallies, we've got to prepare them as they move through this process as to what the outcome might be. There is no way I can see a grand jury not indicting this man. However, it's my understanding the grand jury is all white. I think that needs to be changed first of all. I think it should be a jury of his peers, someone who looks like him or looks like his family members, his mother or father. And I think that the energy - we'll have to find a way to transform this energy in making this a better country for little black boys. We’ve got to all become mentors.”

On the police chief stepping down, she continues, “That's an insult for him to say that he's temporarily removing himself. He needs to be fired. ....

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TOPICS: US: Florida
KEYWORDS: democrats; fredericawilson; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Martial law of course.


21 posted on 03/23/2012 2:43:17 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Stark racism from an elected official...the grand jury can only be fair if they have the same skin color as the victim.

I am so tired of this BS. Start burning cities and see if that helps to eliminate racism. Genius.


22 posted on 03/23/2012 2:43:56 PM PDT by Ironfocus (Unseat the Looter-in-Chief)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
This shooting is being seized upon to promote rioting. The question being: for what purpose does the left want mass rioting at this time?

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FYI: Idiom: Wag the dog

23 posted on 03/23/2012 2:44:57 PM PDT by Talisker (He who commands, must obey.)
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To: GeronL

It would be so sweet to see this blow-up in their faces.

Gonna be hard to prove Zimmerman is racist. Poor judgement maybe but thats another matter.

Please MSM keep stoking the fire I cant wait to see the backfire.


24 posted on 03/23/2012 2:45:44 PM PDT by Gasshog (going to get what all those libs asked for, but its not what they expected.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Since Obama, Holder and other black leaders are in power, this country has turned upside down. They have promoted racism and the liberal media dances to their rhetoric. I am sick and tired of racismm racism racism. What are they trying to do incite another civil war
25 posted on 03/23/2012 2:46:23 PM PDT by YukonGreen
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
The question being: for what purpose does the left want mass rioting at this time?

This is just another form of Occupy Wall Street and Arab Spring.

26 posted on 03/23/2012 2:47:19 PM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: BerryDingle

Where’s the real picture? I only see one of what looks like an 11-year-old kid who had just finished playing Little League baseball.

I’ve never seen one of a football playing 17-year-old giant.


27 posted on 03/23/2012 2:50:33 PM PDT by madison10
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Treyvon Martin, the “poor little 17 year old boy” is reportedly 6’ 2” tall and was beating the snot out of the Hispanic guy (Zimmerman) who shot him.

But whatever the real truth and facts are does not matter now.

The black racists and their white arse kissers already convicted Zimmerman and there is no way he can ever get a fair trial.

28 posted on 03/23/2012 2:56:51 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Repubs paid as much attention to Rush as the Dem's do, we wouldn't be in this mess)
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To: Publius

Three little words: bring it on. I am armed and will defend my family and property to the death, their death to be precise. Of course, I am in East Texas and surrounded by family members. Still, anyone stupid enough to come on to my property and attempt to injure/ kill family or steal what is not theirs will meet the business end of my gun/shotgun/rifle of choice.

Just saying.


29 posted on 03/23/2012 2:57:51 PM PDT by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
“It's racial profiling".

I can't speak for Zimmermnan or what he was thinking but black males between the ages of 13 & 30 are hugely disproportionally criminal.

30 posted on 03/23/2012 3:00:53 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Hey, why not hire 2 black guys to pour gasoline on Zimmerman? Oh that’s right....that is reserved only for
“Pure-bred” whites.


31 posted on 03/23/2012 3:02:54 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Democrats have been “mentors” for 50+ years.....how’s THAT workin’ out? They are “mentoring” their SLAVES...on their plantation.


32 posted on 03/23/2012 3:06:41 PM PDT by goodnesswins (2012..."We mutually pledge our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor")
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Excellent graphics on crime in Sanford compared to the US average. Sanford is ahead in every category. Sometimes FAR ahead.

http://www.city-data.com/crime/crime-Sanford-Florida.html


33 posted on 03/23/2012 3:08:18 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Democrats love direct democracy until it's time to vote on something. Then they scream for a judge)
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To: Iron Munro; Tailgunner Joe
Treyvon Martin, the “poor little 17 year old boy” is reportedly 6’ 2” tall and was beating the snot out of the Hispanic guy (Zimmerman) who shot him.

Zimmerman, a stranger to Treyvon Martin, was pursuing him after dark in his car, then on foot. He had ignored the Neighborhood Watch guidelines about doing anything more than watching and reporting. He had ignored the 911 personnel who said that it would not be a good idea to take off on foot after the kid. I would hope that any 17-year-old being pursued by a stranger after dark, if he couldn't get away from him, would, after being accosted by him, beat the snot out of him in an attempt to get away.

Zimmerman, complaining about "the a-holes are always getting away with it" and referring to "f-cking coons," was not behaving reasonably in the situation. The minor, regardless of his size, behaved in a reasonable manner and got shot for it.

Again, it's absolutely disgusting that misery pimps like Sharpton try to benefit themselves off something like this; but it's absurd that the reaction of many to the opportunism is to try, in as equally an opportunistic way, to explain away or to minimize what occurred as a means of countering the self-interest of folks like Sharpton.
34 posted on 03/23/2012 3:08:50 PM PDT by aruanan
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To: Molon Labbie

“If these folks can do this to George Zimmerman, they can do it to anyone who defends himself against a black male assailant, because everyone else they don’t give a rat’s backside about.”

You made an excellent observation, Molon Labbie. This contrived flack and lies from the racists and the Goebbel’s press is a psy-ops effort designed to make armed folks hesitate to shoot if their lives or the lives of their families are threatened by young street thugs. That few seconds of hestitation is enough time for thugs to commit mayhem and murder and get away.


35 posted on 03/23/2012 3:15:57 PM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: aruanan
The minor, regardless of his size, behaved in a reasonable manner and got shot for it.

Attacking some one is not reasonable. Seems that a mob has formed and the only justice being served is for the mob.

36 posted on 03/23/2012 3:17:31 PM PDT by the_daug
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To: achilles2000

“If they burned Detroit down no one would notice. If they burned D.C. some might see it as a public service.”

LOL.


37 posted on 03/23/2012 3:20:17 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

“Never let a (manufactured) crisis go to waste.”


38 posted on 03/23/2012 3:21:51 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)
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To: DirtyPigpen

“One thing is for sure, the man won’t get a fair trial in Florida.”

From what I’ve been reading of the race-baiters’ in the corrupt, criminal media, Zimmerman’s already been tried and hung, without any investigation or formal charges being filed, other than the Police Report, which hasn’t been officially released (that I can find, yet). Par for the course in this terribly-poisoned atmosphere.


39 posted on 03/23/2012 3:26:48 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (I'll "vote for an orange juice can", over Barry 0bummer and another 4yrs of his Regime From Hell!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

While Geraldo blames the tragic death of Trayvon Martin on his mode of dress, I believe there is another element that the MSM will studiously ignore.

Barack Obama has done more to divide this nation along racial lines than anything I can remember. “African Americans for Obama”, “Hispanics for Obama,” “Martians for Obama”, etc., etc... are just part of it. This guy’s efforts to take us the rest of the way to communism have angered many of those who may already harbor latent or outright racist tendencies.

While Obama’s anti-American behavior has little to do with his race, there are unbalanced folks out here who DO read race into that behavior. Once they cross that threshold, their warped minds can justify nearly any act, up to and including the killing of an unarmed black boy walking through his neighborhood. I fear there is more — and worse — to come.

Barack, some of Trayvon Martin’s blood — and the blood of future black and white victims of your racism — is on YOUR hands.


40 posted on 03/23/2012 3:27:06 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (I really want Obozo to have another term -- in Leavenworth! 25 to life sounds about right.)
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