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Why the Zimmerman verdict is more important than O.J. trial (Back to Jim Crow says the author)
The Progressive ^
| July 17, 2013
| Kevin Alexander Gray
Posted on 07/19/2013 12:50:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Kevin Alexander Gray, Cultural name - Khalid Aikiiki Gamba (Eternal Friend & Warrior) is a writer and activist living in South Carolina. He can be reached at pmproj@progressive.org and is an Organizer at the Harriet Tubman Freedom House Project.
Hear him Sunday 4-5pm on "Live from the Land of Hopes and Dreams"on Sirius 146.
Regular columns in The Progressive and Counterpunch and is a writer for Progressive Media Project, based in Madison.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I guess this verdict is more important than OJ's because in his case the victims were white.
Do I get a prize?
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posted on
07/19/2013 12:52:15 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(white Caucasian)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Seventy-three percent of those who killed a black person faced no penalty compared to 59% of those who killed a white, according to the Tampa Bay Times. And how many of those who killed a black person were black people?
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:00:03 PM PDT
by
Darren McCarty
(Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
To: Darren McCarty
And how many of those black persons (and white persons) shot were committing criminal acts at the time?
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:01:17 PM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Uh, OJ gets away with murder.
Zimmerman gets away with keeping himself alive.
So in this polarized world, the latter is more important. ? !
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:02:12 PM PDT
by
cicero2k
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe racism of any kind is a good thing, but black america needs to consider that given their decline since 65, maybe the days of Jim Crow were not all that bad.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:02:28 PM PDT
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
But there has been a dramatic increase in the number of black males killed by whites under "stand your ground" laws. An increase since when?
Citing other news sources and remaining ambiguous is poor form.
Perhaps males (including blacks) should not assault or rob anyone (including whites), then that pesky "self defense" stuff wouldn't be a problem.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:02:56 PM PDT
by
Toadman
(To anger a Conservative, tell a lie. To anger a liberal, tell the truth.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The OJ trial and GZ trial do have one thing in common. In both cases, the crimes had nothing to do with race, but the trials, the aftermath and the analysis were entirely about race.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:05:03 PM PDT
by
Sender
(It's never too late to be what you might have been.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
My memory fails me....did white people riot when the OJ verdict was announced?
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:05:30 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Imagine if GZ did not have a gun- how would this have ended?
Trayvon must have heard a neighbor and knew the cops were on the way- a few more punches and maybe a kick in the face or two and GZ would probably have ended up in the hospital OR WORSE
How was TRAYVON planning on ending this?
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:06:12 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Who needs OJ?
We have “Trayvon Martin Luther King” and his bloody hoodie now!
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:07:15 PM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(My "KMA List" is growing daily...)
To: DonaldC
I know what you’re getting at, but I’d rephrase:
Maybe the days before Johnson’s Great Society/Civil Rights Act were not all that bad.
Mostly intact black families. Mostly in-wedlock black births. Mostly WORKING black dads and moms who were largely proud of their work. No hate rap with vulgarities, looking at women like whores, killing anyone for looking at you wrong. And not blaming everyone and everything else for your own self-inflicted problems as individuals and as a race.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:09:42 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It’s becoming more clear each day that we can NEVER have a rational, reasonable discussion about race. There are Two Americas and never the tween shall meet. It is to the benefit of those who grind the grievance axe both in power and in monetary increases.
‘It’s a black thang. You’ll never understand.’
Just Move ON.
To: Secret Agent Man
And I should add, No black babies being aborted at a higher rate than they’re given birth to.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:10:36 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
I stand gracefully corrected... thanks!
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:12:02 PM PDT
by
DonaldC
(A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
To: DonaldC
If they were smart, they'd be agitating for jobs.
Rebuilding America's industries and having jobs would give them a sense of self worth and do a lot more for their race than laws that prosecute self defense victims.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:13:45 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: DonaldC
If they were smart, they'd be agitating for jobs.
Rebuilding America's industries and having jobs would give them a sense of self worth and do a lot more for their race than laws that prosecute self defense victims.
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:13:45 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:15:24 PM PDT
by
hoosiermama
(Obama: "Born in Kenya" Lying now or then)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The author, like most Liberals, is projecting the opposite of the truth to advance Liberal Ideology. In truth, the author supports the idea behind Jim Crow, which was passed by Democrats in the early 20th Century to disarm blacks so that they could not fight back against the thuggish behavior of those who violently focused on race. Todays Liberals, like the author, want Zimmerman punished for daring to defend himself against the violent behavior of a thug whose culture is obsessed with race. Disarming law-abiding citizens so that violent thugs of this race-obsessed culture need not fear when they commit their heinous acts is EXACTLY the same thinking behind the passage of Jim Crow laws... hence modern Liberal authors must say that anyone opposing it must support Jim Crow.
Projection and the Race Card are the only tools in the Liberals Playbook these days. This is why the Zimmerman Verdict is so huge for them, and the 10,543 blacks killed by blacks in the 503 days between the shooting and the verdict need not get any attention whatsoever.
To: 2ndDivisionVet; All
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posted on
07/19/2013 1:15:59 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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