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Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by macman
Anybody who doesn't rely on a gun to get out of life's little and not so little scrapes must seem like Chuck Norris to an American. Or, at least, some of them... I don't want to alienate sensible Americans out there.
edit on 9-8-2013 by IvanAstikov because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by macman
Wait, when did I say I was against being questioned for my actions???
Originally posted by macman
Sorry, but I don't need to seek other means of defense, as American Law backs me and other American Citizens here.
So........
Originally posted by macman
Well, yes it was, as an American Court appointed Jury found him not guilty.
Originally posted by macman
Are you honestly stating that he committed a crime, when the court, jury and FBI found nothing of the sort?
I guess you must have some other evidence then.
Shall we see it?
Originally posted by kdyam
Originally posted by JBA2848
reply to post by charles1952
NYPD has the worst Fusion Center in America. It is ran by a CIA agent who was put in charge of the NYPD's TARU units. They can not be over seen by the people who are supposed to over see it because they do not have the proper classified clearance to see what they do. Just like Arizona's Fusion Center that is crazy with all the BS they do. And they fall out side the Federal Governments over sight because they are a local police or sheriff department. That is where Obama had hackers attack them as Anonymous and Jan Brewer pointing her finger at him complaining about what he did. Just like Zimmerman with his FBI buddy on the stand and his cop friends. His employer was working for the Fusion Center in Tampa along with his Community watch program captains get to upload information to the FBI database on crime in areas that they map on the internet. That would also be the Tampa Fusion Center. The community watch captains fall under Citizen Corps ran at police departments and sheriff departments around the country and link them to the FBI Fusion Centers for information sharing.
So when it comes to Zimerman his dad was not his only connection to the Government. His dad a judge, his mom a translator at the court house he went trial in,His job was for a company spying on mortgages for the government, his community watch tied him to the local PD and the FBI. And he took advantage of all of this to get away with murder. Hell he even got his wife thrown under the bus for money laundering for him which he learned from the coarse his employer gave him.edit on 8-8-2013 by JBA2848 because: (no reason given)
thank you for bringing this to light! I will have to watch my neighbors who are members of the neighborhood watch since they may seem to be able to keep an eye on my mortgage somehow by actually looking at my house.... nahh the people who keep track of my mortgage work at the bank in a cubicle and dont walk the streets of my neighborhood looking for suspicious activity.
So his mom is a translator at the courthouse? Thats great... that gives her about as much pull as the vending machines in the break room.... although if said vending machine was to run out of butterfingers, then if I was a judge there then I would do anything in my power for her if she just ran across the street and procured one for me.
Dads a judge? Well then dad already knew his son was innocent.
Community watches as supposed to be tied to the local PD, that is what they do when they see bad guys..... but if you can show me any community watch that is tied to the FBI then I will star you..... I bet you cant!
If you’re interested in joining this cause, go to InfraGard’s public website or contact your local FBI field office.
In each of these cases—and many more like them—a member of an FBI-sponsored initiative called InfraGard made a difference by sharing valuable information that benefited our investigations, the organizations involved, and the larger community.
Cindi Dixon, CEO of Mela Capital Group, a mortgage quality control risk management firm, says the most common frauds continue to be income and employment misrepresentation and occupancy fraud — where there is deception about whether a home is owner-occupied or an investment property.
However, over the last 12 to 18 months, she’s also seen trends in mortgage fraud emerge. They include land-title lien fraud, which involves liens that are recorded fraudulently on properties and illegal transfers of ownership, and organized crime fraud, which involves organized fraud rings purchasing properties under straw-buyers names and using the homes for crimes like drug and human trafficking and credit card manufacturing. False identity use to purchase a home is also growing, she said.
Dixon thinks many of the frauds are driven by the market conditions.
"With economic downturns people struggle to maintain current income levels. This leads to new and creative ways of supplementing income and exploiting the system for profit," she said.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
You may not have, but it's kinda what a lot of people got so uptight about when Zimmerman was released after minimal investigations.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
If it was such a great solution, why do so many Americans oppose their availability? Not Real Americans, or something?
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Yep, and they've never oncce been known to get it wrong... oh, wait, that's not quite right, is it?
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
It's there for those with eyes to see and ears to hear. Just because the only 6 women in Florida who didn't keep up with current events found no evidence to convict, it doesn't mean it wasn't there.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
In case you hadn't noticed, I have access to the internet, so I don't have to rely on the Guardian or any other news source to form my opinions.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by NavyDoc
I think that having a violent response proportionate to the level of a specific threat is an acceptable way to handle life. Having been in more than a handful of situations where I've had to defend myself without the luxury of a readily available firearm, and still being here to tell the tale, I am living proof it can be done without killing anybody. If a 51 yr old who hasn't done any combat training since his teens can do it, I see no good reason why a 27 yr old who's spent 100's of hours grappling in a supposedly competent gym, couldn't do better than he did, and you've got to be pretty biased to ignore that info while focusing on Trayvon's rumoured street-fighting prowess.
If a 51 yr old who hasn't done any combat training since his teens can do it,
I see no good reason why a 27 yr old who's spent 100's of hours grappling in a supposedly competent gym, couldn't do better than he did, and you've got to be pretty biased to ignore that info while focusing on Trayvon's rumoured street-fighting prowess.
every aspect of his short past
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
unlawful killing of a teenager.
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
reply to post by hounddoghowlie
Missed this. Difference is, I have nothing to gain by using dishonest tactics in my discussion of that night's events, and their consequences, whereas Zimmerman and his closest supporters have everything to gain by not being seen to be supporting the unlawful killing of a teenager. They might even go to the lengths of dredging up every aspect of his short past, looking for evidence that justifies Zimmerman's right to kill him.
They might even go to the lengths of dredging up every aspect of his short past, looking for evidence that justifies Zimmerman's right to kill him.
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
and yet for the instances you went to jail for you choose the most violent way to defend yourself.
using a knife, what, were you trying to do tickle them.and using some ones head like a football, kicking them when their down.
to hear your stories they weren't self defense, they were attacks.
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
and now you claiming into your fifities, you still find yourself defending yourself, sounds as if you still haven't learned anything. ie don't hang around where sh@@ happens, or criminals
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
if you recall the owner of the gym said GZ sucked, couldn't fight at all, and i would imagene that he told GZ that. i also would imagine GZ knew that himself, that's probably one reason he carries a gun.
He bragged about punching someone on the nose in one of those fights like he refereed, ie. fair fights, with rules and a code of honour that wouldn't have allowed things like eye-gouging, biting, headbutts, etc, and you want to assume from his involvement with such activities that he had to be a violent thug who'd readily attack random strangers. That's biased thinking, right there.
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
to ignore these facts is way more biased than thinking that a 17 yr old that bragged about fighting and punching people in the nose, which he also did to GZ, would be a better fighter than a 27 yr old.
edit on 9-8-2013 by hounddoghowlie because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by IvanAstikov
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
and yet for the instances you went to jail for you choose the most violent way to defend yourself.
using a knife, what, were you trying to do tickle them.and using some ones head like a football, kicking them when their down.
to hear your stories they weren't self defense, they were attacks.
My crime at 17 was after I'd been stabbed weeks before at the same club. I decided I wasn't going to take my fists to a knife fight again, and ended up using it, inevitably. The person I kicked in the face had his hand on an empty beer bottle. Should I have waited until he stood up and tried to disarm him fairly?
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
and now you claiming into your fifities, you still find yourself defending yourself, sounds as if you still haven't learned anything. ie don't hang around where sh@@ happens, or criminals
It's been a couple of years since I last had to stand my ground and use my self-defence capabilities. That was in broad daylight, in a residential area, and the person succeeded in bouncing a brick off the side of my head, causing a cut that needed 7 stitches, and he still ended up having to run away minus his hoody because he was starting to take some licks back. So, yes, at 51, I still fancy myself to take care of your average non gun wielding thug.
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
if you recall the owner of the gym said GZ sucked, couldn't fight at all, and i would imagene that he told GZ that. i also would imagine GZ knew that himself, that's probably one reason he carries a gun.
He said he was crap with his striking. He conveniently ignored how effective Zimmerman had become with his grappling and bjj.
He bragged about punching someone on the nose in one of those fights like he refereed,that wouldn't have allowed things like eye-gouging, biting, headbutts, etc, and you want to assume from his involvement with such activities that he had to be a violent thug who'd readily attack random strangers. That's biased thinking, right there.
Originally posted by hounddoghowlie
to ignore these facts is way more biased than thinking that a 17 yr old that bragged about fighting and punching people in the nose, which he also did to GZ, would be a better fighter than a 27 yr old.
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