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Zimmerman was on the ground being punched when he shot Trayvon Martin(FL)
Charleston Conservative Examiner ^ | 21 March, 2012 | Kyle Rogers

Posted on 03/22/2012 4:55:30 AM PDT by marktwain

Last weekend in the city of Chicago alone, gangbangers slaughtered ten people and wounded another forty. The youngest fatality is only six years old. The youngest person wounded is only one-year-old. Many of the victim were pedestrians sprayed with bullets in drive by shootings. The national news has said nothing about this.

So why does one shooting in Florida warrant weeks of national news? Why has there been thousands of articles a day, for the last four days, about one single shooting?

Almost all of the news items about George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin contains a combination of false statements, opinions presented as facts, transparent distortions, and a complete absence of some of the most relevant details. Almost all news items are written soley from the point of view of the grieving family. The media also fills their articles with outdated baby-faced pictures of Trayvon. Very few include that he was a towering 6'2” football player. Is the media really reporting the news, or is this classic agitation/propaganda to advance a political agenda.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; fl; georgezimmerman; lies; politicalcorrectness; propaganda; shooting; trayvonmartin
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To: patriot08

I am most definitely outraged by our communist inspired mainstream media.


21 posted on 03/22/2012 5:30:30 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (A free counttry and a lying media are incompatible.)
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To: patriot08

refer ping


22 posted on 03/22/2012 5:33:12 AM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: marktwain

I always knew there was more to the story than was being reported. I immediately knew there were problems when the MSM reported that Zimmerman was “white.”

My only question is this: the photo of Zimmerman that is currently being shown has him in what looks like an orange shirt. It looks like a mug shot. My husband said that originally it was identified as being taken by Orange County and then was removed in later reports.


23 posted on 03/22/2012 5:34:09 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: marktwain

It sickens me that this case is getting more attention than the Allen Goin case - the one where the white kid was SET OF FIRE while the attackers indicated a CLEAR racial motive by saying, “You get what you deserve, white boy.”


24 posted on 03/22/2012 5:34:42 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: patriot08

None of those details have a bearing on who started the fight.


25 posted on 03/22/2012 5:35:18 AM PDT by Sloth (If a tax break counts as "spending" then every time I don't rob a bank should be a "deposit.")
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To: Texas Fossil

It is worse than a travesty. There are some very real sinister forces trying to take us into anarchy and then communism and the MSM is riddled with these mind control agents. Many are not from the US. The communists know exactly what they are doing and it is for THEIR world order.


26 posted on 03/22/2012 5:35:40 AM PDT by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
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To: marktwain

Thanks for your continuing follow-ups to this story.


28 posted on 03/22/2012 5:36:18 AM PDT by RabidBartender (The above statement is not meant to be offensive to women. Please don't whine and have me banned.)
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To: fabian

Bump


29 posted on 03/22/2012 5:37:05 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: patriot08

Bookmark for additional information Zimmerman vs Trayvon


30 posted on 03/22/2012 5:37:26 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Mr. Quarterpanel
Zimmerman should never have engaged the youth. He was advised to not follow by the Dispatcher and wait for Police.

Get your facts straight.

Mr. Zimmerman did nothing unlawful by exiting his vehicle and following the suspicious person, who after starting toward him in what could be construed in an aggressive manner turned and started to run away. Furthermore the civilian dispatcher did NOT tell him to wait for police..in fact told Mr. Zimmerman the police would call him back upon their arrival to locate him after he affirmed to the dispatcher he was indeed following the suspect.

31 posted on 03/22/2012 5:51:22 AM PDT by mac_truck ( Aide toi et dieu t aidera)
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To: Sloth; All
None of those details have a bearing on who started the fight.

They have some bearing, because they indicate that Zimmerman was losing the fight. It is more likely for someone to be losing the fight if they were attacked by surprise.

More importantly, it shows how this story is being spun and important details that are being covered up by the MSM.

By reading the MSM articles, you would believe that Zimmerman chased down a little black boy, beat on him, and then shot him.

These details show that narrative to be very unlikely.

32 posted on 03/22/2012 5:56:17 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: Irenic

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33 posted on 03/22/2012 5:56:29 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: marktwain

>>By reading the MSM articles, you would believe that Zimmerman chased down a little black boy, beat on him, and then shot him.

>>These details show that narrative to be very unlikely.

Exactly, and worth saying again.


34 posted on 03/22/2012 6:05:38 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: marktwain
O course, we are being played like trout.

Because of political considerations, Zimmerman (who is an idiot ... and is definitely guilty of the heinous crime of politically incorrect remarks ... and is damn lucky HE ain't the dead guy) will be placed on trial. If he is found innocent, which is a pretty good bet based on the evidence seen so far, this will be the signal for the beginning of national riots.

After he is found innocent in the Florida Courts, or as might be more likely given the political circumstances, allowed to "cop a plea" to a much less serious offense, he will be tried and convicted in the Federal Courts for the Offense of "Denying Trayvon his Civil Rights," just as were the officers who saved Rodney King's life. (Even the ACLU initially found that a Constitutional violation!)

The Obama Election Machine was (and always is) absolutely ready and waiting for an inflammatory incident and now, by golly, they've gotten themselves a real doozy! Al? Al Sharpton? Why he's got himself a new and improved Tawana Brawley!

Riots. Lawsuits (The cops, Zimmerman, the city, the HOA: get ready). Rhetoric. Elections.

35 posted on 03/22/2012 6:07:46 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk ((So, you're telling me Scalia, Alito, Thomas, and Roberts can't figure out this eligibility stuff?))
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To: marktwain
In Texas there is an exception to self defense called "provoking the difficulty." In a nutshell, you can't start a fight, realize you are losing it, shoot the the guy you attacked, then claim self defense. If Florida law is similar, Zimmerman is in a world of hurt.
36 posted on 03/22/2012 6:12:58 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: marktwain

I would be fighting Zimmerman too if he was trying to kill me


37 posted on 03/22/2012 6:14:38 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Mr. Quarterpanel

yep. I agree


38 posted on 03/22/2012 6:16:31 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: mac_truck

Yes,Zimmerman did do something wrong. He engaged the kid. The popo told him not to. If Zimmerman was chasing me, and was confronting me for nothing, and had a gun and made threats with it, I would fight him too to save my own life. Zimmerman was a bully, plain and simple, many cops are too and hide behind the badge.


39 posted on 03/22/2012 6:19:05 AM PDT by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: vicar7

If one resides in a gated community the 911 operator is not your eyes and ears. They can suggest something to you, but it is your choice to follow. Please note, they are not sworn police officers and have no authority to tell you what to do in a volatile situation.


40 posted on 03/22/2012 6:19:05 AM PDT by No Surrender No Retreat
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