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Originally posted by PLASIFISK
Had tray on been anything else but black, Zimmerman may have let him be.
Originally posted by Xtrozero
Originally posted by PLASIFISK
Sooooooo he was wrong for walking through the neighborhood at night in a hoodie.
No, and it wasn't wrong for Zimmerman to follow him either. When Martin circled back and decided to kick his butt that is where all the wrong started.
Had tray on been anything else but black, Zimmerman may have let him be.
You don't know what I do or don't do the orgs,i support or the centers for higher education in contribute to. but yes it was racial because it was profiling that got this "thug" killed off course he don't look like a family member of yours so screw em right??
Originally posted by DeadSeraph
reply to post by Spider879
Why do you not show the same resolve and commitment to action over the violence you visit upon yourselves in your own communities? You've been told this is a racial issue, so you make it one.edit on 14-7-2013 by DeadSeraph because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Xtrozero
Originally posted by PLASIFISK
Had tray on been anything else but black, Zimmerman may have let him be.
Had Zimmerman been anyone else but a pudgy Spanish guy Martin might have not decided to beat him...
It is obvious that Martin had the physical advantage no matter how many times the press showed his picture when he was 13. I'm 6'5" 270 pounds white guy... I don't think Martin would have attacked me, ever, but here he decided he had the upper hand all the way.
Originally posted by seabag
reply to post by PLASIFISK
Had tray on been anything else but black, Zimmerman may have let him be.
He left Trayvon alone!
Had GZ not been assaulted and forced to defend his life the kid would still be alive.
Why do you want to keep carrying the MSM’s water by continuing to push the race card????
Originally posted by NotAnAspie
Originally posted by DeadSeraph
reply to post by Spider879
Why do you not show the same resolve and commitment to action over the violence you visit upon yourselves in your own communities? You've been told this is a racial issue, so you make it one.edit on 14-7-2013 by DeadSeraph because: (no reason given)
I'd tell you how many white men I have seen commit crimes of all sorts, never to even be investigated... and some of them quite violent and assaulting in more ways than one... I'd tell you, but it would take way too long.
Originally posted by Astrocyte
reply to post by DeadSeraph
HAHA. You are hilarious.
How many bar fights happen? Now how many people die in bar fights? I don't have the exact statistics, but having been punched in the face before a few times - and miraculously survived! - I am sure that the odds are low that you will die in a fist fight.
Though, of course, it happens sometimes.
Originally posted by Spider879
You don't know what I do or don't do the orgs,i support or the centers for higher education in contribute to. but yes it was racial because it was profiling that got this "thug" killed off course he don't look like a family member of yours so screw em right??
Originally posted by Xtrozero
Originally posted by PLASIFISK
Sooooooo he was wrong for walking through the neighborhood at night in a hoodie.
No, and it wasn't wrong for Zimmerman to follow him either. When Martin circled back and decided to kick his butt that is where all the wrong started.
Originally posted by Skadi_the_Evil_Elf
reply to post by PLASIFISK
I've been followed by weirdos and normal people before. What I didn't do was attack them or start crap with them. I'd first find out what the issue was before becoming confrontational. And I carry a gun, so I am armed. So far, haven't had anything bad happen. A couple of creeps, a concerned citizen, a few panhandlers. But I dealt with the situations rationally and confidently.
If you are a rational, decent person, you do not go and aggressively confront people without a solid reason. Simply being followed is not a good reason to get nasty. Only if there is a sign that the person following you means you harm.
All the evidence I've seen (including the 911 call) points to Trayvon being an idiot and getting pissy with Zimmerman instead of finding out what was up.