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In reply to the discussion: Remember the two black teens who killed the baby? [View all]geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)83. Lovely combination of ignorance and lies you've provided here.
1) The mother was shot at close range. Twice. Once while struggling with a defendant for the gun. That's completely consistent with getting gunpowder residue on her, as any sentient being would understand.
But, don't take my word for it.
Gunshot residue particles can be removed easily from the surfaces they land on. Regular activities, such as putting hands in pockets, rubbing hands together, or handling items, can wipe them away.4 The washing of hands can remove most, if not all, particles. Rates of loss vary widely with the activity of the subject. Depending on conditions and activity, particles may be removed from a shooters hands within 4 to 5 hours after a shooting event.5 They also can transfer from a surface or person to another individual; the amount depends on the number of GSR particles on the contaminated surface (e.g., a persons clothing or hands) and likely will be a small percentage of the total number of particles present. Tests show that people standing within 3 feet to the side of a shooter may have GSR on their hands, whereas those standing 10 or more feet in the same direction typically will not.6 This can vary with the type of gun and ammunition, number of shots fired, and the environment of the shooting. Gunshot primer residue also can travel downrange with each firing of a weapon.7 Long guns, like rifles and shotguns, tend to leave less GSR on shooters than handguns.8
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In a GSR case, the submitting agency, attorneys, judge, and jury all want to know if the suspect fired a gun. Unfortunately, the presence or absence of GSR on a persons hands cannot answer that question. Rather, as the accepted practice, all positive gunshot residue reports include a qualifier, such as The presence of primer residue on a persons hand is consistent with that person having discharged a firearm, having been in the vicinity of a firearm when it was discharged, or having handled an item with primer residue on it. Conversely, negative GSR reports often contain a qualifying statement, such as The absence of gunshot residue on a persons hands does not eliminate that individual from having discharged a firearm.
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In a GSR case, the submitting agency, attorneys, judge, and jury all want to know if the suspect fired a gun. Unfortunately, the presence or absence of GSR on a persons hands cannot answer that question. Rather, as the accepted practice, all positive gunshot residue reports include a qualifier, such as The presence of primer residue on a persons hand is consistent with that person having discharged a firearm, having been in the vicinity of a firearm when it was discharged, or having handled an item with primer residue on it. Conversely, negative GSR reports often contain a qualifying statement, such as The absence of gunshot residue on a persons hands does not eliminate that individual from having discharged a firearm.
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/law-enforcement-bulletin/may_2011/The%20Current%20Status%20of%20GSR%20Examinations
2) ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS SAID THEY SHOT HER AND THE BABY.
3) I have been consistently anti-Zimmerman and pro-justice for Trayvon, so take your ugly bald-faced lie about me being a racist Zimmerman apologist and shove it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2695656
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023119385#post60
Also, learn to deal in facts instead of shit you make up in your head.
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Telling lies on Fox gets them kudos. They intend to tell lies. Lies are what their audience live
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#8
Susan Smith, step-daughter to Republican activist and Christian Coalition Leader Beverly Russell
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2013
#43
The lady who carved a backwards "B" on her own face before the election and blamed it on a Black guy
Erose999
Jul 2013
#57
If he put his hands anywhere on the mother in the aftermath of the shooting,
geek tragedy
Jul 2013
#91
The informtion about the parents and the gun residue was reported in March 2013
OmahaBlueDog
Jul 2013
#28
It's a horrible story, no matter what. But I don't see how it has anything to do with....
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2013
#25
It's relevant because a Fox News anchor insisted it was evidence of Obama's bias.
byronius
Jul 2013
#30
Does the name Susan Smith ring a bell? The link to Zimmerman is: "Black men are thugs and murderers"
Hekate
Jul 2013
#34
*IF* it turns out the mother made the story up, then I could see some simularlity.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jul 2013
#48
Gun residue on the mother doesn't implicate her. SHE WAS THERE. And it might have rubbed off on
KittyWampus
Jul 2013
#40
There's no race issue here = I don't live the black experience so I'll minimize it the best I can
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#56
Yeap, cause no one has EVER EVER accused a black guy of wrong doing because of race...
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#89
GPR on the mother with no known contact with the shooter?! REALLY?! Don't tell me, you supported
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#59
she was shot and her baby was shot. You think she wouldn't have residue on her?
KittyWampus
Jul 2013
#60
when you and your baby are shot, why wouldn't you have residue on yourself?
KittyWampus
Jul 2013
#81