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In reply to the discussion: Black caller on Big Eddie radio just went ballistic [View all]countryjake
(8,554 posts)Despite whatever questionable rantings you might hear on talk-radio, most people who have honestly examined the limited facts which have been presented in the shooting of Trayvon Martin do think that there has been a serious injustice committed down in Sanford, Florida.
There are a whole bunch of people who may be blamed now, Zimmerman for his suspected racial-profiling and subsequent shooting of an unarmed child, the Sanford PD for dismissing this murder as acceptable "self-defense", that county prosecutor who conducted one piss-poor investigation of a violent death, the city manager who supposedly has "trust" in his police department...hell, let's take it right on up to the Governor of Florida, to assign responsibility for this disgusting cover-up, BUT, in no way, shape, or form can anyone imply that "blacks" have brought this tragedy on themselves!
Trayvon Martin wasn't even wearing any hoodie when Zimmerman zeroed in on him as a "suspicious" person...suspicious for walking while black is what that was...Trayvon told his girlfriend that he put his hoodie on, AFTER he knew that he was being followed by the whacked-out vigilante, Zimmerman.
I wear a black hoodie; I have worn a black hoodie this entire winter as my regular coat, long before the murder in Florida. Gee, sometimes I even wrap my head in a red bandana, along with that black hoodie. I am not a member of some "violent culture", no Bloods kinship, no drugs, nor dole, tho sometimes my worn out britches do slip down a bit. Rants like that woman gave, posts such as yours, are what most people are truly sick of...blaming any victim for their own death is what is truly embarrassing!