When "Neighborhood Watch" Gets Out of Hand

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

On the opposite side of the scale, there was a case not too long ago here in a Tampa suburb where a black guy came out of his house to confront a white guy and his 5 year old child on a play ground - apparently the kids were skateboarding in the park and black guy didn't care for that too much (No Skateboarding" signs were posted) - the conversation escalated verbally, black guy goes back to his house, gets a gun, comes back, reengages in the argument and when white guy went to shove him back out of his personal space, black guy shot him dead, right in front of his kid.

black guy was never arrested until after a full investigation had been performed, which took months.

You might want to take five minutes and google before you post about a case that happened a few years ago, because memories get fuzzy.

I googled, as I'd not heard of this case before, and found out that the shooting happened Sept 26, 2010 and the shooter was arrested Sept 28, 2010. Two days between murder and arrest. Plea entered Oct 15, 2010.

While Zimmerman, three weeks later, still walks free.

[Danzig]

i know they are still saying the case is muddled because of the 'stand your ground' law-but i would have to think there's a huge difference between someone suddenly becoming stuck in a bad situation, and some dipshit deciding he's a charles bronson character and going far out of his way to have a confrontation.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i know they are still saying the case is muddled because of the 'stand your ground' law-but i would have to think there's a huge difference between someone suddenly becoming stuck in a bad situation, and some dipshit deciding he's a charles bronson character and going far out of his way to have a confrontation.

It's a ridiculous law. Like Elvis was trying to point out, it's hard to prosecute under the way it's written. Hopefully this will get it overturned.

Originally Posted by Riot

It's a ridiculous law. Like Elvis was trying to point out, it's hard to prosecute under the way it's written. Hopefully this will get it overturned.

Ocala Mike

[Riot]

It gets worse for the shooter now that he'll be before a grand jury for a federal hate crime.

Here's a good copy of the tape. Not only does the shooter mutter about assholes going free, he calls the boy a "fu.ck.ing coon". It is clear as day on this tape.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...racial-epithet

[GenuineRisk]

In addition, the Sanford Police Department is coming under scrutiny for not only not following proper procedures where Zimmerman is concerned, but for a history of racial issues:

<<In 2010, police waited seven weeks to arrest a lieutenant’s son who was caught on video sucker-punching a homeless black man.

In 2005, two security guards — one the son of a longtime Sanford police officer and the other a department volunteer — killed a black man they said was trying to run them over. Black leaders complained of a lackluster investigation. The guards ultimately were acquitted.>>

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/1...#storylink=cpy

It's come out that Trayvon was on the phone to a friend five minutes before he was shot, freaking out about the strange man following him. Of course, his cell phone has conveeeeeniently disappeared, though the friend's cell phone records confirm that he was on the phone with her right before the shooting.

The cops did not administer a drug or alcohol test on Zimmerman, which is standard procedure.

And of course there was the refusal to release the 911 tapes until public pressure got too great.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

It's come out that Trayvon was on the phone to a friend five minutes before he was shot, freaking out about the strange man following him. Of course, his cell phone has conveeeeeniently disappeared, though the friend's cell phone records confirm that he was on the phone with her right before the shooting.

His father was calling his son's cell phone repeatedly when he didn't show back up home after halftime. The police never bothered to answer it, if they had it.

This is so sick, that this can happen in this day. Any hope this country was really mostly post-racial certainly has been disproven in a hundred different ways after the election of this president. It's a very thin veneer covering the hate.

Originally Posted by Riot

His father was calling his son's cell phone repeatedly when he didn't show back up home after halftime. The police never bothered to answer it, if they had it.

This is so sick, that this can happen in this day. Any hope this country was really mostly post-racial certainly has been disproven in a hundred different ways after the election of this president. It's a very thin veneer covering the hate.

You type like it's one-sided. Just kill yourself if you've got that much guilt over it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvkK83yVhA

Enjoy. Spin away.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You type like it's one-sided. Just kill yourself if you've got that much guilt over it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvkK83yVhA

Enjoy. Spin away.

Proof that calling oneself a "radical anarchist" is often just an excuse for being a loser unable to cope normally with society or life.

Originally Posted by Riot

Proof that calling oneself a "radical anarchist" is often just an excuse for being a loser unable to cope normally with society or life.

That's what I thought, evil c.unt. Deflect deflect deflect. Hail Satan.

Moral of the story...

Riot won't tolerate whites being racist. If other skin tones are racist against whites then it's o.k. because of sh.it that happened in previous generations.

This is what happens when the last history book you read is in college. You become utterly f.ucking retarded on the subject.

Kudos to you, Riot. You are white liberal America.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

That's what I thought, evil c.unt. Deflect deflect deflect. Hail Satan.

Moral of the story...

Riot won't tolerate whites being racist. If other skin tones are racist against whites then it's o.k. because of sh.it that happened in previous generations.

This is what happens when the last history book you read is in college. You become utterly f.ucking retarded on the subject.

Kudos to you, Riot. You are white liberal America.

Yup. Pretty much just an excuse to be a douche Quick! There's another conspiracy theory you're missing!

[satan's twin]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

That's what I thought, evil c.unt. Deflect deflect deflect. Hail Satan.

Hail to you too, Coach. Love your work.

[Clip-Clop]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

You type like it's one-sided. Just kill yourself if you've got that much guilt over it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvkK83yVhA

Enjoy. Spin away.

Nursing school?

Has to be.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

Any hope this country was really mostly post-racial certainly has been disproven in a hundred different ways after the election of this president. It's a very thin veneer covering the hate.

I am at a loss as to why people thought that the election of a President would make people less biased or racist? Not to mention that this country hardly has a monopoly on racist people. Most conflicts in the world have a large element of race/religion involved

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

I am at a loss as to why people thought that the election of a President would make people less biased or racist?

I doubt anybody thought that. It's backwards.

The thought would be that the election of a mixed-race president could occur in the first place because enough voters were less biased or racist.

Not to mention that this country hardly has a monopoly on racist people. Most conflicts in the world have a large element of race/religion involved

Yeah, a shame, as this is the most free country in the world, created out of immigrants and mixed races. Too bad the hate and racism of some persists, even here. Look at the Christian Taliban here. Look at Rick Santorums current "preacher" problem, just like Rev. Wright, the preacher telling everyone not like him to get out of the USA. It's disgusting, their hate to non-what-they-are.

And that hate and racism and bigotry should be least tolerable in the United States than anywhere else on earth, according to our Constitution. Our whole existence here is founded upon, "All men are created equal".

Obama's election merely brought the racist and intolerating and bigoted out of their crypts, where we can point at them in disgust.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Riot

I doubt anybody thought that. It's backwards.

The thought would be that the election of a mixed-race president could occur in the first place because enough voters were less biased or racist.



Yeah, a shame, as this is the most free country in the world, created out of immigrants and mixed races. Too bad the hate and racism of some persists, even here. Look at the Christian Taliban here. Look at the Rick Santorums current "preacher" problem, just like Rev. Wright, the preacher telling everyone not like him to get out of the USA. It's disgusting, their hate to non-what-they-are. And that should be least tolerable in the United States than anywhere else on earth.

Yes and the racism of those immigrants isn't eliminated when they touch ground here.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Yes and the racism of those immigrants isn't eliminated when they touch ground here.

True: Italian, Jewish, Irish, German, Mexican, Japanese, etc. Racists are racists.

But that doesn't mean we should tolerate that here. Racism is learned behaviour. Do you think we should tolerate racism in the United States?