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originally posted by: Eyemin
I am sorry but when i read "So by prompting these shootings on people of poverty particularly African Americans they hope to spark civil unrest in "their" communities such as rioting, violent protest, and in this case looting and other crimes which would be somewhat anticipated in such communities by these people." .... it makes me think you are ignorant.
Also it reads as though you are sitting above the table looking at "African Americans" as nothing but pieces that are easy to manipulate. Are you suggesting that the "African Americans" do not have the ability to prevent being used...
"especially in the eyes of young naive African Americans which we all know some of their thoughts about cops."
Just wow...
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
a reply to: Illiberation
I was with you, and had a long post until you brought the Martin case in. Zimmerman was innocent. When the dude kept beating him after a witness told him to stop.. i showed to me he was determined. The shot was justified.
Now if your getting beat up by someone YOU engaged do you have the intent to kill him if the odds are against you? That mentality is telling me that its alright to bring a knife to a fist fight, that's something that cowards do who are afriad to lose. You really think a 16-17 year old boy is gonna kill a grown man bare handed? People need to learn to take their lumps in my opinion...
originally posted by: Illiberation
originally posted by: GogoVicMorrow
a reply to: Illiberation
I was with you, and had a long post until you brought the Martin case in. Zimmerman was innocent. When the dude kept beating him after a witness told him to stop.. i showed to me he was determined. The shot was justified.
Now if your getting beat up by someone YOU engaged do you have the intent to kill him if the odds are against you? That mentality is telling me that its alright to bring a knife to a fist fight, that's something that cowards do who are afriad to lose. You really think a 16-17 year old boy is gonna kill a grown man bare handed? People need to learn to take their lumps in my opinion...
See.. ZImmerman didn't engage Martin. I don't want to do the whole debate again, but Zimmerman passed Martin's location (where he had ducked down between two rows of buildings) and when Zimmerman was told not to follow he turned around and began his same path back. He didn't know where Martin was, he hadn't had sight of him for some time. Martin, rather than going in his home, saw the figure walking back with his flashlight in the opposite direction (obviously unaware of where Martin was) and Martin confronted ZIMMERMAN, sucker punching him and continuing to beat him for a while, not even caring that people were seeing it, he continued. He was shot with one round to stop the beating.
The whole story is there in plain sight for anyone who actually cares to look. There are witnesses, and so forth and he was found not guilty for a reason.