Outrage prompts U.S. investigation of Florida teen killing


Law & Order | 206871 hits | Mar 20 7:44 am | Posted by: Robair
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The shooting in a gated community in Sanford, Florida, when Zimmerman spotted Martin walking home from buying candy and iced tea at a convenience store. Zimmerman, patrolling the neighborhood in his car, called the 911 emergency number and reported wha

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  1. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:28 pm
    Hispanics gunning down young Black men. I'm glad I don't live near Florida and can avoid the potential race war.

  2. by avatar PublicAnimalNo9
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:35 pm
    I'm glad I don't live where there's a "wide latitude" in why you're allowed to shoot someone.

  3. by avatar andyt
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:36 pm
    Care to explain what your comment has to do with the story?

  4. by avatar raydan
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:44 pm
    "andyt" said
    Care to explain what your comment has to do with the story?

    Read the story...

    The law provides a shooter with wide latitude to claim a killing was in self defense.

  5. by avatar andyt
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:53 pm
    I was talking to Dan, PA slipped in ahead of me. The person who did the shooting was white, there were no Hispanics involved in this story.

  6. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:09 pm
    "andyt" said
    I was talking to Dan, PA slipped in ahead of me. The person who did the shooting was white, there were no Hispanics involved in this story.

    Oh andyt, I thought you were better than to think that White and Hispanic are mutually exclusive. White is a race, Hispanic is an ethnicity. Those are not the same things.

    From
    Zimmerman, whose father says he identifies as Hispanic, called the cops to report a suspicious person. They told him not to follow. “They always get away,” Zimmerman told dispatch in a 911 call released Friday, and he kept tracking Martin. Zimmerman had a gun.

    Before you ask, they cannot talk to George Zimmerman himself as he has almost certainly lawyered up. Here's a picture of the man for reference however.


  7. by avatar andyt
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:29 pm
    "DanSC" said
    I was talking to Dan, PA slipped in ahead of me. The person who did the shooting was white, there were no Hispanics involved in this story.

    Oh andyt, I thought you were better than to think that White and Hispanic are mutually exclusive. White is a race, Hispanic is an ethnicity. Those are not the same things.

    From
    Zimmerman, whose father says he identifies as Hispanic, called the cops to report a suspicious person. They told him not to follow. “They always get away,” Zimmerman told dispatch in a 911 call released Friday, and he kept tracking Martin. Zimmerman had a gun.

    Before you ask, they cannot talk to George Zimmerman himself as he has almost certainly lawyered up. Here's a picture of the man for reference however.




    I'm really confused now, because you said this:
    "DanSC" said
    Hispanics gunning down young Black men. I'm glad I don't live near Florida and can avoid the potential race war.

  8. by avatar DanSC
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:44 pm
    Considering you weren't around or may not even remember the 1992 South L.A. riots, I'll let your ignorance pass this time.

  9. by avatar sandorski
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:44 pm
    Tragic situation. Appears to be a well intentioned act that snowballed into Murder of an innocent.

  10. by avatar andyt
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:49 pm
    "DanSC" said
    Considering you weren't around or may not even remember the 1992 South L.A. riots, I'll let your ignorance pass this time.


    I remember the riots, no I wasn't there. What's that got to do with your comment? You just informed me that Hispanic is not a race.

  11. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:50 pm
    "andyt" said
    I was talking to Dan, PA slipped in ahead of me. The person who did the shooting was white, there were no Hispanics involved in this story.


    The media is spinning the shooter as white.

    He's clearly Hispanic.



    Edit: Zimmerman's own family is saying he's Hispanic. I'd say they ought to know.

    http://www.dominionofnewyork.com/2012/0 ... ot-racist/

    Robert Zimmerman said his son is Hispanic and not racist. ”He would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever …,” the letter to the Orlando Sentinel says. “The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth.”

  12. by avatar andyt
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:54 pm
    So what do you think should happen in this case? Was the guy justified in shooting?

  13. by avatar raydan
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:55 pm
    "sandorski" said
    Tragic situation. Appears to be a well intentioned act that snowballed into Murder of an innocent.

    Personally, I don't see any "well intentioned act here". :?

  14. by avatar BartSimpson Gold Member
    Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:55 pm
    "andyt" said
    Considering you weren't around or may not even remember the 1992 South L.A. riots, I'll let your ignorance pass this time.


    I remember the riots, no I wasn't there. What's that got to do with your comment? You just informed me that Hispanic is not a race.

    Neither is 'Muslim' yet that doesn't stop no end of retards from thinking it's a race.

    What's ironic here is that where my father was from Spain I am legally Hispanic.



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