Posted on 03/25/2012 2:29:15 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
As Philadelphia prepares for another demonstration over the shooting death in Florida of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, Mayor Nutter on Sunday characterized the teenager's death as "an assassination."
Nutter also joined the increasing calls for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who fatally shot the unarmed Martin in February.
Nutter's comments on MSNBC came one day before the one-month anniversary of the widely condemned shooting, which will be marked Monday night with a candlelight vigil in Love Park, the latest in a series of demonstrations that have been held in various U.S. cities. A march in Philadelphia Friday drew more than 2,500 participants.
"I've called this nothing short of an assassination," Nutter said on MSNBC. "This individual Zimmerman followed Trayvon for some period of time. Trayvon was not a threat to him.
"Clearly Zimmerman was told not to continue any kind of pursuit. In my view at least . . . he tracked [Trayvon] down. He followed him and then shot and killed him. It's incomprehensible to me why an individual would do something like this, unless he had something either in his heart or on his mind."
Public condemnation of how police in Florida have handled the case - they have not arrested Zimmerman - has been unrelenting. Critics have maintained that Martin's race - African American - played a factor in his shooting. Zimmerman's racial background is mixed, with a white mother and an Hispanic father.
The uprising over the police handling of the case has forced the temporary resignation of the police chief in Sanford, the small town where the shooting occurred. The U.S. Justice department has launched an investigation, in part to determine if a hate crime was committed.
On Feb. 26, Martin had been at a 7-Eleven and was walking back to his father's home in a gated community to watch a basketball game when Zimmerman started following him and ultimately shot him. Zimmerman has contended that he shot the teenager in self-defense, and was released by police after questioning.
Martin had been carrying a bag of Skittles candy and a can of ice tea.
The shooting has drawn international attention to Florida's so-called Stand Your Ground law. It allows someone to "stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force," if that person feels it is neccessary to prevent death or bodily harm.
Some of Zimmerman's friends have come to his defense saying he is not a racist and was prompted to pull the trigger because he feared for his life.
On MSNBC, Nutter said Zimmerman "based on all information, clearly should be in police custody. That's the first failing in the aftermath of his actions."
"There was a young boy who was minding his business, a young African-American male . . . good kid based on everything that we know, and this guy on his own shoots him down with no logic, no reason, and no response from the law enforcement officials down in Florida."
"People will not rest until there is some justice on behalf of that young man, Trayvon Martin, and many, many other young people across the United States of America, especially African American males," Nutter said.
Nutter must be Santorum’s running mate.
It seems Nutter’s common sense was the only thing assassinated here. Self-inflicted wound.
Part of the agenda here is they want to repeal Stand Your Ground laws, and ensure that no new states enact Stand Your Ground laws. It makes it hazardous for union thugs and other leftists to try to intimidate conservatives.
What has the Libs upset is that justifiable homicide in FL has gone up from 12/year before Stand Your Ground to around 35/year after Stand Your Ground. This may be excessively intimidating to the criminal class.
Tray-vahn was assassinated while beating the bejeezus out of his assassin.
Since we have all sort of dipshits offering up their opinions on shit that they know nothing about, we might as well get every 'know nothings' thoughts on the subject...
Didn’t Reginald Denny assailant was acquitted because he was black and the victim was white ONLY to turn around in later years and murdered an American African youth? Smart jurors NOT! they have blood on their hands
Thanks FRiend - glad you liked it.
Mayor NUTTER? Sometimes the stories just write themselves. The Mayor certainly has an appropriate name. Seriously, the most drunken, doped Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t make this up.
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