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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrayvon Martin--A young black male engaged in some teenage mischief destined for a life of crime.
So I've been told, as justification for his profiling and subsequent death.
He's probably like this young teenaged black male who would engage in some mischief from time to time:
Wonder where this guy is these days? Probably living in some gutter somewhere.
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Trayvon Martin--A young black male engaged in some teenage mischief destined for a life of crime. (Original Post)
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2012
OP
Darrell Issa and GWBush would've been killed or jailed for life before they turned 20......
blm
Jun 2012
#1
The extent to which ones behavior at 18 or 19 predicts their adult behavior is overrated.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2012
#2
blm
(113,061 posts)1. Darrell Issa and GWBush would've been killed or jailed for life before they turned 20......
if they committed their various pranks and crimes as black teenagers.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)2. The extent to which ones behavior at 18 or 19 predicts their adult behavior is overrated.
Human brains aren't fully assembled until they reach their mid 20's.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)3. Skittles and an Arizona Iced Tea is "teenage mischief"?
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)4. No. But some want to harp on his suspension from school....
...as if a teen getting caught with some pot isn't something that happens everywhere, from the inner city to rich suburban prep schools.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. They just told us not to do it again. We still did.