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In reply to the discussion: My cousin wrote this on my fb page about my post on Trayvon [View all]rainy
(6,323 posts)25. How about:
You are right. The media and everyone else ignores inner city crime involving mostly poor black male gang members and drugs. Parents and other community members have been trying to get help for their communities for decades to no avail. The killers if caught, however, surely go to jail. The thing that makes this case stand out so much is the particular visceral pain of such racial injustice. The murderer gets off scot free.
My favorite college professor told me once that if you want to understand someone's pain and outrage walk a mile in their shoes. Blacks have suffered injustice immeasurable for too long and this case is the tipping point.
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I would point out to your cousin that since s/he seems to know so much about it, perhaps
niyad
Jul 2013
#5
You could start by spelling his name correctly. It's Trayvon, not Treyvon.
Gravitycollapse
Jul 2013
#7
No one is arguing that those men (the killers) are immune from prosecution, as they did with Z. (nt)
Nine
Jul 2013
#8
I'm currently in an arguement on a friend's page with one of his other friends...
sweetloukillbot
Jul 2013
#19
Just as a note, after reading this thread I want to emphasize that there were not 73 murders
alcibiades_mystery
Jul 2013
#49