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onpatrol98

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2. This isn't exactly a new reality for most of us...
Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:43 PM
Feb 2014

This isn't exactly a new reality for most of us...

This is where we watch the rest of America feign surprise and regret.

The conversations we have in our living rooms and dining rooms haven't changed. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

"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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