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An Innocent Boy Is Dead And The Media Played Us (updated!)
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| 24 March, 2012
| TexasSparkle
Posted on 03/26/2012 6:25:01 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: AlmaKing
Alma, I think that Zimmerman is completely responsible for setting up what happened. If he had never gotten out of his truck, there would have been no fight and no shooting. But that doesn't make him a murderer.
I can't blame Martin for feeling stalked (my word) and feeling that he needed to protect himself. A lot of the men at this very site might do the same thing if they were followed by a car for some distance, and then the driver stopped and got out-- particularly if there were a gun showing in his waistband (don't know if this is true, or not). This is what Trayvon appears to have done-- attacked Zimmerman. What is Zimmerman supposed to do (in this situation that he created)? Allow his brains to be smashed out?
It's a miserable situation.
You say Zimmerman is a murderer. What facts that you know that serve to remove all doubt from your mind that Zimmerman is guilty of murder? It's for the good of all (you and me and everyone) that we rely on facts and do not judge according to our feelings and emotions.
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:26:54 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
To: USAF80
But do you know, for certain, that Trayvon saw Zimmerman’s gun? I believe Zimmerman said the gun was tucked in his waistband. Was it hidden under Z’s shirt, or was it showing?
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:28:31 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
To: arjay
Couldn’t agree with you more. Didn’t used to be this way. (I lurked prior to joining in 2001.)
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:39:41 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
To: AlmaKing
...a kid got murdered. An "innocent" kid does not attack someone from behind because he feels "dissed". Zimmerman "deserved" to be assaulted, but had no right to self defense? Sorry, that doesn't play.
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:42:09 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: JimRed
Where do you get that Martin felt “dissed.” I’d say that he more likely felt like he was being followed both by vehicle and on foot by Zimmerman. Maybe he didn’t feel safe? After all, he was only armed with Skittles and bottled tea.
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:48:15 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
To: JimRed
An "innocent" kid does not attack someone from behind because he feels "dissed".
Mind reading.
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:48:48 AM PDT
by
aruanan
To: aruanan; Clara Lou
You are both (somewhat) correct; I can’t know how Martin felt, any more than the race baiters can know that Zimmerman had racist thoughts. But if you analyze the thug culture, being “dissed” is a frequent cause of violent behavior. My assumption, could be wrong (wouldn’t be the first time) or could be right.
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posted on
03/26/2012 10:56:21 AM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
To: Clara Lou
>Maybe he didnt feel safe? After all, he was only armed with Skittles and bottled tea.<<
Maybe he should have gone home. I know I would.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:11:33 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(I am Breitbart)
To: netmilsmom
I believe that’s where he was walking— home, but a guy who’d been following in his truck got out and started walking after him— with a gun. (Don’t know whether the gun was visible, or not.)
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:19:21 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
To: editor-surveyor
***and the discharge of his weapon was a last resort***
Now that right there is some useful idiot double speak!
How about “and the killing of Trayvon Martin was his last resort”?? Guess he never heard of a warning shot in the air.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:22:54 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Newtrition - soul food for a starving America.)
To: Hot Tabasco
You have a copy of the police report?
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:23:59 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Newtrition - soul food for a starving America.)
To: MizSterious
****Zimmerman had a broken nose and a gash on the back of his head.***
While Martin only has a fatal bullet wound in his chest.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:26:57 AM PDT
by
sodpoodle
(Newtrition - soul food for a starving America.)
To: Clara Lou
The guy lost him for five minutes and was walking back to his truck. All the kid had to do was continue home.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:27:11 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(I am Breitbart)
To: sodpoodle
Has the concept of self-defense totally escaped you? Should Zimmerman have let Trayvon continue to beat him, even if it killed him? It may turn out that this was not a self defense case, but certainly bare hands can kill.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:42:35 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now that Perry's out, I guess I'll just have to vote for "Generic Republican Candidate")
To: Clara Lou
He had him on the ground pounding him. If he didn’t see it, he might well have encountered it with one of his blows.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:45:02 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Now that Perry's out, I guess I'll just have to vote for "Generic Republican Candidate")
To: netmilsmom
Five minutes? I hadn’t heard that. Got a link?
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:45:33 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
To: Clara Lou
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:48:04 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(I am Breitbart)
To: sodpoodle
While Martin only has a fatal bullet wound in his chest. Yeah, Martin should have been allowed one free beat-down.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:50:31 AM PDT
by
Hacksaw
(It's too bad Rick had to kill Shane (Walking Dead))
To: Clara Lou
And along with that, if I was walking along chatting with my friend and some scary guy was following me, I would hang up the chat call and dial 911.
Where is Martin’s 911 call?
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:53:33 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(I am Breitbart)
To: netmilsmom
I just did a search of the page, and there’s nothing about “five minutes” or “5 minutes” in any comment but yours.
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posted on
03/26/2012 11:56:15 AM PDT
by
Clara Lou
(ABO! Go Newt!)
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