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In reply to the discussion: Another Unarmed Black Youth Shot & Killed. Darius Simmons was Only 13 Years Old [View all]noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)109. more bullshit
i live in oakland where is plenty of violence committed by and against black kids. and the media does cover those stories. as i mentioned, this concern troll is free to start a thread here about the subject, instead of hijacking this one. btw, this thread is about a 13 yo black boy who was murdered by a crazy white man.
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Another Unarmed Black Youth Shot & Killed. Darius Simmons was Only 13 Years Old [View all]
kpete
Jun 2012
OP
Except that in this case it was a crazy old cranky white guy who executed a 13 year old...
rfranklin
Jun 2012
#9
Yes, and in regards to HATE-CRIMES----Blacks are 70% more likely to be targeted.
vaberella
Jun 2012
#29
The percentages of hate-crimes doesn't really matter when we're discussing the overall total
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#33
Which apparently includes those who are shotgunned to death by 75 yo white men
MrScorpio
Jun 2012
#85
this boy was not killed by a black youth, and neither was Trayvon Martin
noiretextatique
Jun 2012
#36
Why are you fighting so hard to divert this topic off on another topic? What is your motivation?
kwassa
Jun 2012
#90
You said, "It appears to be quite important to you that racial murders are not discussed"...
CreekDog
Jun 2012
#103
The hate climate is part of this. Also we watch all the other SYG shottings and that puts it into
jwirr
Jun 2012
#25
I suspect that the murderer in this case is too mentally whacked out to deal in abstractions...
slackmaster
Jun 2012
#86
I wish you and others who agree with you would voice your opinions in the Gungeon
Starboard Tack
Jun 2012
#105
If you want to link stand your ground laws to increases in hate crime murders
4th law of robotics
Jun 2012
#110