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RZM

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12. This has almost no similarities with Trayvon, other than the fact that somebody is dead

Reply to LuckyTheDog (Original post)

Mon May 21, 2012, 05:24 PM

May 2012

Are we now going to compare every death in the country to what happened in Sanford?

These two people were family and lived together. Those facts alone puts it in an entirely different category.

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Another unarmed 17-year-old is shot dead -- this time, charges come quickly [View all] LuckyTheDog May 2012 OP

is the victim white or Hispanic white? obliviously May 2012 #1

This seems like a very different sort of story Marrah_G May 2012 #3

Dementia? Marrah_G May 2012 #2

Sure sounds like it. Article notes also that "drugs" were found in the home slackmaster May 2012 #4

I can't imagine what it must have been like during that kids final moments. Marrah_G May 2012 #7

My God d_r May 2012 #9

or maybe the kid was a druggie stealing from and threatening the g-parents. i say that having HiPointDem May 2012 #13

Sadly if she had never bought the gun the kid would still be alive Marrah_G May 2012 #14

apparently the grandmother hfojvt May 2012 #5

oh for fuck's sake. Why compare this to the Trayvon Martin Case? cali May 2012 #6

Hey, so it wasn't the greatest post of the year NNN0LHI May 2012 #10

Really kudzu22 May 2012 #11

Sounds like Uncle Junior shooting Tony. RagAss May 2012 #8

This has almost no similarities with Trayvon, other than the fact that somebody is dead RZM May 2012 #12