Crazy how some people don't pay attention to the facts of the story and draw their own emotionally based conclusions. The usual suspects are now going to take full advantage of this situation to stir the pot some more and the media will keep leading the sheeple around. They got the arrest they wanted, they got the trial they wanted, and the correct verdict. Unfortunately for them it was not the verdict they wanted. Maybe if the facts actually were in the prosecutions favor things would have gone differently. They were not. Calling someone out when you claim to know the facts is just silly. Showing that you clearly do not know the facts and are basing it all on your emotions and opinions is just dumb. Not really worth arguing about. The media hyped it up as a racial thing and it simply was not. It was an unfortunate event that took place by two people who could have made different choices.
In my opinion (and it appears everyone has one) this has become totally racial, thanks to distorted media coverage. Most of us are aware of the terrible 4th of July occurrences in Chicago where over 60 people were shot and at least 10 died of gun shot wounds. Where is the outrage from the liberal media denouncing these wasted lives? No outcry from Al Sharpton or any of the like. Most of that was black on black crime, but it only seems to matter to the media when a white person comes out the winner.
Y'all have heard the old saying, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander!" It seems that a lot of folks ought to sweep around their own door before they come to Florida and create an issue that really isn't valid especially when a jury has spoken. Even O'bama said the jury has spoken, what more do these people need? We can't allow our laws be interpreted by feelings, or liberal political correctness, common sense needs to prevail.
My 2 cents worth, Treefarmer
True. Destroying property and stopping traffic fixes nothing.
The lesson learned is if your getting beaten to a pulp in the dark by someone; you better make sure they are not black before you defend yourself. That is if your white, part white or have a white sounding last name... Don't volunteer and put yourself at risk to try and make your neighborhood a better place or you will be called a over zealous cop wanna be.
Here is the 800 lb gorilla in the room... What percentage of violent crime is committed by blacks? Chris Rock even does a bit about how when he is at the ATM, who he is looking over his shoulder for. little hint, it's not the media... So until the "black community" does something about it's own problems with violence then they will be viewed as suspect just for being black.
There seems to be some consensus among the proponents that TM was a victim; that if you are confronted by words violence is an appropriate reaction. If I was walking around my neighborhood in the rain wearing a hoodie and one of my neighbors followed me and verbally confronted me; my response would be "thanks for looking out for the neighborhood, I live right over there.. My name is Brett, what's yours??" I would never punch them in the head jump on them and beat them. In what state of delusion does it become all right to beat someone for asking you a question? Even if Zim walked up and said something to the effect of hey you fing N word why are you here? There would be no justification for the beating that ensued.
People like Al Sharpton never mention the fact that Zim had been beaten up. They just call TM a child and talk about how all he had was some skittles.. Guess what maybe instead of drumming up more hate, you should look at why it is that Blacks in hoodies are feared. Maybe it's because if you look at crime stats a majority of violent crime is perpetrated by black males and the uniform of choice is a hoodie. So now I can't take a simple fact of life and point it out without being a racist? The fact is there were witnesses who said that crimes were being committed by young black males in that neighborhood. So who are you going to look for? Old korean men? Give me a break...
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