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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. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Edited for accuracy.
     
  2. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Really what you are implying is inherently racist.

    Does not matter what they think. What matters is the law and the facts.

    Are you suggesting that Zimmerman should be convicted on what those in an "urban neighborhood" believe or the facts?
     
  3. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    Based on criminals not getting what they want.
     
  4. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Usually corrections make things right instead of turning them wrong. But Martin was a child and Zimmerman was not authorized to confront or shoot him. Overly aggressive is my opinion.
     
  5. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    How do you know that Zimmerman confronted Martin? The state investigator could not even say with certainty that Zimmerman confronted Martin.

    As far as witnesses go back and read the police report. It identifies a number of witnesses.

    What do you mean by not collecting evidence. Did they let Zimmerman keep his gun. Did they leave the shell casings on the ground? Did they not impound his truck?
     
  6. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Never said he was going to be convicted. I am predicting what will happen in Florida when he walks.
     
  7. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Interesting that the Sanford police chief wants to resign, but the city won't let him. Hmm.

    www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-04-23/george-zimmerman-trayvon-bail-hiding-threats/54494700/1

    www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/trayvon-martin-case-bill-_n_1448465.html
     
  8. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Uh, last time I fucking checked a 17-year-old is indeed a teenager. But don't let that get in the way of your attempts to grossly exaggerate the situation.

    As for unauthorized vs. authorized, Zimmerman was authorized (licensed) to carry a guy and was authorized to serve as a neighborhood watchman whether you, I or anybody else agrees with that term is irrelevant.
     
  9. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    My God. Really?

    And, in the aftermath of the OJ trial, would you have said the same thing? Would an African-American have put his life at risk by talking about the trial in a white neighborhood?

    Why do folks assume African-Americans are likely to riot, or murder people who disagree with them?

    It's incredibly racist, and offensive.
     
  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    What's offensive is trying to go inside a black person's head right and explain the way they are feeling. I am not not black, but if they go batshit crazy when Zimmerman walks, I will completely understand and not fault them for being angry at the world.

    And calling this a "disagreement" is a little bit of an understatement.
     
  11. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    Why would you expect black people to go "batshit crazy"? Are "they" more likely to go "batshit crazy" than white people?
     
  12. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations.
     
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