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appleannie1

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3. Actually, what the rightwing crowd IS saying is that he was suspended for 10 days for commiting a

Reply to zbdent (Original post)

Fri Mar 23, 2012, 12:38 PM

Mar 2012

serious felony at school, either rape or armed assault. It just points to how stupid and racist they really are. If he had done something like that he would not have been walking down a street talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone with skittles in his pocket. He would have instead been sitting, alive and well, in a detention center, charged with a crime.

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Something I haven't heard during the Trayvon Martin coverage ... [View all] zbdent Mar 2012 OP

Rec! nt gateley Mar 2012 #1

yup cindyperry2010 Mar 2012 #2

Actually, what the rightwing crowd IS saying is that he was suspended for 10 days for commiting a appleannie1 Mar 2012 #3

You can say that about any accused criminal, can't you? Ron Obvious Mar 2012 #4

Believe it or not CAPHAVOC Mar 2012 #5

But all juries pay attention to evidence, which, in this case, was botched. Booster Mar 2012 #8

There would not have been a trial if not for the public response. Baitball Blogger Mar 2012 #6

I stop watching anything Trayvon Martin... it is a disgrace seen this turning into a media circus... Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #7

If it weren't for the "media circus" in this case, NOTHING would happen Hugabear Mar 2012 #9

Normally I would agree with the previous poster, but in this case I agree with you. Lilyeye Mar 2012 #10

That's precisely what I pointed out in my post perhaps not as explicit as how you are saying it. Lost-in-FL Mar 2012 #17

Excellent point Lilyeye Mar 2012 #11

I'm disturbed by things I'm hearing now mbuch64 Mar 2012 #12

yes, the "Trayvon was on top of Zimmerman" OKNancy Mar 2012 #13

Damned Shame The Young Man Did Not Break the Creep's Neck, Sir The Magistrate Mar 2012 #18

At this point, we don't have even an arrest...duh radhika Mar 2012 #14

Here's an answer to those people: pnwmom Mar 2012 #15

What would a white parent expect if their child was killed in a black neighborhood ... Eddie Haskell Mar 2012 #16