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Englewood fire chief wants to stop doing business w/ companies in states with stand-your-ground laws
The Herald-News ^ | July 17, 2013 | Rebecca Baker

Posted on 07/18/2013 12:55:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Englewood Fire Chief, Gerald Marion says he's, 'fed up' with seemingly endless stories of blacks being killed by whites with little or no repercussions.

Gerald Marion has spent his career fighting fires, not racial injustice. The lifelong Englewood resident rose through the ranks and became the city’s second black fire chief, earning a reputation as a calm, steadfast advocate for his department who stayed out of the political fray. But Marion reached a breaking point on Saturday, when a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, during a con­fron­ta­tion in a gated community. The chief entered the racially charged controversy surrounding the verdict this week, when he asked the City Council to boycott businesses in Florida and other states with “stand-your-ground” laws, which eliminate the legal requirement to retreat before people can defend themselves — with deadly force if necessary — if they believe someone is trying to kill or seriously harm them. “I’ve never been an activist,” the 46-year-old said. “I’m fed up. It should not be a law that you get to murder because you’re uncomfortable.” Marion, a firefighter for 24 years, said stand-your-ground laws disproportionately affect blacks, especially when law enforcement and others assume black youths have criminal intent while white youths get the benefit of the doubt. “We read the news every day and you’re always coming across a story … an African-American gets shot because the shooter was threatened by their presence or the shooter was reacting to a stereotype,” he said. “It could be me. It could be my son. It could be my nephew.” Marion may be the first public official in Bergen County, if not New Jersey, to ask a local government to shun Florida businesses in the wake of the verdict.....

(Excerpt) Read more at northjersey.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: banglist; florida; guncontrol; moronalert; newjersey; secondamendment; standyourground; trayvon; zimmerman
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Everything the Left is against is controversial. Ever notice that?
1 posted on 07/18/2013 12:55:43 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Everything the Left is against is controversial. Ever notice that?

Yep.

2 posted on 07/18/2013 12:57:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Marion, a firefighter for 24 years, said stand-your-ground laws disproportionately affect blacks,

False. Yet another fact-free out-of-the-ass liberal opinion.

3 posted on 07/18/2013 12:58:34 PM PDT by dirtboy
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““I’m fed up. It should not be a law that you get to murder because you’re uncomfortable.””

Is this not what Travon did?


4 posted on 07/18/2013 12:58:36 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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Or was trying to do I mean...


5 posted on 07/18/2013 12:59:01 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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The gut needs to review some objective stastics.


6 posted on 07/18/2013 12:59:11 PM PDT by Paladin2
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Hey Gerald, how about if all the white people just get together decide to quit paying your salary.


7 posted on 07/18/2013 12:59:27 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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Let whitey’s house burn \black firefighter


8 posted on 07/18/2013 12:59:32 PM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama: the bearded lady of Muslim Brotherhood))
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Another useless leftist lemming...
Freegards
LEX


9 posted on 07/18/2013 12:59:48 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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guy


10 posted on 07/18/2013 12:59:49 PM PDT by Paladin2
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No . . . everything the Left stands for is against the establishment and against law. The Manifesto makes that plain in Chapter 4:
The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions.
So any issue that has the potential of opening the floodgates for such overthrow they exploit.
11 posted on 07/18/2013 1:00:49 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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NUTS!


12 posted on 07/18/2013 1:01:05 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
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In Florida, 25% of all successful Stand Your Ground cases have been for BLACK people who shot an attacker. They are disproportionately benefiting from the law.


13 posted on 07/18/2013 1:01:12 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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This moron doesn’t even know what he’s talking about. SYG laws do no such thing. You still have to be in legitimate, reasonable fear of death or serious bodily injury. Under SYG you just can’t be second-guessed about whether you should have rolled down the embankment and run across five lanes of interstate before using force.


14 posted on 07/18/2013 1:01:13 PM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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“Seemingly endless stories..”

Really? Name a few.


15 posted on 07/18/2013 1:01:13 PM PDT by Noumenon (What would Michael Collins do?)
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Low information voter?

Since he lives in the People’s State of New Jersey, he will be roundly lauded rather than soundly trashed for his ignorant remarks!


16 posted on 07/18/2013 1:01:41 PM PDT by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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Stand you ground laws have benefited more blacks than whites. Of course no one expects a leftist to let truth get in the way


17 posted on 07/18/2013 1:01:49 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Isn’t that North Jersey? Not surprised at all by the ‘tude. Ask the Chief if he’ll transfer to Camden.

Pineys are altogether different. Great people!


18 posted on 07/18/2013 1:02:15 PM PDT by meatloaf
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Englewood, NJ...IIRC, that’s where Sharpton lives.


19 posted on 07/18/2013 1:02:23 PM PDT by Roccus
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Englewood Fire Chief, Gerald Marion says he's, 'fed up' with seemingly endless stories of blacks being killed by whites with little or no repercussions.

"Endless?

Gerald, how many of those endless stories involved blacks who were perps who got theirs attacking a white? I call "BS". Get a life racist.

20 posted on 07/18/2013 1:02:26 PM PDT by Senator_Blutarski
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