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Aussie College Baseball Playa Killed By Bored Teens In Ok Narrative

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Boom_70, Aug 19, 2013.

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  1. BenPoquette

    BenPoquette Active Member

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    Your implications were. For instance, you said he had not dropped out of school. True, he had not "dropped out." Tell me, why was he in Sanford? Do you know the answer to that question? Kind of kills the "good student" narrative, huh?
    Other small things...he was not walking home on a public sidewalk...he was observed walking close to houses. If he was doing this to stay out of the rain or not is a good question, however, there were a number of break-ins in the area and the neighborhood watch captain saw a youth he did not know in his gated community walking where he should not have been walking. Martin was never detained, so why did you even mention he had the expectation not to be detained without cause? Who detained him?
    According to the trial and eyewitness testimony, Zimmerman did not assault or detain Martin. It simply did not happen and no matter how many times people try to make that claim there is no evidence of this. Zero. So, yes, that is a pretty big inaccurate statement you made.
    You also claim Zimmerman used deadly force to get himself out of a situation he created, then lied about it. He was found not guilty. Nothing you are selling here is true. Sorry, I know it stings. You have to feel like a fool for buying Al Sharpton's garbage and are obviously in denial about it. The trial, the testimony and the verdict all point to you being wrong. That's okay...maybe some day you will come to grips with it.
     
  2. Dick Whitman

    Dick Whitman Well-Known Member

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    Let's not act like jury verdicts are air tight, OK? For a lot of reasons - namely that the defendant killed the key eyewitness - the prosecution could not prove its case. Now, it is certainly possible that Zimmerman was innocent, that he reacted appropriately in the situation. But the jury verdict is a data point, not an authoritative final finding on what occurred. O.J. was acquitted, too.
     
  3. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

    Re: Austrialian College Baseball Player Killed By Bored Teens In Oka

    Back to the Australian baseball player for a moment, if you will.

    The autopsy report was released Tuesday:
    http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/australian-athlete-shot-bored-oklahoma-teens-felled-single-bullet-autopsy-article-1.1438202

    First, I want to know what kind of Australian he is. Is he Aboriginal? They are descendent from criminals. Why hasn’t the media asked the question? Because it’s not part of the narrative?

    Secondly, that’s an awful lot of damage for one bullet to cause. How do we KNOW that two ribs were fractured? To say nothing of the pulmonary artery? I’m not saying it’s not true, I just want someone in the media to ask the question.

    Didn’t the original report say Lane was jogging? Why isn’t that in this report? Is it because jogging could’ve been construed by the shooters as an act of aggression and therefore justify the killing? I’m not saying that’s true, I just want to know why no one in the media has asked the question. Could it be that it doesn’t fit the narrative?

    Did anyone do a specific headcount at the funeral? How do we know the number isn’t inflated to make it a more powerful narrative?

    Also, a baptismal shawl or a school uniform could be used to strangle someone. Are they significant because his loved ones wanted to elegize him as the wayward killer he was? Why isn’t the media asking that question?

    What makes them so sure the bullet was gray? Couldn’t it have been black? If it was, who fed the medical examiner and the media such a falsehood? And, why doesn’t anyone care to correct it?

    Also, lots of people carry .22-caliber ammunition. This report doesn’t specifically link the ammo to the gun used in the crime. Why not? What are people trying to hide?

    If the bullet was coming from the right, it would’ve hit his trachea, not his esophagus. Why isn’t anyone questioning that narrative? Could it be because it would prove the original intention of the shooter was to paralyze him, not kill him, and it became fatal because Lane twitched just as the bullet entered his body? I just want someone in the media to ask the question.

    According to who? He could’ve wanted to enter the real estate business to sell property to the Australian mafia for dead-body storage. Why isn’t anyone asking that question? Because it doesn’t fit the narrative?

    Actually, it’s south-WEST, and it’s 81.7 miles away. Why is the media continuing to repeat this obvious error? In fact, depending on the route one takes, it could be up to 118 miles. Why isn’t anyone bothering to fix this? Because it doesn’t fit the narrative?
     
  4. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

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    Poor media persecution.
     
  5. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

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    Why doesn't the autopsy report mention that he was jogging?

    Why are you taking the medical examiner's word for it? This guy sure isn't:

     
  6. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

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    Wait you signed off on this thread yesterday. You are not allowed to come back.
     
  7. MisterCreosote

    MisterCreosote Well-Known Member

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    That's before this new information came to light.

    I can't, as a crusader for justice, let it go unchallenged.
     
  8. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

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    Aren't we at least owed a goofy picture announcing your return to the thread?
     
  9. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

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    The question must be asked, How did he jog when his bed was burning or the earth was
    turning?
     
  10. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

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    How do we know he wasn't listening to Overkill by Men at Work? Huh? Huh? C'mon, tell me now.
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

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    Facts can't be wrong. Much of what you wrote is not fact.

    But, it is a beautiful recitation of the narrative. Have you committed it to memory?
     
  12. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

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    It's entirely possible that he was shot because he was listening to "Physical" by ONJ.
    Men have been shot for less.
     
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