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It's Watch!... Neighborhood Watch. Not shoot.

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Mar 8, 2012.

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  1. Smallpotatoes

    Smallpotatoes Well-Known Member

    Beck's site tries to say Martin may have really been up to no good

    http://www.theblaze.com/stories/tawana-brawley-2-0-al-sharpton-sides-with-aggressor-in-self-defense-case/

    Yep, blame the victim.
     
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    It was a different cop who jumped on hood once car started moving. Cop not even from same town as cop in cruiser, perhaps not even on same radio band.

    Emergency crew tended to cop. Good Samaritan tended to handcuffed Henry.
     
  3. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Young black male. Of course it's his fault.
     
  4. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    How could the cops not charge Zimmerman at all? I understand the asinine law, but the victim was not armed. How about assault? Weapons charge? Cops didn't even check to see if the gun was stolen. The head of the IMF was perp-walked Law and Order style and held in Rikers Island on false accusation.
     
  5. The Blaze's whole story is disgusting.

    It's also wrong on assuming that the act appears to be legal. Stand your ground doesn't apply WHEN IT'S NOT YOUR GROUND.
     
  6. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    Sanford police chief may be fired tonight: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-21/news/os-trayvon-martin-sanford-commission-20120321_1_sanford-commission-shooting-case-civic-center
     
  7. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Since he's the one who said the 911 tapes would prove Zimmerman had no racial intent -- and didn't even know the race of the person he was calling to report -- this move is quite justified on account of he is either a liar or too stupid to be in charge.
     
  8. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    And because he appears to be leading an incompetent department. Especially considering none of the cops on scene used the kid's cellphone to either A) identify the victim or B) find his next of kin. Instead, they just slapped a "John Doe" toe tag on him and shipped him to the morgue.
     
  9. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    There HAS to be some bigger story with the Sanford PD here. Every cop I've ever met has less than limited tolerance for civilian "helpers" especially if they're armed. Either the guys who caught the squeal were pure D racists, or there's some connection between Zimmerman the shooter and the department that the department doesn't want to come out.
     
  10. qtlaw

    qtlaw Well-Known Member

    If this is not police incompetence, its pretty damn close to the worst I've ever seen. Guy shots an unarmed kid after being told not to follow the kid and you make a decision that its self-defense? Where was that in the police manual?
     
  11. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    I have White Guilt over this whole incident.
     
  12. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Imagine the bonuses they'll have to offer to attract Census workers.
     
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