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A jury of six women found neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman not guilty of all charges on Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Here are some quotes from key figures involved in the case. From the AP:

"We're ecstatic with the results. George Zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense."

      — Mark O'Mara, one of George Zimmerman's attorneys, said at a news conference after the verdict.

"Even though I am broken hearted my faith is unshattered. I WILL ALWAYS LOVE MY BABY TRAY"

      — Trayvon Martin's father, Tracy Martin, via Twitter

"The acquittal of George Zimmerman is a slap in the face to the American people but it is only the first round in the pursuit of justice. We intend to ask the Department of Justice to move forward as they did in the Rodney King case and we will closely monitor the civil case against Mr. Zimmerman. I will convene an emergency call with preachers tonight to discuss next steps and I intend to head to Florida in the next few days."

      — the Rev. Al Sharpton

"Message from Dad: "Our whole family is relieved". Today... I'm proud to be an American. God Bless America! Thank you for your prayers!

      — George Zimmerman's brother, Robert, said in Twitter

"I don't think this is a time for high-fiving."

     — Robert Zimmerman Jr., George's brother, on CNN after the verdict.

In photos from ABC:

And then there is this:

 

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Sun, 07/14/2013 - 00:51 | 3750351 MeelionDollerBogus
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Wow. He's not even a bankster and he actually got found not guilty of a crime.
Oh wait, if he was a bankster there'd be no trial. I see the difference now.

Good thing we now know that cold-blooded hunter-killer murder is fully affirmed as a right not just for police.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:02 | 3750936 Moe Howard
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You gotta have a joo last name however. Smith or Jones won't cut it. Howard might.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 00:54 | 3750354 KnightTakesKing
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Did you notice how many iPhones those people in the pics above are holding? They must have good jobs to afford iPhones... 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 00:56 | 3750360 RideTheWalrus
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You sell 10 obama phones and get yourself an iphone

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:00 | 3750795 spooz
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Go home, skinhead.  Figure out who the real enemy is.  Or just keep eating their propaganda.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 00:59 | 3750367 Steel Magnolia
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Anyone watching the corrupt media, you would swear Trayvon Martin's last birthday was held at Chuck E. Cheese's.. Disgusting!

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:04 | 3750384 dobermangang
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Have to agree with Karl:

"But the jury saw through the ruse, saw through the race-baiting and saw a man who was being beaten by a stronger, more-agile man, that George Zimmerman could not at that time retreat, and who therefore had every right to defend himself -- and he did exactly that.

Now I want to see the members of the media who intentionally edited video footage so as to present a false view of what happened sued to beyond the orbit of Mars and then nuked from orbit - just to be sure.

Now I want to see the State prosecutorial apparatus -- and the Department of Justice -- that turned what was a routine self-defense circumstance into an attempted railroading of a man who was sucker-punched, mounted and then beaten "MMA style" by attempting to throw him in jail when he was the victim indicted, prosecuted and imprisoned for that crap.

There were no facts supporting a manslaughter or murder charge. None."

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=222717

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:21 | 3750438 Ropingdown
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That is a very good concise summary.  I sure didn't see his comment in the NYT.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:38 | 3751002 New_Meat
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but we did learn for the first time from the NYT that Z was a "white hispanic".

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:09 | 3750398 Hengist
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Some jolly wag has commented on Facebook "What no riots?  Maybe the  verdict was in cursive".

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:10 | 3750401 Cult of Criminality
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Are these riots going to be Gangnam style or the Harlem shake style ?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:12 | 3750406 starman
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I guess were even OJ.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:12 | 3750412 Seasmoke
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You always see some white people with any black protests. but you never see any black people in a white protest. 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:31 | 3750471 Gavrikon
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Some whites are congenitally retarded.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:42 | 3750508 SqueekyFromm
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One of my uncles calls them "Self Loathing Whites." He says that healthy boys used to masturbate to sci fi pulp magazine covers while imagining saving the scantily clad girl from the bug eyed monster. Now, he says liberal boys and men masturbate to the Atticus Finch courthouse scene in To Kill A Mockingbird, where all the black folks in the balcony  stand up when Finch enters the courtroom. He does a routine, jerking his hand up and down, which I can only approximate in words:

Oh, theres the courtroom, and oh oh oh the camera pans up to the balcony where all the black folks are sitting, and oh oh oh oh oh here comes Atticus Finch in his white suit, and oh oh oh oh oh oh the black folks all stand up and JESUS MARY MOTHER OF GOD OHHHHH I am  Ohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

I come from a weird family.

Squeeky Fromm, Girl Reporter

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:54 | 3750854 One of these is...
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I gave you three up's for being weird, funny, and perceptive.

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:17 | 3750426 ebworthen
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"Anti-War and Anti-Racism groups to gather in San Francisco to protest George Zimmerman verdict."

HUH?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:18 | 3750735 Axenolith
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i.e. rent-a-mob.  The crew that will sally forth and demand the reunification of Pangea if promted.  Come to think of it, that would be pretty damn funny to do up in the Haight some weekend...

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 23:41 | 3753202 LongBallsShortBrains
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Anti racism means anti white

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:22 | 3750444 Blankenstein
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I sure wish Americans would give this kind of attention to the bankrupting and fleecing of the US by the government, Fed and banks.  

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:23 | 3750447 RideTheWalrus
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If you still haven't purged an original thought out of your head potato, here's some Celebs to tell you what to think:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/07/13/celebs-react-to-geo...

 

Ellen Page: "If u really believe racism isnt a massive problem, that the oppression of minorities is not a horrific and systemic issue. U R in denial."
Mia Farrow: "I don't understand this. At ALL"
Steve Harvey: "A Child is Dead & The Man that Killed Him is Free & Again The Child is Black...My Country Tis of Thee?"
Richard Dreyfuss: "It's 2013 and an American jury just acquitted a man who admitted to stalking and killing an unarmed child."
Judy Blume: "Not surprised. But distraught. Saw 'Fruitvale Station' tonight. How ironic to come home to this verdict."
Kate Walsh: "Zimmerman verdict sickens me."
Kat Dennings: "I can't handle this. All that really matters are Trayvon's parents, and making sure nothing like this ever happens again."
Questlove: "this might be in bad taste but in light of this verdict? i really INSIST you people see Fruitvale Station not now but RIGHT NOW"
Alec Baldwin, who recently quit Twitter (again), resurfaced post-verdict: "Florida is a parallel universe. A (expletive) one."
Tom Arnold: "Dear Son, I love you and there is no shame in running away from creepy a-- crackers. #nojustice"
Michael Ian Black: "The only thing that surprised me about the verdict is that juries work on Saturdays."
Donald Trump: "Zimmerman is no angel but the lack of evidence and the concept of self-defense, especially in Florida law, gave the jury little other choice"
Chris Brown: "Bull----!"
Gabrielle Union: "Help! What's the proper procedure when you're followed by a random armed nutbag returning home from getting candy & iced tea?"
Whoopi Goldberg: "My heart is with trayvon martins family tonight, so my focus on them. No one else really matters"
Jaleel White: "I can't ..." wrote the star, adding a sad emoticon.
Olivia Wilde: "I feel sick." She then directed a tweet at Ann Coulter, who tweeted"Hallelujah!" at the verdict. ".@AnnCoulter You are a hateful wench," wrote Wilde.
Mandy Moore: "My heart is heavy...for all who knew and loved #TrayvonMartin. His life mattered. This is shameful."
Russell Simmons: "I know many people are very upset about the verdict, but we must remain peaceful. No matter what, remain peaceful."
Nicki Minaj: "And our taxes paid for that trial. We just paid to see a murderer walk free after killing an innocent unarmed little boy. #GodBlessAmerica"
Sophia Bush: "The wind is more than knocked out of me... My heart aches for this boy's family. Justice System? I don't think so. #justicefortrayvon"
Rihanna: "This is the saddest news ever!!! #whatsjustice #pray4theMartinFamily"
John Legend: "My heart hurts"
Lena Dunham: "No. My heart is with Sybrina Fulton, Rachel Jeantel, everyone who loved Trayvon and has been sent the message that his life didn't matter."
Mario Lopez: "Hope people don't misbehave after hearing this verdict... Pray for the Martin family."
Josh Groban: "Oh no. Seriously? Crap."
Shaquille O'Neil: "George Zimmerman not guilty can u believe that. Wow"
Miley Cyrus tweeted twice. "No justice. No peace," she wrote, followed by: "The world is a scary place."

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:29 | 3750466 Gavrikon
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Retards.  Every freaking one.  Saint Skittles was a fucking thug.  

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:04 | 3750798 Fred C Dobbs
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You are being kind Gavrikon.

 

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:32 | 3750476 ebworthen
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Worthless fucks.

Trying to interpret mainstream opinion to bolster their images - and failing completely.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:35 | 3750487 The Wedge
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Luckily, I don't give two shits what some celeb-re-tard thinks.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:09 | 3750558 gwar5
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Good boycott list.  And every one of them lives in white neighborhoods with armed guards because they're all afraid of the Trayvon Martin's of the world.

Even Whoopi, who has ritzy digs in NYC and has a mansion in CT. 

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:22 | 3750576 IndyPat
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Fuck Whoopi!
It burns my ass having to say this for so many years.
If she were my dog I'd shave her ass and make her walk backwards to improve the view.
You couldn't clone that kind of ugly.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 04:01 | 3750689 S5936
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Jesus wtf was Ted Danson thinking ?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:08 | 3750805 Fred C Dobbs
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That was laugh out loud funny

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:08 | 3750941 Moe Howard
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Speaking of Whoopi, has anyone found her eyebrows yet? Who doesn't have eyebrows for fucks sake? Is she an alien.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:37 | 3750598 Tulpa
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Not Miley Cyrus!  NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:11 | 3750808 Fred C Dobbs
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I am sure if a 6'3" 17 year old male "child" was trying to kill Miley with his pair hands she would not like her bodyguards not to shoot him. 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:14 | 3750734 Axenolith
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What a litany of people whom it is surprising to see are actually able to carry out respiration without instruction.  What's worse is that their opinions and commentary mold actual voting lever pullers' actions.  The Republic is being ass raped by an army of imbeciles...

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:15 | 3751060 Uncle Remus
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Well, the Donald got it right.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:26 | 3750457 Tsunami Wave
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I said this in the other thread, but It's too fucking bad the Democratic Party and their political allies, the media, academia, black leaders misleading black people, etc. have tried SO HARD for the past 5+ years to make everything about bullshit issues like Racial Division, Class Warfare, and other meaningless topics that are meant to divide people.  They've tried with Henry Louis Gates getting arrested on disordly conduct in 2009, the duke lacross case, and other bullshit examples.  It's fucking HILLARIOUS those sanctimoious, pious, holier-than-thou, easily offended douchbags look like fucking idiots now. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:27 | 3750458 Peter Pan
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It seems to me that neither Zimmerman nor Trayvon are responsible for what transpired. What happened is simply the result of what America has been turning into.

These two people were simply set up by the system to clash.

Look to America's unemployment, gross income inequality, poor news coverage and failing education system ( all supplied courtesy of our banking masters) and you will understand that what happened that night was just the outcome of a long process which is happening all over the USA.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:31 | 3750473 Stinko da Munk
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Maybe Barry should organize a beer summit. I mean, since the kid looked like the son he would have had if he had a son. A nice porter or perhaps a tangy IPA would soothe the savage beast.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:39 | 3750498 Hooter Shaker
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Barry doesn't have enough sack to have a son.  All he can pump out is X's.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:33 | 3750478 JohnG
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Problems in Atlanta.  Protestors.  Fires set.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:36 | 3750491 Hengist
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I assume the fire was stolen?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:39 | 3750497 JohnG
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Don't assume anything.  Problems all over Atlanta. Stop the sarcasm.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:48 | 3750524 Hengist
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Maybe fire would improve the place, after all the Federal government thought so in 1864.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:11 | 3750947 Moe Howard
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They need a good burn down every 150 years or so. Just like Chicago. Where is Mrs. Oleary's cow when you need it?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 04:03 | 3750692 S5936
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Where's Ray Lewis ?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:37 | 3750492 JohnG
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Shots fired.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:43 | 3750510 JohnG
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Wagons called to "protest."

Firemen on scene.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:49 | 3750531 JohnG
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Seems to be converging on Woodfuff Park.  Anyois in in the misslene familiar with Atlanta....the middle of downtown.  Homeless people city.  Calls going out all over though, scanner having trouble decrypting.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:51 | 3750533 JohnG
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Sorry fast typeing can't spell.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:10 | 3750559 JohnG
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Seems to be "minor" problems.....all over Atlanta.  I'm listneing to 5 feeds of predominatly minority areas.  Just hearing normal calls, protests breaking up according to officers.  I hope so.

Glad to ba far away from this.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:15 | 3750564 IndyPat
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Fire trucks and cop sirens blaring in north side of downtown Indy, too!
Oh my! Shots probably fired or maybe left over fireworks. Or both. With bathsalts, purpledrank and cannibalizm. Who knows.
Just another fucking Saturday night. Just your normal levels of racial tension and normal levels of high crime, murder and shit culture. You know, real spice of life stuff.

Someday a real rain will come.....

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:21 | 3750574 JohnG
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LOL!  You are right though.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:37 | 3750599 IndyPat
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Seriously!
I turned off the scanner in disgust of such mundane lawlessness. Texted a friend on patrol on west side. Says just your normal B on B turf wars so far.
I feel let down. I'm sure the hoodies do too. Probably already bought the flat screen mounts and a special edition black panther zippo for the occasion. "Wilding" will be really risky after this.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 23:52 | 3753222 LongBallsShortBrains
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I think violence was a good bet.

Be patient with your winners. It takes time for them to run.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:37 | 3750493 RideTheWalrus
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People in Detroit are still looking for something to riot down to rubble and ashes but at the moment the reports coming in are of a few hundred people standing in the streets scratching their heads, looking around confused.

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:37 | 3750494 Dapper Dan
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Why did Zimmerman not fire a warning shot first?

 

 

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:41 | 3750505 JohnG
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No such thing.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:40 | 3750604 Tulpa
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Firing a warning shot gets you 20 years, as one of Corey's prosecutee's found out in 2010.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 03:19 | 3750643 Kirk2NCC1701
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If that's true, then this is one fucked up country/society. And we need not waste time or words on these cases.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:25 | 3750738 flyingcaveman
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Because it would prove to the jury that your life wasn't in danger.  Same thing for trying to shoot somebody in the leg or foot.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:15 | 3750880 Oldballplayer
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Because NoLimit was beating the shit out of him...from on top of him.

Have you ever been in a fight? Ever?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:28 | 3751087 BidnessMan
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So that Trayvon could then grab the gun and use it to execute Zimmerman?  If that is what you would do, then you can't fix stupid, Darwin Award winner.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 12:39 | 3751477 Dr. Bonzo
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Srry Dan, Self-Defense 101. No warning shots EVER. That's Hollywood bro. Don't get your facts about self-defense from Bruce Willis.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:39 | 3750500 Peter Pan
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The black community believes it can attain justice by rioting?

I think that they should instead riot demanding jobs and decent pay.

I believe that more than anything else will avoid the USA being so divided.

The Trayvon death is just a lightning rod for all that troubles the blacks of America.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:43 | 3750512 Hengist
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They deserve what they get. they support the Dems plan to legalize illegal immigrants who will steal their jobs and work for a lot less.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:50 | 3750921 lakecity55
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So easy a cave man could figure it out.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:40 | 3750504 Stinko da Munk
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Let me be the first to offer that fuck Jamie Foxx a new t-shirt.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:47 | 3750523 yogibear
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This trial was political. The proscecution wated to jail someone trying to defend themselves. Hope thugs pause before they attempt deadly force on a victim.

Now more people than ever will be locking and loading, ready to fight back against the thugs.

With conceal and Carry people will be able to disable a movie shooter next time.

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:03 | 3750552 Blizzard_Esq
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Yeah, this was about going after a gun owner. But they won either way. People will think twice about defending themselves with a gun now that they will face a prosecution and risk life in jail. 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:43 | 3750607 dunce
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Some will face possible prosecution for legitimate self defense and others will walk away from the body and let others call the police.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 01:49 | 3750528 savagegoose
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yeah and its legal to  follow cops and video them on the street.  likey similar results will happen some is getting  ground and pounded

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:00 | 3750548 gwar5
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Snippets I saw on TV were MSM interviewers wading amongst the sad GZ lynch mobs with racist signs complaining how there wasn't going to be a lynching of the white hispanic guy after all. Oh, the irony.  

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:28 | 3750824 B2u
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I wonder what the white african president is going to say today.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:48 | 3750918 lakecity55
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"Go, my flying monkeys, burn, burn it all! Get a Big Screen! hahahahhaha."

or something like that.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:20 | 3750573 q99x2
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Great Coast to Coast am on the illegal and crooked FED banksters.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:23 | 3750577 Intoxicologist
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I didn't respond. 

I didn't even know about a verdict.  I went trout fishing.  Caught two, nice 16-inch Rainbows.

Color me indifferent.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:38 | 3750600 dunce
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90% of blacks voted for obama and want then right to beat the life out of white people and white people to have no right of self defense. That is the other side of this decision.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 02:39 | 3750603 Tulpa
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Luckily I'm long hoodies.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 03:07 | 3750634 Peter K
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So brown faced guy gets off for killing the black faced guy in self defence.

How on earth did that happen?

/sarc

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 03:32 | 3750655 Gringo Viejo
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Neither of these assholes are my problem.
Unless some 3rd party asshole MAKES it my problem.
And he better be comin' heavy.
'Cause old men aren't into playin'.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 03:47 | 3750671 Steel Magnolia
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The NSA is asking people to slow down just a bit tonight, they are having trouble keeping up...

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 12:37 | 3751469 Dr. Bonzo
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ROFL..... my ZH posse. Thx for helping me maintain some sanity in a world gone insane.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 03:52 | 3750679 WhiteWolf
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I agree with the verdict. I also want to reach out to his family.  He may or may not have become a productive person in the society. It does not change the outcome and I hope his family can come to terms that he was not in a good place. Only God knows the answers. I hope society can get over this and the press leaves this alone. The President and Hannity are overplaying their hands. Based on evidence however, the verdict was sound and the "right to defend" stands. God Bless all of us. We are going to need help due to the Central Bankers and the Goldman Sachs of the world. They are the problems. Mr. Bernanke is a BIG PROBLEM, but so is our system.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 03:53 | 3750680 WhiteWolf
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I agree with the verdict. I also want to reach out to his family.  He may or may not have become a productive person in the society. It does not change the outcome and I hope his family can come to terms that he was not in a good place. Only God knows the answers. I hope society can get over this and the press leaves this alone. The President and Hannity are overplaying their hands. Based on evidence however, the verdict was sound and the "right to defend" stands. God Bless all of us. We are going to need help due to the Central Bankers and the Goldman Sachs of the world. They are the problems. Mr. Bernanke is a BIG PROBLEM, but so is our system.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:14 | 3750733 mrdenis
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If the glove don't fit U must acquit ..........

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 06:40 | 3750742 RideTheWalrus
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Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this case? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this case! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a major dividing news story, and I'm talkin' about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:46 | 3750749 deerhunter
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When I was in my early 30's I worked in a Detroit suburb.  I had a cook who lived on 7 mile.  If you have heard of 8 mile in Detroit,  not the best neighborhood.  He lived on my way so I picked him up for work.  It was 530 AM and I stopped for smokes at a gas station.  As I was opening my car door I got a real strong smell of alcohol which alerted me just a bit.  A big black hand was place on my shoulder as I already had one foot in the car.  I spun and hit him in the nose with a lucky backhand as hard as I could.  I heard his head hit the concrete and drove on to pick up my employee.  If I had a gun you bet your ass I would have shot and killed the bastard who was trying to carjack me.  I would not have given a shit what color he was,  how big he was or how much his childhood sucked because mommy didn't give him enough warm baths with a rubber ducky in his tub.  George Zimmerman was a cop wanna be and our malls are full of them.  They are called security guards.  Was Zimmerman a problem waiting to happen being armed?  Probably.  He needed to get a life.  Having said all that,  until you have someone sitting on your chest slamming your head on the pavement,  you can't even begin to address the problem.  If one court case being decided gives license to burn down our inner cities then we are fucked.  OJ walked simply out of fear of reprisal by the masses.  I was called Cracker,  Great White Hope,  Honky,  MFer and many others on a weekly basis as I weaned out the chaff from the wheat at the restaurant.  I never called my employees any names,  white black or hispanic.  Double standard?  Maybe,,,,

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:52 | 3750751 deerhunter
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Intoxicologist,  I caught a 20 inch walleye 25 minutes west of Ohare airport.  Tiny lead head jig with white twister tail.  And I had to dead lift on 8 lb line up over a fence.  Fine wire hook almost straightened out.  Fresh fish for dinner tonight.  I was fishing for smallmouth bass and in 14 years have only caught 3 walleyes from the river.  What a kick.  If I had to fish to feed my family we would all be pretty skinny but for relaxation,  can't be beat. I grew up in Michigan and got pretty spoiled for so many places for good fishing.  Chicago burbs,,, not so much.  You make the best of what you have,  good on ya.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:56 | 3750756 Seahorse
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Seems like divide and rule is proceeding nicely

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 05:58 | 3750757 Gordon_Gekko
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This is the "circuses" part of the Roman "bread and circuses".

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 06:22 | 3750772 gatorengineer
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I think it will take the Media/liberals/Obama a day or two to incite the riots.....  Good thing they generally only burn their own communities.  I cant wait to see what the White House has to say...

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 06:55 | 3750791 spooz
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The tweet about a "large and violent crowd gathering" at Daley Plaza in Chicago is a joke. The Chicago Tribune video of the rally looked kinda pathetic.  One guy with a megaphone and maybe a dozen or so others who didn't look too fired up.  Everybody else was probably at Taste of Chicago watching Jill Scott.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:21 | 3750967 gatorengineer
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If this doesnt get snowballed I will be shocked.......

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 06:53 | 3750789 smacker
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Beware America!

This may lead to new Obama laws which require higher legal levels of justification before anybody kills a black person. Essentially turning black people into a privileged section of the community.

 

In the UK, faced with high levels of acquital in rape cases because the juries simply didn't believe the victim's claims and believe the allegations are often revenge and vindictive, Hattie Hatemen (socialist New Labour) introduced several layers of new laws which virtually resulted in a man having to get the woman to sign a contract before having any sort of sex. Of course they completely ignored that some women actually enjoy being raped by their lover, or as is occasionally the case, someone else's lover. Or just anybody who happens to be available. Or in many cases, the woman takes a fancy to a guy and deliberately creates a situation where being screwed is the planned outcome.

But Hatemen's stated objective with her new laws was "to increase the number of convictions in rape cases".

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:06 | 3750803 The Abstraction...
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Women are allowed to rape me, providing they are sexy.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:33 | 3750929 smacker
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Would they want to? http://garbaje.aracari.warpmail.net/Images/neanderthal.jpg

 ha-ha ;-)

 

Edit: sorry, once again my copy/paste links are getting bastardised by adding on several odd chars to the end.. Hope I've now corrected it.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 13:36 | 3751674 The Abstraction...
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A sophistated sense of humour you have there.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 14:49 | 3751896 smacker
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No offence intended, I assure you :-)

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:20 | 3750964 gatorengineer
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Essentially turning black people into a privileged section of the community... Here in the Northeast they already are.......  No other minority groups a free college eduction if they can fill out a college application, there are even liberal whites who will help them with the hard stuff like cursive.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:44 | 3751130 yogibear
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Just wait until all the illegals from Mexico become legal. Their not as politically correct. 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:55 | 3751169 smacker
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So, in parts of the US there are at least two groups within society who are protected by special laws or social culture and seemingly have special privileges. (The other being Jews; who also enjoy astonishing protection from abuse across much of Europe).

And so it is in Brazil, where you're not allowed to call a black person a "black". That would be "preto or preta". They must be called "negro or negra". Anybody using the wrong term is immediately assumed to be racist and potentially subject to prosecution, or at least being shunned by society which is up to its neck in political correctness.

And these groups who demand special privileges (which they dishonestly call equality) overwhelmingly vote for the socialist parties in their countries. Something doesn't fit.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:04 | 3750799 Frankie Carbone
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I am predicting a cat-5 mass chimp out today. What's the over/under on arson, murder, looting, and battery on a mass scale?

"This is so unjust that I feel it is my civic duty to break into an electronics store and clear it out and then bash some innocent (white) truck driver's head in with a cinder block".

No justice no peace, right?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:30 | 3750829 enloe creek
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fuck yeah, that's why the DHS bought all the 9mm HP rds.  

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:04 | 3750801 css1971
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All these people who weren't there at the incident, no idea what really happened or what went through the minds of the participants, feeling the need to vomit their prejudices at the public... With the media lapping it up eagerly.

America is dead and stinking, bury it 6 feet under please.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:48 | 3750804 magpie
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The place i work for has intercepted American psyops material saying they will get their race riot/kkk bbq/ congo party either way. Americanoids stay vigilant.

*ps i work for Turkish Airways lol

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:10 | 3750807 Laretes
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To summarize: I wanna-be cop can follow an unarmed kid, confront him, then shit his pants for some reason, shoot the guy and get away with it simply by saying 'but I was scared'! Amazing.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:17 | 3750881 Michigan
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You unarmed kid was in reality a drug-dealing wanna-be thug who was suspended from school for attacking people.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:39 | 3750913 yellowsub
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Wait, he's not an angel?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:24 | 3750970 LFMayor
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St. Crayons now.  Poor little boy, just a baby.  Was gonna be an astronaut, had aspirations for the NBA.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 12:32 | 3751464 Dr. Bonzo
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You forgot the part where he called 911 _first_ to make absolutely certain the cops might actually show up just as he was murdering Saint Trayvon.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:28 | 3750823 enloe creek
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trayvon is dead what a shame that this country has to watch these kinds of episodes. this will further nothing good.  it is pointless to try. niether person has been found innocent or guilty so tghere are some things we can"t really truthfully understand in this case only zimmerman was there, and Martin who isn"t talking so I guess there is the answer leave no witnessess is good policy.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 15:32 | 3750831 johngerard
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The Department of Justice is a political tool, the role of which in this trial is to stoke inter racial tension in the US.

And they've succeeded. They've been involved in all Sharpton's race-baiting surrounding the trial, and will no doubt be formulating their next thuggish steps as we speak. More direct interference in the justice system from the Federal government? But of course...

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:33 | 3750834 magpie
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Pretty simple how this travesty will continue, Mr.Z gets shot then everyone goes kill the nigga but blame the Regime "justice" system instead.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:40 | 3750839 enloe creek
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maybe Zimmerman should ask for asylum in Idaho

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:42 | 3750843 magpie
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Only if they can guarantee Mr. Snowden's security first

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:03 | 3750863 goldenbuddha454
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Yeah, he just needs to do a 'Bill Buckner' and go live in peace up there in the rockies.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 07:40 | 3750840 Debt Slave
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"The acquittal of George Zimmerman is a slap in the face to the American people but it is only the first round in the pursuit of justice. We intend to ask the Department of Justice to move forward as they did in the Rodney King case and we will closely monitor the civil case against Mr. Zimmerman."
— the Rev. Al Sharpton

Isn't justice in America great? Don't get the verdict you like? Try him again! Fifth Amendment be DAMNED. Any wonder why the country is going into the toilet? It's because the feds are allowed to shit all over the Constitution and get away with it.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:42 | 3750914 robochess
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Maybe the POTUS, who is supposed to be the POTUS of all and the head law, should have kept his, "If I had a son..." comment to himself. Instead he choose to take one side over the other. End result, HIS desired divide and conquer. Nice goin, dick.  You're the POTUS of all or the POTUS of none.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:00 | 3750860 lindaamick
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Zimmerman was a self appointed neighborhood watchman.  He belonged to no organized group.

Martin was returning to the residence of his father's girl friend in that subdivision after going to the store.  He carried a bottle of iced tea and a package of skittles. 

Zimmerman spotted Martin and began tailing him in the car.  Zimmerman called 911.  The 911 operator told Zimmerman NOT to follow Martin and NOT to get out of his car.  

Zimmerman followed in the car and then parked and followed Martin on foot.  He took a loaded gun with him.

Martin and Zimmerman met.  Zimmerman shot and killed Martin.

How in the world is this self defense for Zimmerman?  If I follow somebody with a gun even abandoning my car to follow them on foot and they want to know why I am following them and I shoot that person, HOW IN GODS NAME CAN ANYBODY THINK THIS IS SELF DEFENSE?

 

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:17 | 3750883 asscannon101
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Phenomenal ignorance. Just phenomenal.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:20 | 3750887 shovelhead
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I think you forgot the part where Obama's son punches Zim in the face while saying "You got a problem, motherfucker." and jumps him, knocking him to the ground and pounding his head in the pavement.

Not an inconsequential fact.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:22 | 3750888 Michigan
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Zimmerman was simply out for an evening walk when the high-as-a-kite wannabe-thug Trayvon saw a "creepy cracker" who he mercilessly assaulted and attempted to kill. "No Limitz Nigga", as the drug-dealer and illegal firearm owner Trayvon liked to be called, suspected Zimmerman of being a homosexual out looking for gay sex before jumping Zimmerman. The homophobic and racist attack was ended in self-defense when Zimmerman protected himself.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:23 | 3750892 economicmorphine
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Linda, people like you have one set of rules for white males and another set for everyone else.  The kid was bashing Zimmerman's head into the sidewalk.  He has a right to defend himself.  The conduct of the sheriff's department says it all.  NO CRIME COMMITTED.  It wasn't until bleeding heart asswipes like yourself demanded justice for Obama's aborted son that NBC and the race pimps decided to try and convict Mr. Zimmerman for fighting back.  I wonder how long it will be before you idiots demand that we do away with trial by jury, because, I mean, the jury got it wrong.  Justice my ass.   You want blood, plain and simple.  Be careful what you wish for, darling.  Black America isn't the only segment of the population seething.  

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 13:52 | 3751730 Laretes
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There is no evidence that Trayvon was doing what Zimmerman describes. He had a tiny scratch ...

Pounding his head on the pavement my ass.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:38 | 3750910 lakecity55
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Wah wah.

Beat it, troll.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:45 | 3750922 Winston of Oceania
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double post

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:44 | 3751015 Winston of Oceania
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"The 911 operator told Zimmerman NOT to follow Martin and NOT to get out of his car"

Niether of which George was required to do as the 911 dispatcher is not an officer of the law and he as a free "white-hispanic" can do as he pleases unless in violation of the law. The evil central planners WANT you afraid of what lurks in the dark as it makes you so much more manageable on the whole.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:04 | 3751045 Uncle Remus
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Get someone to pound your head on the sidewalk repeatedly while you ponder that question. I have no doubt there will be a plethora of Huckleberrys.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 10:56 | 3751173 yogibear
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One less thug-punk kid the state will have to support. Martin probably would have ended up in prison and getting into progressively more trouble, probably even killing a few people. 

Maybe these thugs will think twice about raping or robbing people as now more states are offering conceal and carry.

Lock and load, be prepared to defend yourself because some day you may need to defend yourself. Thugs thrive on naive people like you.   

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 12:28 | 3751458 Dr. Bonzo
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Yeah... isn't that what every cracker-ass with a gun does when he goes stalking brothers in the hood? Make a 911 call first.

Pfffffffffffffff.........

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:02 | 3750861 goldenbuddha454
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 Zimmerman was an abberation, here's what happens daily in Chicago and Obama and Jackson say nothing.  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/07/Chicago-Murders-Soar-67-Shot-11-Killed-over-July-4-Weekend-So-Far

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:23 | 3750893 22winmag
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Their lies are so obvious a caveman could figure them out.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:32 | 3750905 yellowsub
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Must be all black is why they don't care to bring it up.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:04 | 3750864 world_debt_slave
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by these photos, I now believe zombies do exist.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:09 | 3750873 Unstable Condition
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The race hustlers got what they wanted, more racial tension.

Divide and conquer.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:22 | 3750890 shovelhead
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You got racial tension?

I don't.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:20 | 3750886 22winmag
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Fuck  you race pimps.

Thank the founders for jury trials.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:22 | 3750891 overmedicatedun...
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bubble, perhaps you ment "a black, pants below his smelly hole, can assault any white looking person and not get killed because he ain't got no responsiblity to control his actions." somebody got a beating but in your world it's ok because of color. racist idiot.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:24 | 3750896 therearetoomany...
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Rampant corruption in Banking

Rampant corruption in the Fed

Rampant corruption in the White House

Rampant corruption in congress

Media that is the right hand of the administration, no matter who that admin is

NSA collecting data on everyone, innocent or not

Police forces daily squatting and shitting on the faces of 'the people'

IRS being used to remove political opposition...

Amb. Stevens killed in Benghazi trying to run guns to our enemies

Treasonous acts by Obama and McCain trying to run guns and aid and comfort our enemies to foment regime change

Hey, look at the squirrel!!

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:59 | 3751040 Uncle Remus
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But first, a word from our sponsor...

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:33 | 3750898 lakecity55
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SHARPTON DELIGHTED IN TRIAL'S VERDICT

(ROYTERS)-- Al Sharpton said last night he was satisfied and delighted with the acquittal of George Zimmerman.

"This thing has dragged on so long, donations have dwindled and I have a Bentley payment to make. The verdict allows me to stir up moar emotional hatred and get back on my feet financially. I hope T-shirt sales are up next week, I have some new designs we wanna try out.

"Folks think I get big money at that TV gig, but those jewish fellas don't pay crap. Besides, we only have a few dozen viewers. Thank God for cable. I'd be long gone from a real TV station."

When asked if he was planning to meet and console the Martin family, Sharpton replied "I should have a photo-op tomorrow. I will carry this sign with our toll-free number and website for ordering merchandise."

Asked about the trial itself,  Rev. Sharpton shrugged his shoulders. "Ya never know what a jury's gonna do. In this case, it worked out OK for me. I mean, can you imagine having to go raise money in Chi-Town? I might get shot. Somebody needs to do something about that gun violence, maybe a pastor who can talk to those young men."

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 11:43 | 3751324 Uncle Remus
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Sharpton is not.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:37 | 3750907 koan
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Yep cry, weep and moan then tell the next generation they are Trayvon, raise them up angry, why change anything now?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:37 | 3750908 koan
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Yep cry, weep and moan then tell the next generation they are Trayvon, raise them up angry, why change anything now?

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:27 | 3750976 LFMayor
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I had to up arrow both of your double posts.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:32 | 3750988 villainvomit
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Yep cry, weep and moan then tell the next generation they are Treyawn, raise them up angry, tell them that the man owes them food, shelter and free healthcare...why change anything now ?

 

fixed it for ya

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:39 | 3750911 NoWayJose
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The only thing you need to know about this trial is that the media constantly referred to Zimmerman as a White-Hispanic. Huh? This was purely done so as to not offend the Hispanic population - a not insignificant minority in Florida.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:45 | 3750916 meatbag
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Ok, so this meatbag will put his thoughts in writing just for kicks.  First off, I could not give a damn what color any of these folks are.  

 

Once again the "situation" is so surreal as to seem staged.   One has to wonder if this result was not politically motivated to create more instability as some here have suggested.

 

As for the verdict.  Here are the simple facts as I see them.  If I were followed by someone and then confronted, I would react the same way this young man acted even today in my old age.  Had I been 17 year old at the time, when I had a serious case of invincibility like most male teens have, then I surely would have reacted the same way.

 

The adult and aggressor here was Zimmerman and regardless of Zimmerman's fear, he had no right to start a fight (stalking and confronting) then end it with a gunshot to an unarmed teen.   Everyone one of us would have reacted exactly the way the teen reacted, especially when they were 17. 

 

The jury here were cowards and followed their instructions instead of logic.   We have juries to tease out the subtle complexities of real cases.  If not, then we could just use a simple computer if-then routine to to interpret the letter of the law.   So once again, this appears to be a set-up to generate yet more instability.  The other alternative is that the justice system is broken, which I also strongly suspect to be the case.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 08:55 | 3750926 overmedicatedun...
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meat bag, your logic is a mirror of a brain washed idiot. sure attack someone because he looks at you or walks by you. don't go into subways thousands do both there and you would have a tough time attacking them all.

remember why the hispanic was watching a strange kid in the street..crimes done there..a good reason to keep an eye on kid so he knew to keep moving. and not stop to do a little B&E. but then crimes by black teenagers are rare in america. so rare as to be of no import.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:28 | 3750980 meatbag
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Could you please explain to me how my logic implies that I am "brain washed"? 

 

Your use of the  word "idiot" is a perfect example of how normal males respond to confrontation.   This teen was not attacking someone who just happened to look at him.  The teen was stalked and confronted.  Just as you were confronted by my post.   You are escalating what was a neutral position between the two of us by getting personal.  So, if I continue the escalation here by calling you a pussy, then does that give you the right to shoot me?   If I take a swing at you?  Does that give you the right?   When does it end?   When we start fights we need to be prepared for the consequences.  Zimmerman, should have been thinking more clearly what might be the normal reaction of a teen before we went all vigilante.   Once again, Zimmerman was the adult here.  If you carry a gun, you need to take responsibility if you kill someone.

Sun, 07/14/2013 - 09:57 | 3751038 overmedicatedun...
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meaty, brain washed in the facts are not facts to you..a crime problem B&E on those streets, a man doing a job the police can't..a strange teen walking thru, the teen attacks the man (who, did not try to detain him and who called police to let them know he saw someone who was acting strange)..I agree you carry a gun you better use great judgement, what part about having your head smashed into the pavement and then using that gun to prevent serious injury do you not get..it's a sad thing to take a life ..this guy did not get off w/o serious effects to him..he is paying a price, but he was not guilty under our so called laws. yet you still point your finger at him and say guilty when a jury said otherwise..brainwashed is when you cannot see you are.

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