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In reply to the discussion: WOW! NY Daily News unbelievably powerful front page following the Zimmerman verdict [View all]tpsbmam
(3,927 posts)36. Talk about false equivalencies!
The legally okayed murder of Trayvon Martin has zero equivalency to the cases you listed. Nada. I'm sorry you can't see the difference between all of these and why there is such countrywide outrage over the verdict. That's just sad.
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WOW! NY Daily News unbelievably powerful front page following the Zimmerman verdict [View all]
tpsbmam
Jul 2013
OP
You think there was no outrage after those acquittals? Did you just not pay attention?
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#54
I been hard time dealing with this and trying to put in perpsective what this means this helps
trublu992
Jul 2013
#25
The point is that black lives have never been all that highly valued in this country.
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#55