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malaise

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7. I thought I was the only one who wondered about that

Sat Jul 13, 2013, 10:47 AM

Jul 2013

I also wondered if the neighbor and her husband didn't move out because of Zimmerman. He clearly wanted to be the neighborhood hero.
Even so, it gave none of them the right to decide that every black teenager including people staying at the complex) was a criminal.

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If an Afro-American teenager cannot walk home without being profiled [View all] malaise Jul 2013 OP

Damn Skippy! nt MrScorpio Jul 2013 #1

it blew my mind after they called the "home invasion" woman..... bettyellen Jul 2013 #2

Zimmerman once called the police on a "suspicious" guy Nevernose Jul 2013 #5

if you are that frightened where you live- you need to ask Daddy to rent you a bettyellen Jul 2013 #6

He DID call the police on the pizza dude! Nevernose Jul 2013 #9

what a moronic, entitled asshole. And grifter to boot. With Dad paying rent, he had bettyellen Jul 2013 #12

Well, isn't John2 Jul 2013 #14

What happened with the motorist? SaveAmerica Jul 2013 #27

he started a car chase after someone threw gum out the window! and then lied to cops and said bettyellen Jul 2013 #42

And no regard for his dangerous bahavior to get the 'bad guy' SaveAmerica Jul 2013 #45

every scrape he's gotten into- the other persons fault for some wild reason.... bettyellen Jul 2013 #47

I thought I was the only one who wondered about that malaise Jul 2013 #7

to me it showed how much it was about his ego- and not what was going on... bettyellen Jul 2013 #10

They moved out malaise Jul 2013 #13

this whole thing is heartbreaking. I hope those crying jurors were not crying out of bettyellen Jul 2013 #16

Zimmerman is a narcissist… He feeds off the attention... targetpractice Jul 2013 #29

It really is just that simple Ohio Joe Jul 2013 #3

Which is why ignorance and racism are so visible on RW message boards malaise Jul 2013 #8

They show it on almost every post... Not just on RW boards either... Ohio Joe Jul 2013 #15

And even more frightening malaise Jul 2013 #18

K&R! Carolina Jul 2013 #4

I made hubby look at that photo malaise Jul 2013 #11

And was the girlfriend of his father black? treestar Jul 2013 #17

The statement is that even if you live here we can profile you malaise Jul 2013 #19

What surprised John2 Jul 2013 #20

True, unless the neighborhood generally knew him as "neighborhood watchman" treestar Jul 2013 #22

How about the neighborhood bullshitter psycho wannabe sgt Friday? world wide wally Jul 2013 #31

Did the neighbors know him as that? treestar Jul 2013 #55

Just a general Comment. Not directed at you at all. world wide wally Jul 2013 #61

I can't get past him getting out of the car. TBF Jul 2013 #21

I agree MissDeeds Jul 2013 #34

I can't call him 'guilty' until the jury results come in, but what you said is spot-on, malaise. Octafish Jul 2013 #23

Well said Octafish malaise Jul 2013 #26

According to this... pipi_k Jul 2013 #24

So if my sister in Miami has a family reunion and all over nephews visit malaise Jul 2013 #28

I don't care about pipi_k Jul 2013 #44

So because some racist wanna be cop doesn't know an Afro-American teenager malaise Jul 2013 #53

The United Fucking States of America is his neighborhood. displacedtexan Jul 2013 #57

For Zimmerman, Ma'am, Being Black is Acting Suspiciously The Magistrate Jul 2013 #30

Actually, pipi_k Jul 2013 #46

I Made the Courteous Assumption, Ma'am, You Were Sentient: I Apologize The Magistrate Jul 2013 #48

OMG, I love you. Will you marry me? displacedtexan Jul 2013 #58

Nobody can lob a righteous burn like The Magistrate. Viva_La_Revolution Jul 2013 #63

Zimmerman wasn't going to let "the suspect" get away this time. JoePhilly Jul 2013 #37

Wow... pipi_k Jul 2013 #49

Zimmy refers to Martin as "the suspect" JoePhilly Jul 2013 #56

How would he know that? ajk2821 Jul 2013 #41

Who said he knew? pipi_k Jul 2013 #50

Let's just imagine that Trayvon was one of the suspected burglars... mentalsolstice Jul 2013 #54

What pisses me off is how the media narrative is now, "The blacks are going to riot"... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #25

Savages kalisto2010 Jul 2013 #32

That's because blacks are now (gasp) "mixing" with whites.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #40

Afro-American? Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #33

That's your takeaway from that post, really? (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2013 #36

Yeah, that about sums it up. Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #52

Says the poster who calls themselves WHUT? bettyellen Jul 2013 #43

If *African-Americans* called themselves Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #51

This message was self-deleted by its author bettyellen Jul 2013 #62

I just saw the pic of TM's body Iliyah Jul 2013 #35

I have concerns SHRED Jul 2013 #38

I just don't want every neighborhood patrolled by swaggering gun thugs with god complexes Warpy Jul 2013 #39

Yeah know Malaise Duckwraps Jul 2013 #59

Let's talk about how "suspicious" GZ looked that night. displacedtexan Jul 2013 #60

I am still shaking my head malaise Jul 2013 #65

No justice in Florida Generic Other Jul 2013 #64

Al Gore knows that too well malaise Jul 2013 #66