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Solomon

(12,310 posts)
8. Exactly. Open season on black males by everyone.
Sat Mar 31, 2012, 08:41 AM
Mar 2012

And according to some statistical numbers I have seen, the law is being used with gusto.

Yep. Every moment that Zimmerman stays uncharged for SOMETHING........ socialist_n_TN Mar 2012 #1
I think these are the scariest times Whisp Mar 2012 #2
I assumed that was the whole point of the law: cover for killing black males n/t arcane1 Mar 2012 #3
Exactly. Open season on black males by everyone. Solomon Mar 2012 #8
Zimmermann can always say The Wizard Mar 2012 #4
Maybe not the message you want to send zeemike Mar 2012 #5
EXACTLY. It;s the first thing I thought when I heard about Trayvon's murder and the Ecumenist Mar 2012 #6
The only thing that would have saved Tayvon Martin was if HE had a gun too. We will have to arm our LaydeeBug Mar 2012 #7
That's what the NRA was probably hoping for 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #10
It's sad, but the Harris decision from SCOTUS combined with SYG and LaydeeBug Apr 2012 #20
That is a scary thought and there is also the sad message it sends to young black men. Glimmer of Hope Mar 2012 #9
exactly. 99th_Monkey Mar 2012 #12
But Zimmerman was not a RW wingnut. RebelOne Mar 2012 #11
Link? stranger81 Mar 2012 #13
Lawrence O'Donnel pointed nadinbrzezinski Mar 2012 #15
Ever hear the term "Useful Idiot" ? slampoet Mar 2012 #14
I've met more than one racist Democrat loyalsister Apr 2012 #16
The scariet aspect of this tragedy to me is shimonitanegi Apr 2012 #17
Other racist white wingnuts? Thought his mother was hispanic Zax2me Apr 2012 #18
I wasn't really even referring to Zimmerman himself 99th_Monkey Apr 2012 #19
So true. It makes my stomach lurch, thinking about BlueIris Apr 2012 #21
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