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"How should black people respond?" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #1
This isn't exactly a new reality for most of us... onpatrol98 Feb 2014 #2
Amen on onpatrol JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #31
yep,yep heaven05 Feb 2014 #40
The only thing I've seen change sulphurdunn Feb 2014 #44
Exactly!!!! We will do what we have always done, pick up the pieces Heather MC Feb 2014 #53
The conversations of our living rooms and dining rooms ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #64
No surprise and regret on my part. Maedhros Feb 2014 #66
If Black men began arming themselves based on their upaloopa Feb 2014 #8
Well, for what it is worth, Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #14
Suppose Jordan Davis saw Dunn's gun and shot him first with a gun. upaloopa Feb 2014 #19
"Until we begin to see black men as human beings and not thugs there will be no justice." Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #26
The law can't give a mother her son back or a teen his adult life. upaloopa Feb 2014 #30
"We need to do more to bring about a hatred...." oldhippie Feb 2014 #68
They sure don't deserve our respect upaloopa Feb 2014 #79
Rape is another case where that occurs, but that's for another thread. JimDandy Feb 2014 #85
Yes you are right upaloopa Feb 2014 #86
The law should act as a deterrent, not just a means of retribution. SYG does the opposite. Scuba Feb 2014 #70
"The law should act as a deterrent" Nuclear Unicorn Feb 2014 #73
How many Black eyewitnesses would it take to believe JimDandy Feb 2014 #77
+1 oldhippie Feb 2014 #69
Of course it would. Anansi1171 Feb 2014 #22
+1000 heaven05 Feb 2014 #43
Ask the Black Panthers KansDem Feb 2014 #52
As Dick Gregory said about Reagan's "law and order" platform... "He's always talking .... Scuba Feb 2014 #71
my two cents azureblue Feb 2014 #62
You should not be allowed to kill someone and then pretend you were scared. Rex Feb 2014 #3
Amen! nt babylonsister Feb 2014 #102
+1...lol uponit7771 Feb 2014 #103
And sadly, the jurors asked if exactly that was okay bettyellen Feb 2014 #105
They should rename the law, "I Am 'Scared' Of You Therefore I Get To Kill You." IASOYTIGTKY Rex Feb 2014 #117
The NYT did a piece about it- that jurors cannot convict bettyellen Feb 2014 #118
I'm here in Floriduh and feel like apologizing to every black person I see... polichick Feb 2014 #4
Yep, there's definitely a gap! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #27
i guess if they see a white guy with a gun, they are allowed to shoot him under SYG nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #5
Yep, some of these guys seem to have declared open warfare on blacks and they go RKP5637 Feb 2014 #28
I had arrived at a similar conclusion last summer... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #6
I blame the prosecutor. I don't see how the First Degree Murder was going to stick. n/t dilby Feb 2014 #7
According to a DU'er that is also a former Prosecutor... DonViejo Feb 2014 #9
Still a stretch. If the prosecutor thought he was guilty of 1st degree murder they dilby Feb 2014 #12
I thought the jury HAD the option hfojvt Feb 2014 #21
Does anyone know for fact if the Jury could have changed it to 2nd Degree? dilby Feb 2014 #25
They did. Diamonique Feb 2014 #23
Or one juror did not believe Dunn's lies, but is tickled pink that Dunn killed a Black kid. n/t ieoeja Feb 2014 #36
That's because all the evidence was not used upaloopa Feb 2014 #10
That may be the case but the prosecutor failed. dilby Feb 2014 #11
Move out of the state! oldandhappy Feb 2014 #13
But then the terrorists win. Baitball Blogger Feb 2014 #16
You are nice and hopeful and realistic. oldandhappy Feb 2014 #88
That is so unbearably Cha Feb 2014 #15
the f'ed up lesson of SYG ... napkinz Feb 2014 #17
RACE WAR!!!! hfojvt Feb 2014 #18
Why do you have to go there? bravenak Feb 2014 #29
I love you bravenak JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #34
Love you too, Gen. bravenak Feb 2014 #37
And the real funny JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #38
Shhhh! bravenak Feb 2014 #41
I personally JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #42
Immigration. bravenak Feb 2014 #46
Oh my! JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #75
Bravo. Moonwalk Feb 2014 #45
you should be asking the writer at Salon that hfojvt Feb 2014 #50
No you said, RACE WAR!! I'm asking you, you deflect it if you want to. bravenak Feb 2014 #61
What about people who imigrated here after slavery was abolished? dilby Feb 2014 #74
I was talking about the people who benefit from racism. bravenak Feb 2014 #109
no the article framed it that way hfojvt Feb 2014 #81
No one suggested retaliatory violence, or price tags attacks. bravenak Feb 2014 #83
Nice words. Now, what did Malcolm X say?..... socialist_n_TN Feb 2014 #90
Really? Why do you want a race war? oldhippie Feb 2014 #76
The reason I said that was because he was the only one who brought up race war. bravenak Feb 2014 #80
OK. Lesson learned. nt oldhippie Feb 2014 #82
History? Drama much Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #91
Facts on my side. bravenak Feb 2014 #95
You left out a few things, but why screw up a good rant Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #96
Left out plenty. You should thank me, really you should. bravenak Feb 2014 #97
... Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #100
Bless your heart. bravenak Feb 2014 #101
What a completely narcissist perspective Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #104
You said ' Drama Much' bravenak Feb 2014 #110
Your generalization is just a little stale Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #112
Like 6 months ago History not 60 years ago history... uponit7771 Feb 2014 #107
Really, keeping reading then Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #108
Profound statement. bravenak Feb 2014 #111
... Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #113
Do you have any clue what you are talking about? kwassa Feb 2014 #116
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2014 #106
trollish comment heaven05 Feb 2014 #47
What a world??? onpatrol98 Feb 2014 #58
Even prosecution phil89 Feb 2014 #65
Well, buddy... onpatrol98 Feb 2014 #87
You asked for it Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #93
They. bravenak Feb 2014 #99
In response to your "stats" ecstatic Feb 2014 #115
Open season? seveneyes Feb 2014 #20
What a load of sensationalistic crap. n/t Skip Intro Feb 2014 #24
White guy in denial? eom DonViejo Feb 2014 #35
"what a load of sensationalist crap" heaven05 Feb 2014 #60
+1 Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #92
The string of murders of Black Americans will end when racism ends. Probably never. bravenak Feb 2014 #32
Very good point JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #56
Does anyone believe that the bonniebgood Feb 2014 #33
Leave. There's nothing there that isn't way better someplace else. One nation cannot contain Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #39
LEAVE?? bravenak Feb 2014 #48
That strategy might work if there were enough sane people there to make it possible, Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #55
No. People have to grow the hell up and stop trying to have privilege over others. bravenak Feb 2014 #63
I suppose you're young enough to believe that might happen. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #72
We have no where else to go. bravenak Feb 2014 #78
might be a good thing. heaven05 Feb 2014 #49
Can every black yout now shoot first in fear of being shot? Does every white man look like a kelliekat44 Feb 2014 #51
A massive concealed carry sign up program, and never go anywhere alone. jtuck004 Feb 2014 #54
maybe SYG azureblue Feb 2014 #57
I swear it's going to come to this: albino65 Feb 2014 #59
Los Angeles bravenak Feb 2014 #67
agreed n/t albino65 Feb 2014 #84
My dad was a Bircher. idendoit Feb 2014 #89
Wait, open season? Wasn't Dunn convicted? LittleBlue Feb 2014 #94
Everyone concerned with personal safety could consider CC. ileus Feb 2014 #98
That's moronic. LeftyMom Feb 2014 #114
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