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Apparently, in your world, only armed people should be allowed to defend themselves...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#7
That is wat I drew from the post. The question that looms and remain unanswered by the
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#15
According to some here black people have no right to protect ourselves from harm.
JRLeft
Jul 2013
#36
Where was the life or death struggle here, Zimmerman got a bloody nose and scratches...
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#37
Sorry, Zman caused this, the right wing legislature's gun laws allowed it, a bigoted jury
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#3
If you need to attack me personally, I guess that means you can't refute the assertion.
dkf
Jul 2013
#59
Under the exact same conditions, except that Z was Black and Martin was White/Peruvian...
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#4
Well, isn't that a tacit admission that Zimmerman's verdict was the result of a racist perspective?
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#34
I'm saying that a Manslaughter conviction would have been appropriate regardless of the shooter
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#42
You distort the OP's message. The message was that the law that allowed Zimmerman to
bluestate10
Jul 2013
#10
Actually, under "Stand Your Ground', you CAN beat up someone for following you, if you
ET Awful
Jul 2013
#52
It doesn't matter what YOU believe, it's what a 'reasonable person' would have believed.
Flatulo
Jul 2013
#69
I have to wonder if there's some large donations behind that star of theirs
independentpiney
Jul 2013
#68
Blacks who don't SYG also often imprisoned. Blacks who *anything* often imprisoned.
cthulu2016
Jul 2013
#8
The root is the system is racist and black folks are more likely to be under the hammer in any
TheKentuckian
Jul 2013
#29
In May Florida (surprise!) Marissa Alexander got 20 years for firing a warning shot into the ceiling
B Stieg
Jul 2013
#33
What's baffled me about this whole case from the get-go, is that Zimmerman set into
Flatulo
Jul 2013
#73
We have a tradition here on DU of posting links for stories that we refer to in our posts
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#78