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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts)
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 06:23 PM Apr 2012

Here's the Hell of It: What Advice does a Father of a 17 yr. old Black Male Give His Son? [View all]

Now, if a cop says stop, the smart move is to throw up your hands and surrender.

But what if a creep in a pickup or SUV says stop? Maybe if Trayvon in THIS circumstance obeyed, he'd be alive. But what if it's a Tulsa-type creep?

And what kind of message is sent IF Bill Lee and Norm Wolfinger (who clearly, clearly engaged in a coverup - a coverup that will probably mean that Zimmerman eventually walks) are not held accountable?

If afraid the message is: Get a gun. And where the hell will THAT lead?

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I'd tell the kid what my Gunny told me... Bigmack Apr 2012 #1
"Serpentine!" Bucky Apr 2012 #3
This NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #18
What I know bottom line Apr 2012 #26
here's what a cop i knew told me bart95 Apr 2012 #2
If it's a cop, you bet. But the problem is now the non-cop want-to-bes. And the racist nut jobs. Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #4
And of course we are not talking about a cop, but a gun totting murderer. Rex Apr 2012 #6
'do i think they're empowered to follow his lead'? -> no, I dont bart95 Apr 2012 #11
Do you think Zimmerman should be arrested? Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #12
it certainly looks like it bart95 Apr 2012 #13
Or a Wayne Williams, John Wayne Gacy, or Jeffrey Dahmer exboyfil Apr 2012 #5
I don't really care for Robert Heinlein, but he is purported to have said: freshwest Apr 2012 #7
Once the 911 tapes were released, a sane society would have united in a call.... Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #9
They're paid to deliver anxiety to keep their viewers' focus on underlying fear without thinking: freshwest Apr 2012 #17
In a dark moment, I suspected a domestic strategy of tension.... Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #20
I've had a lot of dark moments like that, but none of them have come true. Think 50-50. freshwest Apr 2012 #21
an armed society is a rude, aggressive society. provis99 Apr 2012 #10
No more proof is needed than the actions of Zimmermann. freshwest Apr 2012 #19
An armed society is ... Beirut, not a lovely place to be (nt) davekriss Apr 2012 #24
Nothing different than what a white father might say. Zax2me Apr 2012 #8
I don't worry that a black man with a gun will profile my son as a burgler - not a real threat. Junkdrawer Apr 2012 #14
You really need to read on white privilidge nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #15
I really do not know nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #16
Mutual Assured Destruction. Everyone should always wear a BIG suicide vest. saras Apr 2012 #22
This Trayvon Martin case ****s them up. How are you supposed to judge someone harrassing applegrove Apr 2012 #23
Gun, Gil Scot-Heron davekriss Apr 2012 #25
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