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In reply to the discussion: If an Afro-American teenager cannot walk home without being profiled [View all]mentalsolstice
(4,655 posts)54. Let's just imagine that Trayvon was one of the suspected burglars...
Or closely fit the physical description of one of the burglars. It still does not give Zimmerman the right to get out of his car and act as judge, jury and executioner. In this country, burglary is not a capital crime. Best to call 911, and let LEOs sort it out.
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if you are that frightened where you live- you need to ask Daddy to rent you a
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#6
what a moronic, entitled asshole. And grifter to boot. With Dad paying rent, he had
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#12
he started a car chase after someone threw gum out the window! and then lied to cops and said
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#42
every scrape he's gotten into- the other persons fault for some wild reason....
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#47
this whole thing is heartbreaking. I hope those crying jurors were not crying out of
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#16
I can't call him 'guilty' until the jury results come in, but what you said is spot-on, malaise.
Octafish
Jul 2013
#23
What pisses me off is how the media narrative is now, "The blacks are going to riot"...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#25