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In reply to the discussion: Trayvon Martin ran from George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman ran him down. [View all]bupkus
(1,981 posts)Pursuing a teenager on his way home from a convenience store ultimately ending in the teenager's death by a 9 mm shell in his chest. For coming home from a convenience store. Solely due to the fact that Zimmerman profiled him, using racial slurs and deciding to take the law into his own hands.
Zimmerman's racial profiling and decision to pursue a kid who had every right to be where he was without being hunted by some armed goon isn't outrage driven, it's knowing simple right from wrong. Something this country seems to have forgotten.
ALEC and the NRA pushed for the "stand your ground" laws that led in large part to this and other outrageous uses of force where the only witness left to murder is the guy who had a concealed weapon against an unarmed victim. It's nice to see so many supposedly "progressive" Americans such as yourself standing shoulder to shoulder with ALEC, the NRA and armed racist goons like George Zimmerman.