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In reply to the discussion: Background on Zimmerman [View all]noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)42. that's true too...
i am sure many people would not want to serve on the jury.
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Sadly, Martin wasn't a hardened street thug from a broken home so he doesn't fit the narrative
Blue_Tires
Apr 2012
#48
General climates of prolonged struggle and failure lead to what you refer to as his
patrice
Apr 2012
#11
And if it weren't for his justified expectation that the cops would not arrive in time to be
patrice
Apr 2012
#6
Effective against the REAL problems in the area, so that Z would not have felt it necessary to
patrice
Apr 2012
#13
I don't like that. Because, to me, he has rather obvious culpability here, just (possibly) not the
patrice
Apr 2012
#53
not not really. We still do not know the weight of Black/hoodie relative to Z's other motives.
patrice
Apr 2012
#101
Also, "effective", had they come on the scene BEFORE the murder, in determining that nothing
patrice
Apr 2012
#84
In my reference to how maleable perception is, I was trying to pose a different
patrice
Apr 2012
#47
it seems we need to state the obvious over and over and over and over and over
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#27
AND sometimes they are NOT what they appear to be - AND - the difference between those 2 states IS
patrice
Apr 2012
#64
**IF** all racially motivated murders occur between ethnicities, does that NECESSARILY mean that all
patrice
Apr 2012
#76
And THAT'S what George Zimmerman did wrong, which act was hideously exacerbated by a gun.
patrice
Apr 2012
#74
**IF** all ___________ are _ _ _ _ _ _ , does that NECESSARILY mean that all _ _ _ _ _ _ are
patrice
Apr 2012
#70
Agreed. Whether it was Racism or not is a red-herring, since it probably can't be established.
patrice
Apr 2012
#116
So if you are told a white sexual predator has been attacking kids in your neighborhood
dkf
Apr 2012
#14
I didn't know there were black people commiting heinous crimes in Zimmerman's neighborhood
Capt. Obvious
Apr 2012
#124
Amongst other things, the human brain is a hypothesis generator, a theory creator, a pattern tester.
patrice
Apr 2012
#22
Trayvon was black, apparently two black males were breaking in to homes in the area
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#29
Holy Crap! A black kids stole Zimmerman's bike and someones lap top got stolen!
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#21
If it is evil for George Zimmerman to kill Trayvon Martin for what Trayvon could but NOT necessarily
patrice
Apr 2012
#50
We agree that it is a crime. We may not agree about exactly which crime it is - AND - what
patrice
Apr 2012
#60
as far as i know, only the new black panther party has threatened zimmerman's life
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#77
If people place the desire to execute the guy ahead of the desire for the truth, that's the SAME
patrice
Apr 2012
#82
execute or otherwise punish, just guessing here about the relevance of capital punishment in FL. As
patrice
Apr 2012
#113
Exactly and it's going to be that call to 911 that will show Zimmerman as guilty
LynneSin
Apr 2012
#110
were you convinced that OJ was guilty? did that mean you didn't want him to have a trial?
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#126
Well that certainly means he had a right to shoot & kill any unfamiliar black men he saw
Hugabear
Apr 2012
#91
Okay so Zimmerman shot Trayvon because another supposed Black kid stole his bike.
vaberella
Apr 2012
#159