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In reply to the discussion: Listening to Trayvon Martin trial [View all]
ksoze
(2,068 posts)27. Putting being black on trial?
What are you listening to? Are you posting on the wring board?
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Being followed in a car and then on foot, seems reasonable to be afraid. But then I'm not a black 17
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#20
Sure. And this one's even worse. The circumstances are similar to GZ: the shooter followed
pnwmom
Jun 2013
#77
Following someone in the dark with your car and then on ft = sales person going to dressing room?
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#87
May DubV be followed at night while you are merely walking in your naighborhood.
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#94
And it doesn't mean he can shoot anyone HE follows at night either. Like he did.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#31
AHEM. Z was NOT AFRAID. People in FEAR do not STALK the person they fear. GET IT?
WinkyDink
Jun 2013
#90
Yup, Z only accidentally was driving, then parked and walked, in the same way TM went, setting
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#103
"sales person following you to a dressing room". Snort. Hahahahahahahahahaha
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#107
there is no evidence that trayvon hit zimmerman. period. there is a bloody nose of unknown origin.
Voice for Peace
Jun 2013
#55
Do you know something the rest of us don't? The evidence seems to indicate Trayvon was simply
appleannie1
Jun 2013
#54
Why would Trayvon ambush someone chasing him for no apparent reason after having lost him?
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#66
So you just want to play "what if" and pull speculation clear out of your ass?
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#99
what makes you assume the smaller person who was being chased did the attacking?
arely staircase
Jun 2013
#108
Is it unreasonable to think a black teenager being followed by a "creepy ass cracker" might have
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#18
So a black 17 yr old being followed at night not only in a vehicle but then on foot at has nothing
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#29
Not at all. You seem to think the pigment of his skin had no bearing on whether or not he felt fear.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#50
"lies, damned lies and statistics". Too bad he was followed by an asshole with a gun, period.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#75
"what makes him racist in the first place?" probably his upbringing since his dad is a published one
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#180
No. Trayvon had a rational fear. And why do you keep assuming he "didn't know there was a gun"?
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#36
Overall, Trayvon was more likely to live to be in his 60's at least. Aren't statistics fun and
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#68
There's a strong argument that he engaged in racial profiling that night.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#114
Okay, typically, when one says "Did he not...." at the beginning of a question....
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2013
#132
if you're a SYG fan, then surely you can appreciate that being stalked at night
nashville_brook
Jun 2013
#23
I do not think it was irrelevant to Trayvon Martin, his family or his friends. Good lord.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#70
17 yr old claiming he is afraid of a man following him is "little ridiculous". Gotcha. And no, the
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#78
Wrong. It is very possible to be afraid of an armed man if you do not know he is armed.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#175
Blame me, playing around with it. It followed me home but I didn't get to keep it.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#187
A lot don't think African American teenagers have the right to walk down a street!
csziggy
Jun 2013
#15
What? That poster is talking about how the young woman was treated yesterday.
uppityperson
Jun 2013
#34
But you didn't know how to spell his name or did not take time to search it
HangOnKids
Jun 2013
#192
it is not up to the defense to prove anything - it is up to the prosecutor to prove their charges
DrDan
Jun 2013
#96
False, the burden is on the defendent to prove deadly force was necessary
Bjorn Against
Jun 2013
#139
Considering an unarmed teenager is dead and Zimmerman admitted killing him...
Bjorn Against
Jun 2013
#156
Not legally it hasn't and it can't be legally proven until the trial is over
Bjorn Against
Jun 2013
#160