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Commentary: Are We Prepared to Respond to Increased Attacks on Black Males?
bet.com ^ | March 23, 2012 | Michael Steele

Posted on 03/23/2012 2:42:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

My friend Jonathan Capehart, an editorial board member and opinion writer for The Washington Post, laid bare the “grisly” facts we are just now coming to terms with in the killing of Trayvon Martin:

“An overzealous neighborhood watch captain in an SUV armed with a 9-mm handgun. A 17-year-old boy armed with an iced tea and a bag of Skittles. We know from [George] Zimmerman’s 911 call that he thought [Trayvon] Martin was “a real suspicious guy” who “looks like he’s up to no good or he’s on drugs or something.”

And now we have some insight into Trayvon’s mindset at the time.

“He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man,” said Trayvon’s girlfriend, who was talking with him on his cell phone during the start of the incident. In an exclusive ABC News report, she discussed the confrontation in answer to questions from the Martin family attorney. “I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run.” Eventually he would run, said the girl, thinking that he’d managed to escape. But suddenly the strange man was back, cornering Martin.”

“Trayvon said, ‘What, are you following me for,’ and the man said, ‘What are you doing here.’ Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn’t answer the phone.”

That’s because Trayvon was dead of a single gunshot wound to his chest.”

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As the father of two sons, my heart sank at learning of the circumstances surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin.

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To: Future Snake Eater

What these media pricks are saying is that its OK to kill blacks, as long as the assailant is another black, but if its a Hispanic or a white person then everyone is outraged. I live in LA, there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t hear on the news about a drive-by shooting in South Central or some other God awful area. When someone isn’t murdered in Compton or Inglewood its a surprise. Where are the black leaders when a child dies in a drive-by? No where to be found


21 posted on 03/23/2012 3:08:33 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: NoLibZone

her number is fi fi fo -fi fo fi fo


22 posted on 03/23/2012 3:09:22 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom)
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To: NoLibZone
Obama, whose-mom-doesn't-look-like-Trayvon's called Sandra Fluke quickly, when will he call Trayvon’s mom?

Obama has put himself into this mess , and is quoted as saying.
“You know, if I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.”

23 posted on 03/23/2012 3:09:38 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: plangent

The 6’ 2” innocent choir boy on 5 day suspension from school was shot while kneeling on and punching the shooter. What does race have to do with it?


24 posted on 03/23/2012 3:10:27 PM PDT by Mechanicos (Why does the DOE have a SWAT Team?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Every image of Trayvon shows he was better off when Bush was President.


25 posted on 03/23/2012 3:10:48 PM PDT by NoLibZone (When will Obama call Trayvon's mom? He was quick to call Sandra Fluke.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I question the objectivity of anything that doesn’t mention Zimmerman is half-hispanic and there are blacks in his family.


26 posted on 03/23/2012 3:12:16 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: caww

I just watched a video of the Sanford City Manager’s statement.

He is a well spoken very professional black man. So the city manager is black, the victim black, the shooter hispanic.

Were the police all white? Where is the racial issue here?

Both involved in the incident were minorities. Who is racial anger being expressed at here?


27 posted on 03/23/2012 3:12:58 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Williams
Also, the fact the shooter is a minority makes this all the more bizarre.

Actually, no. Hispanics and blacks do not get along.

28 posted on 03/23/2012 3:13:05 PM PDT by sauropod (You can elect your very own tyranny - Mark Levin)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

The #1 thing that black males could do to decrease the level of distrust and stereotyping against them, would be to stop proving that its warranted.

Frankly, the odds of being the victim of black on white crime is staggeringly large compared to the reverse, especially given the population distribution. So let’s stop pretending that there is just a perception problem when it comes to young black males.


29 posted on 03/23/2012 3:13:55 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Mechanicos

Was he on suspension from school? If so, why?


30 posted on 03/23/2012 3:14:24 PM PDT by Williams (Honey Badger Don't Care)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

“An 85-year-old woman was sexually assaulted and battered to death by a home invader who also shot her 90-year-old husband in the face with a BB gun.”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117695/Brutal-home-invasion-Oklahoma-couple-ends-65-year-romance-meeting-blind-date.html


31 posted on 03/23/2012 3:14:54 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
Need to fix the Black on Black crime first. Then fix the single black mother problem. Then need to fix the Black drop out problem. Don't see any protests or articles on these.

On a side note: Most people of all colors stay away from any Martin Luther King Blvd after dark.
32 posted on 03/23/2012 3:15:01 PM PDT by Dallas59 (President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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To: musicman

The “WE” tells me everything I need to know about Micheal Steele


33 posted on 03/23/2012 3:15:16 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Williams

Whatever the reason is, it was also surely racist.


34 posted on 03/23/2012 3:15:16 PM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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To: Free ThinkerNY

While Geraldo blames the tragic death of Trayvon Martin on his mode of dress, I believe there is another element that the MSM will studiously ignore.

Barack Obama has done more to divide this nation along racial lines than anything I can remember. “African Americans for Obama”, “Hispanics for Obama,” “Martians for Obama”, etc., etc... are just part of it. This guy’s efforts to take us the rest of the way to communism have angered many of those who may already harbor latent or outright racist tendencies.

While Obama’s anti-American behavior has little to do with his race, there are unbalanced folks out here who DO read race into that behavior. Once they cross that threshold, their warped minds can justify nearly any act, up to and including the killing of an unarmed black boy walking through his neighborhood. I fear there is more — and worse — to come.

Barack, some of Trayvon Martin’s blood — and the blood of future black and white victims of your racism — is on YOUR hands.


35 posted on 03/23/2012 3:15:33 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (I really want Obozo to have another term -- in Leavenworth! 25 to life sounds about right.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
you can almost count the white on black attacks every year on both hands, black on white, well... they hardly ever make the news anyway
36 posted on 03/23/2012 3:15:49 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: Williams

Yes and nobody knows since his families lawyer put a gag on the school.


37 posted on 03/23/2012 3:17:01 PM PDT by Mechanicos (Why does the DOE have a SWAT Team?)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

snip-”The article details the story of the Zebra killings, in which a group of racist blacks slayed random white people...”

http://www.flynnfiles.com/archives/culture2005/the_zebra_killings_and_why_pc_profs_dont_want_you_to_know_about_them.html

(whites could post these reports ALL day—where are OUR race defenders?)


38 posted on 03/23/2012 3:18:24 PM PDT by Mortrey (Impeach President Soros)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Precisely. Columbus OH here. A little black 6 yr old was shot and killed in a driveby just last week. Not a word other than the news report. I didn’t see one protest or hear about calls from black leaders. I guess the only important murdered black people are those killed by whites. Says a lot about the black culture.


39 posted on 03/23/2012 3:18:37 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: GeronL

Yep!


40 posted on 03/23/2012 3:19:39 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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