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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. joe

    joe Active Member

    Having lived in Florida and California, I think the police in Florida are far more likely to keep things in check than they did in California after the King verdict and riots. And I think all police forces around the country learned from the King riots.
     
  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    He'd have to agree, wouldn't he?
     
  3. young-gun11

    young-gun11 Member

    I have no idea whether this is an actual picture of Martin because you can't see his face. If it is, however, I think it's a little biased to run a photo of the kid from five years ago and not one of him now.

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  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    How about we just post his autopsy photos?
     
  5. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    At this point, if you had a murder trial, one side would be happy with only one outcome. It could well be that George Zimmerman's actions are as reprehensible as they have been portrayed to this point. But I'm not sure the Trayvon Martin side is concerned with any facts that might suggest otherwise.
     
  6. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Thanks to George Bush "due process" is no longer a
    high priority.
     
  7. young-gun11

    young-gun11 Member

    Have you seen this kid's Twitter account? My goodness. What a potty-mouthed punk. I'm sorry, but I can't find reason to pick any side. Both are playing with perception and Trayvon Martin's side is lucky enough that he was a cute kid.
     
  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    And was shot to death. Lucky.
     
  9. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    Az, you're making a fool of yourself.
     
  10. young-gun11

    young-gun11 Member

    Who's to say he didn't try to beat the guy up? I can't say whether he did or didn't. The only thing I'm hung up on is why a neighborhood watch character has a gun??
     
  11. dreunc1542

    dreunc1542 Active Member

    You look at the exchanges between Az and young_gun and Az is the one who comes out looking like a fool to you? Really?
     
  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    Just trying to remind folks that only one of them wound up dead.

    The reporting on the story has been terrible, and smearing the kid after the fact doesn't get us any closer to the truth.
     
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