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When you weigh 250 lbs, are behind the wheel of an SUV and are packing a handgun and the other guy is 100 lbs lighter, on foot and packing a bag of candy and bottle of iced tea, it's pretty difficult to see where "self defence" would have come in.
It's Racism 101, Mr Tea. As American as apple pie.
Black man in a hoodie = dangerous. No exceptions.
Bobby Rush gets kicked off House floor for wearing a hoodie for Trayvon
And to think this racist tragedy ouccured in a county named after a First Nation forced off their lands.
Racism runs so deep in white western culture, it's hard to imagine erradicating it, especially in this new era where demonizing and killing "those people" has become a duty and right to protect values of entitlement.
Looking and condemning racism, one incident at a time, doesn't seem to help at all sadly enough. But I have to say that the whole ridiculous hoodie focus was tackled by caller/e-mailer to the CBC The Current pretty spot on: justifying killing a black man for wearing a hoodie is akin to justifying a woman's rape for wearing a short skirt.
Yes, laine. This photo was circulating on FB that expresses exactly that.
Much of the mainstream media comment sections following articles relating to this crime, especially the US based outlets, are similar to the type of thought processes found in the Turner Diaries.
Melissa Harris-Perry's guide for how white people can talk about Trayvon Martin.
Excellent.
What every Black man in America must learn
Travon Martin and Walking While Black: Racialicious
White Supremacy - An Interview with Davey D
http://www.voxunion.com/white-supremacy-an-interview-with-davey-d/
"..It is a system that is predicated upon the dehumanization of all those who are not white. It is a system used by the elite; the folks in control of politics, commerce and society - global society. They're able to do that by systematically pitting us against one another, colonizing and the whole nine. This keeps it in place..."
From rabble's front page:
"My name is Kenneth Chamberlain. This is my sworn testimony. White Plains police are going to come in here and kill me."
So a hispanic male shoots a black youth and it is automatically a racial issue? People need to leave their agendas at the door. Did this youth deserve to get shot? No. Did the person GZ do the right thing? No. Should he have been charged with murder? YES. Was it a racial shooting? NO. It was a dumbass with a gun who wanted to play cops and robbers.
I find it funny how no one has mentioned that one of Mr. Zimmerman's best friends is back. This is a guy who made a very bad desicion and should pay for it. It is not a black and white isuue as the Rev Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson would like everyone to believe to promote their own agendas and get face time in the media.
It's unfortunate that the racial angle is overshadowing this tragic event.
Probably because none of us even knew one of his best friends was away.
Hahahaah @ F55. Anyway, bigguy1 has become the latest in a long line of sacrifices on this, the most holiest of days. Prayer service can now cntinue as usual.
I am not Trayvon and never will be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TBRwiuJ8K7w
George Zimmerman is charged with 2nd-degree murder in Trayvon Martin shooting
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Tape Shows [Black] Teen Being Shocked 31 Times (and vid)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/12/judge-rotenberg-center-trial_n_...
"A jury in Dedham Mass, saw video this week of an 18-year old boy being tied down and shocked 31 times as he screamed in pain. The footage was presented by lawyers of Andre McCollins, who is suing the Judge Rotenberg Center for developmentally disabled students, which treated him in part by attaching electrodes to his body and shocking him. The incident, recorded on video took place in 2002 after McCollins refused to take off his coat.."
Kids Put on Electric Chair
http://www.thepeoplespaths.net/articles/bschools.htm
Under White-Supremacist rule in North America, 'shock' therapy has a history..
Being Florida, the Zimmerman trial will be televised. The new lawyer is trying to put a lid on the media speculation and what can be shown. I've watched most of the coverage so far.
This is a red herring. Anyone with an understanding of racial politics in Florida wil understand that having a Latino background might be a contributor to the racist profiling Zimmerman did.
In Florida, where the Hispanic population is, or is descended from, right-wing anti-Castro supporters of Batista, Latinos are members of the economic and political ruling class. They have a great deal of influence in Congress and the Senate, and run much of South Flordida. At a more grassroots level, the animosity of Hispanics towards African Americans is well-documented and supported by the Republican government in that state.
This is not East L.A.
Zimmerman must surrender; bond revoked
I'm not sure which is more disturbing - that he could raise $130,000 or that the bond was set at only $150,000.
PLus he deliberately hid a second passport with his wife's help. The judge has recommended his wife be charged. It was funny to watch him go on and on about their misdeeds in hiding things, even discussing them in prison recorded phonecalls