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In reply to the discussion: so justice was served [View all]DearAbby
(12,461 posts)87. Problem...All things were not equal.
One was armed, actively stalking another. aggression, intent. I saw the case clearly. One party did not have equal footing from the very minute of HIS birth. He was a Black male, assumed to be a criminal. Where is the justice for an innocent boy who had to die the death of a hardened criminal? What on GOD's green earth did that child do to deserve that?
Not one juror thought of how Trayvon felt? He too had the right to use whatever means necessary to save his life, including his fists. What if Trayvon had been able to get the gun from Zimmerman and he shot him to save his life, would this same jury rule him not guilty? All things were never equal in this case.
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I agree with his analysis. I was born in Manhattan. What does that do to your sentiments?
rug
Jul 2013
#71
For the first time in recorded history, a healthy adult male begged and pleaded ..
ieoeja
Jul 2013
#49
Yeah but it doesn't seem to help anything and if anything it allows stuff like this to go on because
craigmatic
Jul 2013
#19
Only to racist fucks who think Black folks have no right to self defense.
Humanist_Activist
Jul 2013
#4
You didn't let your emotions overtake this. You let your RACISM overtake this.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#91
If you post in a thread, you are precluded from sitting on a jury for any post in that thread.
MADem
Jul 2013
#76
If the exact same evidence had been presented by the exact same prosecutors against the exact same
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#84