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Pro-Zimmerman, Pro-Trayvon Martin groups meet in tense standoff in Houston
NY Daily News ^ | 07/23/2013 | PHILIP CAULFIELD

Posted on 07/23/2013 9:52:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Supporters of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman came face-to-face Sunday during a march through a wealthy neighborhood in Houston.

Some 80 pro-Zimmerman supporters waved signs and shouted slogans at Martin supporters as they passed through the neighborhood of River Oaks, an upscale enclave deemed "Houston's Sanford, Florida" by the organizer of the Trayvon rally, the Houston Chronicle reported.

Separated by cops on horseback and specialized crowd control units, the two sides traded insults and shouted slogans at each another but never clashed physically.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; houston; rally; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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1 posted on 07/23/2013 9:52:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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2 posted on 07/23/2013 9:55:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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first big picture they have is the liberal woman with the racist sign.


3 posted on 07/23/2013 9:55:23 AM PDT by MNDude (The system worked!)
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4 posted on 07/23/2013 9:57:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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5 posted on 07/23/2013 9:57:55 AM PDT by GraceG
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first big picture they have is the liberal woman with the racist sign...

...yeeesh... how’d you like to have that harridan as a wife...


6 posted on 07/23/2013 9:58:47 AM PDT by IrishBrigade
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pro-Zimmerman group — “some 80 people”
pro-Trayvon group — “a group of people”

Uh-huh.

Trayvon ain’t got much support, huh?


7 posted on 07/23/2013 9:59:48 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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Who is Quanell Ten, and who was Quanell One to Nine?


8 posted on 07/23/2013 10:01:08 AM PDT by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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That was the first thing I noticed... media still trying to manipulate reality.


9 posted on 07/23/2013 10:05:29 AM PDT by Valpal1 (If the police can t solve a problem with brute force, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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Quanell X, meet Super X.


10 posted on 07/23/2013 10:12:11 AM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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Neither group looks very large.


11 posted on 07/23/2013 10:13:22 AM PDT by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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Quanell X is the local leader of New Black Panther Party — unless he has already been thrown out for (oddly) being too radical.


12 posted on 07/23/2013 10:13:23 AM PDT by patriotsoul
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We know which of the two groups is apt to turn to violence. Justice for Martin? He already got his justice, self inflicted.


13 posted on 07/23/2013 10:16:49 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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Should have a sign about Antonio West, a baby shot by two of Obama’s sons http://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/07/white-baby-murdered-by-black-teens-who.html


14 posted on 07/23/2013 10:18:52 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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Black woman in Houston shows how to deal with Trayvons...

Black women shoots black man in gas station in self defense

Black woman shoots man in gas station with rifle, Houston Raw Full Video Youtube - not the full video

Woman fatally shoots man at Houston gas station then films his body Liveleak - full video

15 posted on 07/23/2013 10:42:15 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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Texas Campaign for the Environment has hastily scrubbed her bio from their website, but I found a cached copy:

"Renee Vaughan, Associate Staff Director Austin spent many weeks of her childhood in the Gila National Forest with her family and so has a deep appreciation for the world's places of natural beauty. Her hobby is urban and landscape photography. A graduate of the University of North Texas, she began organizing with TCE in August of 2004. Renee is passionate about empowering people to lead their leaders toward more just social and environmental policies and views the grassroots canvass as a crucial political tool in making real change."

16 posted on 07/23/2013 10:42:42 AM PDT by Sender (It's never too late to be what you might have been.)
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Neither group looks very large.

The protestors were outnumbered by the many locals who came to watch the very entertaining street theater. In many ways, the atmosphere was more like a silly parade than an angry protest. There were lots of intentionally goofy signs and other unrelated wacky posters. A mandolin strummer and ram's horn blower that added to absurdity of the event. It was fitting that the climatic intersection where the opposing protesters merged contains no fewer than three Starbucks! The onlookers comfortably mingled with the protestors and many brought their dogs and even very young kids in strollers. Many of the bemused black onlookers appeared to be there just to watch the fun and not to take sides.

The Houston Police Department handled the event very professionally and should be commended. Houston is known for being a large city that still has good racial relations in spite of malefactors like Mr. X. This lame protest seemed like an event that might have worked elsewhere, but here, it was largely a joke.

17 posted on 07/23/2013 10:44:00 AM PDT by Jeff F
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Nice gitfiddle there geek boy.


18 posted on 07/23/2013 10:45:40 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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Brother Kwantell is Racial Jeantel hairdresser! PASS IT ON






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19 posted on 07/23/2013 10:56:51 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Macabre Crumpet of Caucasian Ethnicity)
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Yes. Pity the woman who gets her for a wife. ;^)


20 posted on 07/23/2013 11:00:44 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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