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A 15 year old racist asscarrot... Cooley Hurd Jul 2013 #1
He looks like a little dicktwad wannabe gansta' NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #2
No he doesn't. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #16
Uh huh. And it's pathetic, they also talk like gansters, about mass murder. NYC_SKP Jul 2013 #19
Normal hair cut, normal fitting shirt. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #22
Normal? Sure. Raine1967 Jul 2013 #33
I'm not the one using racist dog whistles ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #34
Maybe a 15 year old moron Mike Daniels Jul 2013 #25
99.9% chance Faux evening programs parrot this story all night Dash87 Jul 2013 #3
and they will conveniently not show his picture. cyndensco Jul 2013 #24
mug dipsydoodle Jul 2013 #4
What a little dumbass. I'm guessing he was joking mzmolly Jul 2013 #5
"@George_Lee__ stay away from trouble cuz im a good kid with dumb shit to say" mzmolly Jul 2013 #6
This sort of thing is always blown out of proportion and exploited by the right wing. totodeinhere Jul 2013 #7
The handful of people who pay attention to the political tweets of 15 year olds Snake Plissken Jul 2013 #10
A 15 year old kid looking for attention on the internet Snake Plissken Jul 2013 #8
Anfother Example Of The Police State DallasNE Jul 2013 #9
I doubt it is the police Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #12
It Is The Police Making The Arrest DallasNE Jul 2013 #14
Have you seen Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #15
Yes, Trayvon Martin Was Expelled From School For 10 Days DallasNE Jul 2013 #20
Trayvon would be alive today Lee-Lee Jul 2013 #29
Then again, christx30 Jul 2013 #23
He threatened to go on a shooting spree at his high school... penultimate Jul 2013 #26
His Comment Has Two Parts DallasNE Jul 2013 #35
Never trust anyone who recs his own thread. Kingofalldems Jul 2013 #11
Why? I think it's funny. ZombieHorde Jul 2013 #17
Poor child, Soundman Jul 2013 #13
I wonder how many other threats have been made. NaturalHigh Jul 2013 #18
I hope the parents ground him from his phone and computer Redford Jul 2013 #21
I agree with you. Travis_0004 Jul 2013 #28
More than a threat, I think he is pointing out the absurdity of allowing a bigot with a gun to shoot Hoyt Jul 2013 #27
If I had a son, he'd look like mark1239495 Blandocyte Jul 2013 #30
I think 4Chan-Anon might have had something to do with the kid getting busted HolyMoley Jul 2013 #31
Gun culture's fault. nt onehandle Jul 2013 #32
 

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)
1. A 15 year old racist asscarrot...
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:28 PM
Jul 2013

He should be arrested because what he posted was a goddamned THREAT! No "jk" no "LOL".

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. He looks like a little dicktwad wannabe gansta'
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:31 PM
Jul 2013


God first, Then my future girl then Soccer lol Imma Sophmore at Zion Benton High School, follow meeeeeeee? Follow me if your real

Chicago|IL




I guess the little asshole learned a big lesson.

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,846 posts)
16. No he doesn't.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:00 PM
Jul 2013

He looks like a typical 15 year old boy.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
19. Uh huh. And it's pathetic, they also talk like gansters, about mass murder.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:18 PM
Jul 2013

You are right; a large number of typical 15 year old boys look like dickwad wannabe ganstas'.

That is a fact. It's a look they want to adopt and it's pathetic. Especially when they threaten entire schools.



ForgoTheConsequence

(4,846 posts)
22. Normal hair cut, normal fitting shirt.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:36 PM
Jul 2013

He looks like me. But wait he's a little dark so he's probably a "wannabe gansta" whatever the fuck that means. You sound like the people who defend Zimmerman "BUT TRAYVON WAS WEARING A HOODIE HE LOOKED SUSPICIOUS".

Tell us what a "wannabe gangsta" looks like, please.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)
33. Normal? Sure.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 06:31 PM
Jul 2013

You know, I kinda think Trayvon Martin looked normal. Tell me what is normal?

You know, without accusing a DU'er of what people sound like. How about that?

ForgoTheConsequence

(4,846 posts)
34. I'm not the one using racist dog whistles
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 06:41 PM
Jul 2013

Like "gangsta".

Mike Daniels

(5,842 posts)
25. Maybe a 15 year old moron
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:38 PM
Jul 2013

This former 15 year old boy and his friends did a lot of dumb-ass things but we didn't make idiotic statements threatening violence.

People excuse way too much under the guise of youthful moronic behavior.

Dash87

(3,220 posts)
3. 99.9% chance Faux evening programs parrot this story all night
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:32 PM
Jul 2013

cyndensco

(1,697 posts)
24. and they will conveniently not show his picture.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:01 PM
Jul 2013

That way they will not disappoint their viewers with who the thug from Chicago truly is....

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
4. mug
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:35 PM
Jul 2013

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mzmolly

(50,952 posts)
5. What a little dumbass. I'm guessing he was joking
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:38 PM
Jul 2013

but it's best to act on these threats and take them seriously, as authorities did.

mzmolly

(50,952 posts)
6. "@George_Lee__ stay away from trouble cuz im a good kid with dumb shit to say"
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:40 PM
Jul 2013
https://twitter.com/mark12394995/status/355789241583812608

He's been charged with disorderly conduct and is home now.

totodeinhere

(13,028 posts)
7. This sort of thing is always blown out of proportion and exploited by the right wing.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 12:58 PM
Jul 2013

I wish that people would think it through before they make comments like that that only play right into the hands of the right wing. I can understand the frustration but lashing out and threatening violence, whether it's a serious threat or not, is not the answer.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
10. The handful of people who pay attention to the political tweets of 15 year olds
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:01 PM
Jul 2013

Have already made up their minds a long time ago, they are just looking to confirm their beliefs, and that goes for people on both sides of the isle

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
8. A 15 year old kid looking for attention on the internet
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 01:58 PM
Jul 2013

big shocker

I guess his fart lighting videos on youtube weren't getting him enough comments

DallasNE

(7,390 posts)
9. Anfother Example Of The Police State
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:00 PM
Jul 2013

Don't the police have anything better to do than to monitor what people are tweeting or posting to Facebook? Do the police want to arrest every 15 year old boy with a little swagger? I am far more bothered by the excessive police surveillance this demonstrates than I am with the rant of a 15 year old. The kid makes a good point but makes a mistake by personalizing it. After all, if Zimmerman walks we have the blueprint for legalized murder.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
12. I doubt it is the police
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:31 PM
Jul 2013

It is either someone he knows, or their parents, or more likely it is one of what are probably hundreds of right wingers just searching every twitter post with #zimmerman on it to try and find the few idiots they can use to try and portray everyone with dark skin as violent savages ready to riot. Reporting it and getting an arrest just serves to validate their narrative even more to the fools that believe them.

DallasNE

(7,390 posts)
14. It Is The Police Making The Arrest
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:51 PM
Jul 2013

It is the same lack of judgment driving the decision whether it is them doing the actual surveillance or some stooge doing it in their behalf.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
15. Have you seen
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:58 PM
Jul 2013

the gross overreaction to virtually anything kids do these days that somebody, somewhere, might take as a threat?

The police are bad, the schools are even worse.

Nobody is allowed to exercise common judgement anymore, this "zero tolerance" crap is forcing everybodies hand.

I turned down a chance to be a school resource officer for this reason.

DallasNE

(7,390 posts)
20. Yes, Trayvon Martin Was Expelled From School For 10 Days
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:32 PM
Jul 2013

For having an empty plastic bag in his backpack in school that tested for a trace of marijuana. Obviously schools do random searches without probable cause. This is an obvious case of overreaction on a first offense. Too bad they are not so diligent in the classroom.

Oh, we know what is driving this zero tolerance. Just look at the strong move to private prisons. Another case of follow the money.

 

Lee-Lee

(6,324 posts)
29. Trayvon would be alive today
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 05:09 PM
Jul 2013

If he had not been suspended from school for possession if an empty bag that some school administrator suspected may have previously held a plant they dislike.

He never would have been all that way up in Sanford on a school night, and Zimmerman wouldn't have found a suspicious negro to go after on his way to Target.

christx30

(6,241 posts)
23. Then again,
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:53 PM
Jul 2013

Eric Harris posted a video threat against one of his classmates more than a year before Columbine. They didn't investigate further. They wrote an affidavit for a search warrant, but didn't file it, and didn't do the search. If they had investigated further, they would have found the weapons the boys were going to use and probably stopped it before it started.
I honestly can't blame them for erring on the side of caution.

penultimate

(1,110 posts)
26. He threatened to go on a shooting spree at his high school...
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:40 PM
Jul 2013

Given this country's history with such events, I don't have an issue with this. If he did follow through with his threat, the police who arrested him would be chastised for not going after him.

DallasNE

(7,390 posts)
35. His Comment Has Two Parts
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 07:26 PM
Jul 2013

You are focusing on just the threat part. From my earlier post: "The kid makes a good point but makes a mistake by personalizing it." If this was a straight forward threat I would agree with you but if is far more nuanced than that so you have to look at the total statement. The point he looks to be making is that if Zimmerman walks we have the blueprint for being able to get away with murder but he made a mistake by personalizing it to include a threat component. Had he worded it along the line of "what would prevent someone from walking into Zion Benson High School, shooting up the place and getting away with it just like Zimmerman". That's a legitimate question that will have to be answered with an acquittal verdict.

Kingofalldems

(38,314 posts)
11. Never trust anyone who recs his own thread.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:02 PM
Jul 2013

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
17. Why? I think it's funny.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:03 PM
Jul 2013

The only thread of mine that I recommended was when I posted the entire movie "Night of the Living Dead" in The Lounge. That movie is too awesome not to rec.

 

Soundman

(297 posts)
13. Poor child,
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 02:47 PM
Jul 2013

I'm sure he is no threat, he is a child after all.



NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)
18. I wonder how many other threats have been made.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:10 PM
Jul 2013

This can't be the only little douchebag who wants to spout off.

Redford

(373 posts)
21. I hope the parents ground him from his phone and computer
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 03:32 PM
Jul 2013

ignorant little shit

 

Travis_0004

(5,417 posts)
28. I agree with you.
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:44 PM
Jul 2013

That is the appropriate punishment, not arresting him.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
27. More than a threat, I think he is pointing out the absurdity of allowing a bigot with a gun to shoot
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 04:44 PM
Jul 2013

an unarmed kid. I think he needs to rethink his message though unless he wants to spend time in jail with the likes of Zimmerman.

Blandocyte

(1,231 posts)
30. If I had a son, he'd look like mark1239495
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 05:11 PM
Jul 2013
 

HolyMoley

(240 posts)
31. I think 4Chan-Anon might have had something to do with the kid getting busted
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 05:58 PM
Jul 2013
http://chanarchive.org/4chan/b/70913/should-we

They were going on about it yesterday: Tweeting the kid, contacting his school, etc.

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
32. Gun culture's fault. nt
Sat Jul 13, 2013, 06:23 PM
Jul 2013
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