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CBC wants Trayvon Martin's death investigated as potential hate crime
http://www.politico.com ^ | | 3/19/12 5:55 PM EDT | By KEVIN ROBILLARD

Posted on 03/19/2012 5:45:25 PM PDT by redreno

The Congressional Black Caucus wants the Justice Department to investigate the shooting death of a 17-year-old, unarmed black Florida high school student as a potential hate crime.

“This case compromises the integrity of our legal system and sets a horrific precedent of vigilante justice,” Congressional Black Caucus Chair Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) said in a statement. “Members of the Congressional Black Caucus stand together in the name of justice for Trayvon. As a nation we cannot, should not, and will not ignore, Trayvon’s brutal murder and the inconceivable fact that his killer remains free. Contrary to the flippant way this case has been handled, his life had meaning and purpose. Trayvon had a family, friends and a future all taken away because of the color of his skin

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: banglist; blackcaucus; blackracists; cbc; ccw; florida; georgezimmerman; hatecrime; lmm; prejudicethejury; racecaucus; selfdefense; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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1 posted on 03/19/2012 5:45:35 PM PDT by redreno
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To: redreno

It may be a hate crime, but it’s more likely nothing but a blowhard itching for a fight who had a gun. George Zimmerman is clearly not an innocent victim who resorted to self defense.


2 posted on 03/19/2012 5:47:47 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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To: redreno

So what’s the real story here? The racists don’t jump on the bandwagon unless there’s a cover-up in the works.


3 posted on 03/19/2012 5:49:12 PM PDT by sthguard (The DNC theme song: "All You Need is Guv")
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To: redreno

zimmerman had two head wounds and there may have been a struggle for the gun.


4 posted on 03/19/2012 5:50:27 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: redreno


Zimmerman

5 posted on 03/19/2012 5:52:13 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: redreno

a hate crime is when the holder DOJ investigates white on black but not black on white incidents.


6 posted on 03/19/2012 5:53:35 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: redreno

I think this is, ultimately, a story about a trigger happy cop wannabe and a reasonably good kid who got within range. I don’t think it’s a hate crime so much as a jerk crime.


7 posted on 03/19/2012 5:54:29 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (No wonder this administration favors abortion; everything they have done is an abortion)
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To: Clintonfatigued

I think you may be right. Not sure how you prove it though. It’s his word vs. no one’s word.


8 posted on 03/19/2012 5:54:36 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: redreno

Well if that fat man was trying to kill me there would have been a struggle for the gun too. Zimmerman was a bully hiding behind his “authority” as “capitain”. He will be indicted and tried.


9 posted on 03/19/2012 5:55:45 PM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: sthguard

Cop fanboy sought out conmfrontation with black teen and shot him. Local cops took the word of the perp and did the shoddiest investigation since Mike Nifong.


10 posted on 03/19/2012 5:58:37 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Will the sheeple in this country ever wake up and demand a “White Caucus”? Or maybe a “White history Month”?
I am not a racist, but I’m sick and tired of all these blacks demanding special treatment crap!!
Why can’t they just be Americans???
Flame away-——


11 posted on 03/19/2012 6:01:01 PM PDT by taillightchaser (Third party=four more years of marxism)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Will the sheeple in this country ever wake up and demand a “White Caucus”? Or maybe a “White history Month”?
I am not a racist, but I’m sick and tired of all these blacks demanding special treatment crap!!
Why can’t they just be Americans???
Flame away-——


12 posted on 03/19/2012 6:01:01 PM PDT by taillightchaser (Third party=four more years of marxism)
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To: Oztrich Boy

eyewitnesses saw trevon on top of zimmerman on the ground.


13 posted on 03/19/2012 6:01:25 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: redreno

Neighborhood watch shooter is a hispanic (in spite of his whiteish name).

Should make the “hate crime” aspect interesting...


14 posted on 03/19/2012 6:01:53 PM PDT by HEM
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To: taillightchaser

Sorry for the double post-—my bad


15 posted on 03/19/2012 6:03:04 PM PDT by taillightchaser (Third party=four more years of marxism)
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breitbart is exposing who the racists are, especially the usurper in the white house and eric holder.


16 posted on 03/19/2012 6:03:35 PM PDT by biggredd1
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To: taillightchaser

What does your post have to do with this thread?


17 posted on 03/19/2012 6:06:30 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (A chameleon belongs in a pet store, not the White House)
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To: redreno

I want to know how the shooter got the name Zimmerman.


18 posted on 03/19/2012 6:06:44 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: redreno
I don't know what happened here, none of us really do but if people seem to act as though they have no compassion for the dead kid's family one need only look to the liberals for the cause. We've become so conditioned to liberals using any crime involving a gun as an argument against gun ownership. As soon as a shooting happens, everyone gets defensive instead of sympathetic.
19 posted on 03/19/2012 6:08:54 PM PDT by liberalh8ter (Barack has a memory like a steel trap; it's a gift ~ Michelle Obama)
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To: redreno
As a black man that grew up in the ghetto I'm aware of the harassment from the police and as an adult that lives in the suburbs today! I'm not sure what to think about this one, but today in my suburbs I'm guilty until proven innocent!As I've said it here before, I was pulled over four times in eight weeks in my own neighborhood! Were they "protecting and serving"?

Does it suck? Yes, but what can I do except keep going to work and taking care of my homeschooling wife and four children.
20 posted on 03/19/2012 6:11:31 PM PDT by ForAmerica (Conservative Christian Black Man!)
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