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scheming daemons

(25,487 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2012, 08:14 PM Mar 2012

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Let me get this straight.... [View all]

This man...

who is 28 years old and 250 pounds and was carrying this:

Feared for his very life from this teenager:

who was 17 years old and 140 pounds and was carrying this:

[font size=+2]Do I have that right?[/font]

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Let me get this straight.... [View all] scheming daemons Mar 2012 OP

Well, thats what he claims anyhow.... K&R! peacebird Mar 2012 #1

Yep liberal N proud Mar 2012 #2

...gasp! Maybe it wasn't THOSE skittles, *maybe* it was the much more threatening Tropical Flavors! peacebird Mar 2012 #3

You forgot the can of iced tea... KansDem Mar 2012 #4

Lets don't rush to judment. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #5

And reallity is Travon was a beautiful young man that lost his life by some over paranoid teddy51 Mar 2012 #6

Yep, that's pretty accurate. But, you left arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #7

That last bit is the only reason he carried a gun, he never meant to use it, just Dragonfli Mar 2012 #20

You summed him up beautifully...lol. n/t arthritisR_US Mar 2012 #24

Well, when you put it like that... bluedigger Mar 2012 #8

Not quite.... LynneSin Mar 2012 #9

It was all that HFCS he had on him... remember he was armed with SODA too!!! tech_smythe Mar 2012 #10

Wow. That really gets to the heart of things. Pictures ARE worth a thousand words. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2012 #11

He was carrying Skittles while black. To this guy that is unforgivable. The Wielding Truth Mar 2012 #25

+1 Revelyell Mar 2012 #12

If you believe all that chieftain Mar 2012 #13

And besides that he got out of his car to confront the young man who was minding his own business. Kablooie Mar 2012 #14

That's right. Because Control-Z Mar 2012 #41

You forgot the bottle of Arizona Tea. That's what made him a threat... freshwest Mar 2012 #15

Skittles of Mass Distruction & Texas Tea no doubt! GOPonziconz Mar 2012 #16

Them's the facts nt MrScorpio Mar 2012 #17

Yes, essentially varelse Mar 2012 #18

I wonder how the case would have been handled had it been a Yooperman Mar 2012 #19

and if it were BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2012 #22

Indeed. WheelWalker Mar 2012 #40

Everytime I see that young man's photo, it makes me cry. IndyJones Mar 2012 #21

That is not a current picture of Trayvon though. Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #23

how old could he have looked? Skittles Mar 2012 #27

No clue. I've seen some 17 yo kids who looked well into their 20's. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #28

It was also at night, wasn't it? krispos42 Mar 2012 #42

Nor is Zimmerman's picture, yet I see no critiques to it being shown... LanternWaste Mar 2012 #29

GET WITH THE PROGRAM, LW Skittles Mar 2012 #30

Yeah, accuaracy in reporting needs to fly out the window as long as it's for the right reasons. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #33

a picure of him DEAD would have been the most accurate Skittles Mar 2012 #38

Indeed. Indeed, it would. WheelWalker Mar 2012 #44

I'd hazard that Fox news will appease many appetites soon LanternWaste Mar 2012 #35

Could be. No cable at my house though. Netflix and the internet sustains us. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #39

First time I have ever, EVER agreed with you. But you are right on the money Number23 Mar 2012 #45

I'd love to see a current picture of him. Maybe he's slimmed down? nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #32

I imagine your consistency has merely been overlooked LanternWaste Mar 2012 #34

I was unaware it was an older picture of Zimmerman. Sure looks like a 28 yo to me. Maybe even Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #37

CORECT Skittles Mar 2012 #26

Come on, guys. Let's be reasonable. white_wolf Mar 2012 #31

Well you can choke someone to death using Skittles. Uncle Joe Mar 2012 #36

Essentially. krispos42 Mar 2012 #43

Paranoid psychotic racist POS lynches black kid. :-( Odin2005 Mar 2012 #46

geez.. rec #155. no words. K Gardner Mar 2012 #47

In Florida apparently if you say you felt threatened you can kill legally. Kablooie Mar 2012 #48