Neighborhood watch captain shoots innocent black youth and doesn't even get arrested - Page 191

Bump · 03-08-2012, 11:50 AM

This is some ****ED UP SHIT, they aren't sure if the racist neighborhood watch idiot should be arrested? If anything, local gangs might take notice of this and start shooting up that neighborhood or just random white neighborhoods. I could never live in the south, it's ridiculous. The guy shoots an innocent teen walking to the store to buy skittles. Should be life in prison, that's cold blood man.

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)

**RNR** · 04-11-2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by go bowe

well i wouldn't go so far as to want them dead i do take comfort in the fact that no-one takes them very seriously...

well, they shouldn't take them seriously...

the nbp's are being given a lot more importance in the reporting than they deserve...

nobody's gonna kill zimmerman for the bounty, it's just pandering to the anger of some in the black community...

I will agree to disagree with you. The world would be a better place with racist assholes removed from it~

Radar Chief · 04-11-2012, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

I will agree to disagree with you. The world would be a better place with racist assholes removed from it~

Visual aids can be the best learning tools: we need at least a few of them around as examples that we can point out to our children.

**RNR** · 04-11-2012, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Visual aids can be the best learning tools: we need at least a few of them around as examples that we can point out to our children.

Sadly they pollute to minds of their children in the process~

Radar Chief · 04-11-2012, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

Sadly they pollute to minds of their children in the process~

True, ever seen or heard of Prussian Blue? Some twisted shit there, IMO.

**RNR** · 04-11-2012, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

True, ever seen or heard of Prussian Blue? Some twisted shit there, IMO.

No I have not, is it a movie?

Radar Chief · 04-11-2012, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by RedNeckRaider

No I have not, is it a movie?

Not quite.

Radar Chief · 04-11-2012, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Radar Chief

Not quite.

Interestingly, now that they’ve grown up enough to get out of the parent’s house, where they were home schooled, they’ve turned a new leaf.
Sorry, embedding disabled on this one.
http://youtu.be/ULsTm5VR73c

R8ers · 04-11-2012, 03:48 PM

So....

Predict the charges placed on GZ to prevent them burning down the city?

Extra Point · 04-11-2012, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by R8ers

So....

Predict the charges placed on GZ to prevent them burning down the city?

Something short of unlawful discharge of a weapon.

BigRichard · 04-11-2012, 04:12 PM

Second degree murder was just announced.

BigRichard · 04-11-2012, 04:22 PM

Funny thing about this will be that the media will now turn on the prosecutors and be asking questions like "Why did you cave to public pressure?"

Radar Chief · 04-11-2012, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRichard

Funny thing about this will be that the media will now turn on the prosecutors and be asking questions like "Why did you cave to public pressure?"

I was listening to the press conference on the way home, it's already started.

R8ers · 04-11-2012, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRichard

Funny thing about this will be that the media will now turn on the prosecutors and be asking questions like "Why did you cave to public pressure?"

They said they don't cave to public pressure

I already read somewhere GZ already turned himself in

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Zimmerman has reportedly hired Mark O’Mara, a well-known Orlando attorney for his defense, according to multiple media reports. O’Mara had served as legal analyst for Orlando CBS affiliate WKMG.

Extra Point · 04-11-2012, 04:32 PM

15 years. And he won't walk out of prison.

**DaFace** · 04-11-2012, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by BigRichard

Second degree murder was just announced.

Ticky tack to shut people up. Obviously they have no evidence.

03-08-2012, 11:50 AM
Bump Legalize It Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston sucks :( Casino cash: $53398	Neighborhood watch captain shoots innocent black youth and doesn't even get arrested This is some ****ED UP SHIT, they aren't sure if the racist neighborhood watch idiot should be arrested? If anything, local gangs might take notice of this and start shooting up that neighborhood or just random white neighborhoods. I could never live in the south, it's ridiculous. The guy shoots an innocent teen walking to the store to buy skittles. Should be life in prison, that's cold blood man. 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)
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R8ers Molôn Labé Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: North Carolina Casino cash: $1031058	So.... Predict the charges placed on GZ to prevent them burning down the city? __________________ Chiefs are a playoff team this year...deal with it. -PGM 05/17/13
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04-11-2012, 04:12 PM	#2860
BigRichard Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan Join Date: Nov 2008 Casino cash: $79851	Second degree murder was just announced. __________________ "You know, they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, "I CAN'T PROCESS IT!" Well, no, and you never will. Stop trying. Just sit back and enjoy the show .... You know?" Carlos Irwin Estevez
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04-11-2012, 04:22 PM	#2861
BigRichard Buddy Christ is a Chiefs fan Join Date: Nov 2008 Casino cash: $79851	Funny thing about this will be that the media will now turn on the prosecutors and be asking questions like "Why did you cave to public pressure?" __________________ "You know, they lay down with their ugly wives in front of their ugly children and just look at their loser lives and then they look at me and say, "I CAN'T PROCESS IT!" Well, no, and you never will. Stop trying. Just sit back and enjoy the show .... You know?" Carlos Irwin Estevez
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04-11-2012, 04:32 PM	#2864
Extra Point Hank would have loved Stanzi! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Prairie Village, KS Casino cash: $18552	15 years. And he won't walk out of prison. __________________ "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." --Satchel Paige
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