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45th POTUS Donald J Trump
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Neighborhood watch captain shoots innocent black youth and doesn't even get arrested
http://news.yahoo.com/family-florida...044537742.html
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants to see the captain arrested, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday. Trayvon Martin was shot dead after he took a break from watching NBA All-Star game television coverage to walk 10 minutes to a convenience store to buy snacks including Skittles candy requested by his 13-year-old brother, Chad, the family's lawyer Ben Crump said. "He was a good kid," Crump said in an interview, adding that the family would issue a call for the Watch captain's arrest at a news conference on Thursday. "On his way home, a Neighborhood Watch loose cannon shot and killed him." [Related: Fla. teen avoids deportation] Trayvon, who lived in Miami with his mother, had been visiting his father and stepmother in a gated townhome community called The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, 20 miles north of Orlando. As Trayvon returned to the townhome, Sanford police received a 911 call reporting a suspicious person. Although names are blacked out on the police report, Crump and media reports at the time of the shooting identified the caller as George Zimmerman who is listed in the community's newsletter as the Neighborhood Watch captain. Without waiting for police to arrive, Crump said, Zimmerman confronted Trayvon, who was on the sidewalk near his home. By the time police got there, Trayvon was dead of a single gunshot to the chest. "What do the police find in his pocket? Skittles," Crump said. "A can of Arizona ice tea in his jacket pocket and Skittles in his front pocket for his brother Chad." Zimmerman could not be reached for comment on Wednesday evening at a phone number listed for him on the community's newsletter. Crump said the family was concerned that police might decide to consider the shooting as self defense, and that police have ignored the family's request for a copy of the original 911 call, which they think will shed light on the incidents. "If the 911 protocol across the country held to form here, they told him not to get involved. He disobeyed that order," said Ryan Julison, a spokesman for the family. "He (Zimmerman) didn't have to get out of his car," said Crump, who has prepared a public records lawsuit to file on Thursday if the family doesn't get the 911 tape. "If he never gets out of his car, there is no reason for self-defense. Trayvon only has skittles. He has the gun." Since Trayvon, a high school junior who wanted to be a pilot, was black and Zimmerman is white, Crump said race is "the 600 pound elephant in the room." "Why is this kid suspicious in the first place? I think a stereotype must have been placed on the kid," Crump said. (Editing By Cynthia Johnston and Peter Bohan) Last edited by Bump; 07-12-2013 at 11:19 PM.. |
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and here i thought you were relatively sane despite your boorish ways... you and sportsshrink should get married and raise little hyerboles together, but be sure to keep them safe from fascist racists... oh, wait, fascism, that sounds like bep... you should probably marry her instead of ss... just for grins, could you point out where i am being racist? a specific post would be helpful, me being an idiot and all... |
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I guess technically you are right, it could be OR instead of AND.
But it has to be one or the other..doesn't it...Unless you have another explanation for the desire to deny Mr. Zimmerman of due process.
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Wonder if the witness they have been reporting on will get all the Zimmerman bashers to give a nice collective.....nevermind
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![]() Did you see where OMarxist last week mentioned this case we are talking about at some campaign stop? He basically community organized the country or attempted to anyhow by even just commenting on this case giving the impression that this Latino is already guilty of wrong doing. Community organizing is a dressed up term for 'political thugging' by the Marxist Left used on an uneducated person or uneducated group of people to agree with a particular political position while being used as pawns to advance their cause while telling this person or people that the Govt will ultimately take care of them. Typical Marxist crap ![]() Looks like you are beginning to shed your some of Lefty turkey feathers and are starting to grow some Conservative Eagles Wings and will be able to truly soar in truth here in due time. ![]()
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Hey if Obama had the audacity to "community organize' making comments about this case politicizing this issue because he thought about his daughters, I can't wait until he talks about these 2 black kids who set this white kid on fire
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If he's a neighborhood watchman shouldn't he know what street and 100-block he's on? It's HIS neighborhood. If that's why he got out of his SUV, it's yet another reason the dude's an idiot.
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I'm pretty sure the shooting happened beside/behind a house, so there's more to the story than Zimmerman is telling.
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Trayvon may not exactly come out looking like the smartest person in the world. Will you be so quick to call him an idiot? He is the dead one. What if it turns out his own actions were the main cause of his death? Will you give the same harsh treatment to him or just Zimmerman still? X--- X--- X-- X . X . X X . X . X X . X . X (it doesnt work, ill try and find the image, the 3 rows of x's should line up, like blocks)
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I just spent two hours shifting through 60 plus pages in this thread, all I've learned is no one knows shit, well except how to speculate both sides and hurl insults. I wondered what happened to this thread, just found it again. Did Obama really come out and say this could have been his kid? That seems weird. -still reserving comments until more facts come out here too.... |
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Obama merely commented that it hit close to home, because if he had a son, he would look like Trayvon (black teenage, wearing a hoodie). A pretty innocuous comment blown out of proportion by Fox News and the haters. |
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