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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. Flying Headbutt

    Flying Headbutt Moderator Staff Member

    If you're saying Jesse isn't a paragon of virtue, isn't a great and upstanding person, then I'm going to have to sit down. I mean, wow, that's totally and completely mind blowing. Really, who'd have guessed this day would come? Wow! Talk about ground-breaking shit!
     
    Flying Headbutt, Apr 1, 2012
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  2. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Again, for those not tuning in, Jesse and Al speak for Jesse and Al. It's the mainstream, notably white, media who have anointed them as spokesmen for an entire race. There are other people the media can run to for opinion on Black issues.
    Does that mean that Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh speak for white America?
     
    Drip, Apr 1, 2012
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  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Apr 1, 2012
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  4. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Good local analysis of Florida's Stand Your Ground law.

    www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/stand-your-ground-law-protects-those-who-go-far-beyond-that-point/1222930

    The Tampa Bay Times has identified 140 cases across the state in which "stand your ground'' has been invoked, and many involve defendants whose lives were clearly in jeopardy. But at least a dozen share similarities with what we know about the Trayvon Martin case, and they show the law has not always worked as its sponsors say they intended.
     
    Azrael, Apr 1, 2012
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  5. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    The law's sponsors?

    Check out the votes in the State House & Senate.
     
    YankeeFan, Apr 1, 2012
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  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Did you read the piece?
     
    Azrael, Apr 1, 2012
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  7. J Staley

    J Staley Member

    After reading that well-done article, and the examples of how Stand Your Ground has been interpreted, I say Zimmerman walks. Incredible.
     
    J Staley, Apr 1, 2012
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  8. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't believe federal hate crime law gives two shits about Stand Your Ground. My guess is if the state doesn't get him the feds will.
     
    Point of Order, Apr 1, 2012
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  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-prompts-a-review-of-ideals.html?_r=1&hp

    www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/04/02/us/the-events-leading-to-the-shooting-of-trayvon-martin.html?ref=us
     
    Azrael, Apr 2, 2012
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  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    www.cnn.com/2012/04/02/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
     
    Azrael, Apr 2, 2012
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/opinion/sunday/a-native-caste-society.html?ref=opinion
     
    Azrael, Apr 2, 2012
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  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Azrael, Apr 2, 2012
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