Trayvon Martin case stirs extremists, groups say

[maddezmom]

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The Southern Poverty Law Center, the civil rights group that fights bigotry, said the case has stirred up "extremists on both sides of the racial divide."

A visitor to the website of one white supremacist group, for example, left a comment calling Martin "a punk negroe who messed with the wrong guy."

Meanwhile, the New Black Panther Party has offered a $10,000 reward for anyone who "captures" Zimmerman, an offer that Martin's family has condemned.

The Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights, which fights bigotry, said that "white nationalists are trying to inject their poison" into the case, too, portraying the teen as a "scary black man who deserved what he got."

more: http://articles.cnn.com/2012-03-30/us/us_florida-teen-shooting-hate_1_white-supremacist-extremists-young-black-men?_s=PM:US

[brewens]

1. I'd like to see some research into this "New Black Panther Party". What I have

seen looks to be way over the top. That makes me suspicious that it might really be some Frightfart/O'Queef nonsense.

[steve2470]

4. New Black Panther Party

The New Black Panther Party is a virulently racist and anti-Semitic organization whose leaders have encouraged violence against whites, Jews and law enforcement officers. Founded in Dallas, the group today is especially active on the East Coast, from Boston to Jacksonville, Fla. The group portrays itself as a militant, modern-day expression of the black power movement (it frequently engages in armed protests of alleged police brutality and the like), but principals of the original Black Panther Party of the 1960s and 1970s— a militant, but non-racist, left-wing organization — have rejected the new Panthers as a "black racist hate group" and contested their hijacking of the Panther name and symbol.

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/new-black-panther-party

[golddigger]

6. The "New Black Panther Party" is made up of three people.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. LOL. Bill Maher talked about this.

Every time Faux News shows clips of the "New Black Panther Party", it's always the same 3 people.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. My BIL is one of those people who lost track of what the principle of this situation is.

He's now more focused on leaders like Revs. Sharpton and Jackson than on Trayvon Martin.

He would agree with this article:
http://www.schnittshow.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=454847&article=9976302

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. Extremist Argument Is Off The Mark

The extremist argument is a false equivalency. The original Black Panther movement was a response to violence against blacks that was going on unabated. Even though I do not accept the bounty from the present Black Panther organization as appropriate, I understand why they may be coming back. The Martin case is just one of many case that have been happening for a long time. White supremacists see civil rights as extreme.

When your justice system deliberately and even condones a murder by its actions like what we see in Sandford. Their activity actually encourages the kind of vigilantism that happened there. They are completely ok with what Zimmerman did. All you have to do is look at their actions and demeanor. If anything there are elements there that are proud of what happened.

I am old enough to remember the turmoil of the civil rights movement. What the authorities in the South are doing is not different than then. If you look closely with the help of the racist bigoted GOP the South is being resegregated one step at a time.

[CAPHAVOC]

5. Angela Davis

Was making sense on CNN last night. She was an original I think. Age tends to mellow some people.