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Zimmerman Verdict: What Happened To [Black] Trayvon Martin's FEAR (Original Post) Playinghardball Jul 2013 OP
Apparently he didn't have any. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #1
Hey Slayer, were you there? drynberg Jul 2013 #8
Yes, I was in the form of a lawn ornament. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #10
That's not very perceptive. suzanner Jul 2013 #11
The poster you are responding to probably should have just gone ahead and used the sarcasm tag. AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #12
Jesus fucking Christ. MrSlayer Jul 2013 #13
No one booking child safety experts who teach school kids to TRUST THEIR FEAR INSTINCT? blm Jul 2013 #2
Better question is why the state never addressed te confrontation ceonupe Jul 2013 #3
The stacked deck billh58 Jul 2013 #4
+1000 noiretextatique Jul 2013 #5
Doing whatever a stranger says is just plain common sense Blue Owl Jul 2013 #6
Now the ugly head of racism is being BrainMann1 Jul 2013 #7
Joy Reid should have her own show. Love her! nt SunSeeker Jul 2013 #9
I agree. She's brilliant. ScottLand Jul 2013 #14
 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
1. Apparently he didn't have any.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:13 PM
Jul 2013

Since he was beating the dogshit out of Zimmerman it must have meant he wasn't afraid at all. That's what they'll say anyway.

drynberg

(1,648 posts)
8. Hey Slayer, were you there?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:46 PM
Jul 2013

A self appointed watchman saw a dark hooded person and stalked him against the direction of police dispatchers, of course Trayvon was scared shitless, but I imagine it was a situation where he did not want to be shot in the back, or perhaps he tried to reason with Mr. Z...who really knows? Not you.

 

MrSlayer

(22,143 posts)
10. Yes, I was in the form of a lawn ornament.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 04:52 PM
Jul 2013

Of course I wasn't there. Read what I wrote again. The last line.

I'll wait.

suzanner

(590 posts)
11. That's not very perceptive.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 05:34 PM
Jul 2013

Superficial scratches and nose bleed possibly from the kick-back while firing at close range and a kid whose clothes and hands do not look like any punching happened, at least not hard. I don't know where you get your information except from the guy trying to cover up his crime.

AtheistCrusader

(33,982 posts)
12. The poster you are responding to probably should have just gone ahead and used the sarcasm tag.
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 05:47 PM
Jul 2013

0/2 so far in people understanding it, in replies.

blm

(113,083 posts)
2. No one booking child safety experts who teach school kids to TRUST THEIR FEAR INSTINCT?
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:13 PM
Jul 2013

Or discussing how child safety officers go into every school and advises young people to fight, punch, kick at the adult stranger who follows them and gets close enough to trigger that fear of harm?

Why isn't anyone ASKING O'Mara or West or any other Zimmerman apologist, What were YOUR children taught to do in the event that they were being followed by an adult stranger and the adult stranger gets close enough to grab them and harm them in some way?

 

ceonupe

(597 posts)
3. Better question is why the state never addressed te confrontation
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:22 PM
Jul 2013

They left it all up to GZ video explanations and offer no alternative story line.

The state had virtually unlimited resources.

billh58

(6,635 posts)
4. The stacked deck
Tue Jul 16, 2013, 12:38 PM
Jul 2013

that is laughingly referred to as the Sanford legal system successfully put Trayvon Martin on trial for being black while walking, and convicted him. His sentence was death, and the racist Zimmerman apologists danced in the streets. Zimmerman became an instant hero to NRA gun-addicted rednecks everywhere.

Of course all of this happened before the actual trial, which was just a formality to tie up any loose ends left dangling, and put an end to the national focus on their cracker-assed community. The prosecution and the defense worked to iron out any possible legal roadblocks to a guilty verdict beforehand, and artfully placed the jury in a position to render a verdict which justified cold-blooded murder.

Move along folks -- nothing to see here. We always give our Negroes a fair trial before we hang them -- unless of course we catch them in the act of being blatantly black where they don't belong.

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