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27. I understood that they never caught anyone for the robberies

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Apr 3, 2012, 01:20 PM

Apr 2012

so how do they know they were young black males?

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Zimmerman defender rants about �young black males�: �If you plant corn, you get corn." [View all] kpete Apr 2012 OP

didn't they say warrior1 Apr 2012 #1

Neighborhood watch means just that. Watch. It does not mean pursue and shoot. appleannie1 Apr 2012 #2

exactly Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2012 #4

No, not "exactly" turn off your mind Apr 2012 #36

yes, exactly 24karats Apr 2012 #38

Unless things get out of hand. turn off your mind Apr 2012 #37

When do we get to turn the mirror on them so they get to see themselves Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #3

OK ... rog Apr 2012 #5

My head just cindyperry2010 Apr 2012 #6

Wow. HappyMe Apr 2012 #7

How does he even know all of the burglaries were committed by young Black males? Lucy Goosey Apr 2012 #8

one? kpete Apr 2012 #11

and even then I'd want someone to research the docket Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #21

C'mon. Who else could it be? Jim__ Apr 2012 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Downwinder Apr 2012 #9

What he's really defending is the right to go overboard in rage and break the regulations. freshwest Apr 2012 #10

Young black males reap what they sow, says Mr. Taafe alcibiades_mystery Apr 2012 #12

Even if that's true (about the burglaries), ... surrealAmerican Apr 2012 #13

I guess people want a society that's even crazier than Saudi Arabia Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #30

If we research and find the shootings ib Florida in similar shootings and Thinkingabout Apr 2012 #14

I wonder ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2012 #15

All squares are rectangles. krispos42 Apr 2012 #16

"..George was on his neighborhood watch rounds...." Bluerthanblue Apr 2012 #17

they just make the shit up as they go along NatBurner Apr 2012 #20

In other words - all young black males are guilty and deserve to be executed on the street jpak Apr 2012 #19

meh. "O'Brien"? We're supposed to take the word of a drunken Irishman? JHB Apr 2012 #22

He sure didn't do pipi_k Apr 2012 #23

it's a shame that this guy's wife wasn't carrying when he beat her up frylock Apr 2012 #24

How does that justify the shooting? One man got to be judge, jury, and executioner. sinkingfeeling Apr 2012 #25

Defenders of Zimmerman aren't doing him any favors Kaleva Apr 2012 #26

I understood that they never caught anyone for the robberies EC Apr 2012 #27

Very good question! Kaleva Apr 2012 #28

Maybe because pipi_k Apr 2012 #35

Methinks the Zimmerman camp wants a do-over Brother Buzz Apr 2012 #29

If all the robberies were young white males felix_numinous Apr 2012 #31

"If you plant corn, you get corn. What does that mean?� O�Brien wondered." sakabatou Apr 2012 #32

ugly racist defender of Zimmerman, typical. WI_DEM Apr 2012 #33

Taaffe was later seen in downtown Sanford ... lpbk2713 Apr 2012 #34

Going to Target with a loaded shotgun = making neighborhood watch rounds? Initech Apr 2012 #39