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Obama: “If I Had A Son He'd Look Like Trayvon”
Buzzfeed ^ | 3/23/12 | Zeke Miller

Posted on 03/23/2012 7:35:53 AM PDT by RabidBartender

President Barack Obama weighed in on the "tragedy" of Trayvon Martin's death last week, saying it is "absolutely imperative" that all levels of government investigate "every aspect" of how the unarmed boy was shot.

"I can only imagine what these parents are going through," Obama said, adding "When I think about this boy I think about my own kids."

"I am glad that not only is the Justice Department is looking into this, but the Governor of the State of Florida has put together a task force [to investigate the case]," Obama said. Obama carefully avoided any discussion of George Zimmerman, the man who shot Martin, and has controversially avoided arrest under Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense laws.

"My main message is to the parents: If I had a son he'd look like Trayvon. I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: holderspeople; martin; obama; race; racecard; racism; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: RabidBartender

What would have happened if President Bush had identified with a teenager BECAUSE he was white? Looked like one of his kids...


261 posted on 03/23/2012 12:41:36 PM PDT by GOPJ (Democrat-Media Complex - buried stories and distorted facts... freeper 'andrew' Breitbart)
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To: manc
You and I have agreed on many issues in the past. You actually defended me against trolls who have since been zotted into eternity.

I don't watch MSNBC or CNN you know that. I wouldn't be here over 10 years if I did...

Maybe it is because I live in Illinois and this isn't normal for some guy to act like a Wild West Sheriff and go marching around with a shot gun. Then shoots a kid with skittles!

I've been called racist on this site many times, now I'm suddenly a supporter of Sharpton??? Wowzers maybe the people who called me a racist will grant me a pardon???

Forget the MSM talking heads, forget Obummer using this as a campaign ad. I don't like the whole "I have lots of black friends" argument, that's always the first line to be used.

I have a cousin who is black and we are related by blood!!! At least that doesn't sound like I'm pandering!!!

All I'm saying is listening to the 911 calls, not the screaming agitators like Sharpton and the other loons. The guy was out of line in my opinion.

I live on a court backing up to a Forest Preserve. We have had several burglaries. No one has gone marching out with guns at night. I simply have an alarm system and if that don't work I'll shoot an intruder, until they ban guns outright in Illinois and with the dems in charge that's a good chance of happening.

I'm not parroting any news. Want the truth? I haven't watched any news since Mittens won IL Tuesday because it made me sick, I've been watching the Military Channel.

So before jumping the gun, no pun intended, just ask me to clarify before going Media Matters on me!

Finally, there was no investigation and you know this! The guy could have given himself a bloody nose for Christ sakes! There are multiple 911 tapes one where you can hear the shot, I heard no screaming as if a struggle was occurring. For the Cops to leave because Zimmerman had a bloody nose isn't grounds for not investigating further! I know you and you have come to my defense in the past here, you know logically there should have been an investigation.

Now the Rats have their Rosa Parks of 2012!!! Just think this through logically and don't go crazy with attacks. I hope you remember our discussions in the past because we have fought side by side on many a thread...

262 posted on 03/23/2012 12:51:07 PM PDT by Dengar01 (Go Bulls!!! Go Blackhawks!!!)
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To: RabidBartender

He has a son, she just hasn’t told them yet.


263 posted on 03/23/2012 12:57:30 PM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2012)
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To: RabidBartender; All

OBAMA, if you had a mother, would she look like Nancy Strait??

White 85 year old partially blind Nancy Strait was robbed, tortured, raped and beaten to death just the other day in Oklahoma by a gang of feral blacks.

Her 90 year old war veteran husband was beaten, his jaw broken, shot in the face numerous times with a BB gun and sent to the hospital in critical condition.

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While the Zimmerman ‘white’ on black killing is covered 24/7 on the MSM with an outpouring of rage and charges of a racial hate crime, where is the concern- where is the rage about the home invasion, torture, beating, rape and murder of the elderly white couple by ‘African Americans’ in Oklahoma just the other day?

WHY NO MENTION ON THE MSM??
WHY DOES IT TAKE THE BRITS TO BRING THIS NEWS TO US??

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There’s a lot more here than a home invasion and robbery.

WHERE ARE THE CHARGES OF A RACIAL HATE CRIME??

90 year old husband’s jaw broken and shot in face with BB gun?

85 wife year old semi blind wife RAPED and BEATEN to death??

Where is the 24/7 MSM coverage

Where is the outrage?

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

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264 posted on 03/23/2012 12:58:23 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: kabar; opentalk
There has to be a police report of the incident, though am hearing (via talk radio) the varying theories (no facts) which would place the police report in question. As is, the police report being questioned (imho), is cause to believe Summer is going to probably be hotter than desired on the crime front. Prayer to be wrong.
265 posted on 03/23/2012 12:59:23 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: RabidBartender

"..if he had a son Moochell would be pissed and it would look like Mr.Hanky"

266 posted on 03/23/2012 1:04:53 PM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Dengar01
All I'm saying is listening to the 911 calls, not the screaming agitators like Sharpton and the other loons. The guy was out of line in my opinion.

I'm seriously interested to know what you heard in the 911 calls that lead you to the conclusion that Zimmerman was out of line?

Did you listen to the call Zimmerman made to the Sanford Police Department? Are you aware that Zimmerman was part of the neighborhood watch? Did you know that Zimmerman did exactly what is expected of those who encounter a suspicious scenario - contact the police?

Since you refer to Zimmerman as some kind of "Wild West Sheriff", obviously you are unaware that Zimmerman was not on watch that night, but out running errands when he returned home to find an unfamiliar youth wandering his gated community.

Those screaming agitators that you call loons painted this portrait, yet you believe it? Did you bother to ask yourself "when have I ever believed anything these guys have said before"?

267 posted on 03/23/2012 1:06:55 PM PDT by Shethink13
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To: beandog
Why would the two of you wish to be associated with a web site so full of racist? Maybe it’s because the two of you are nothing but race baiters.

Why don’t you go join Sharpton and his lynch mob. I’m sure you’ll feel more at home with them.

If I thought this website was a "bunch of racists" as you state, I would not have been a member since September 15, 2001.

Thank you for calling me a race baiter because some folks who've since been zotted used to call me a racist saying I hated blacks, hispanics and arabs. So thanks for granting me the racial pardon!!! Much appreciated!!!

I'm not race baiting here. I don't care what color the guy was. If some guy was wandering around my neighborhood with a shot gun I'd freak out and lock the door and grab my gun!

If it is a gated community that means there should be security on site.

Anyways thanks for clearing up to the trolls that I am not a racist, however, I'd watch your tongue before saying I'm pro-Sharpton.

My posting history dates back nearly 11 years, I have said many a thing about the "Reverend" Sharpton who got his divinity degree out of a cracker jack box. Including Taywana Brawly, Freddy's Fashion Mart, Megaphone hysteria, ect... If you think I am an Al Sharpton support please contact Jim Robinson and the Mods, I think they can do a quick history check and you will quickly find out my stance on that thug, along with his buddy Jesse Jackson a locust who tried to shakedown my father's company!!!

268 posted on 03/23/2012 1:11:37 PM PDT by Dengar01 (Go Bulls!!! Go Blackhawks!!!)
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To: no-to-illegals

There are police reports that have been made public. The Sanford police have said that they conducted a fair and complete investigation and it welcome state and federal officials to review their findings.


269 posted on 03/23/2012 1:16:13 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Shethink13
There is a second 911 call from a female resident in that neighborhood. She called about a man with a gun, I heard NO STRUGGLE, which I would assume would be some sort of noise audible such as "Help", "Get the F off me", or just a scream. All I heard was a shot go off during the phone call.

Maybe that was just fabricated though, I mean maybe they made up the 911 phone call from the one woman.

Let me reiterate this isn't the 911 phone call Zimmerman made this was made by a female resident who was an eye witness to the shooting, you cannot hear any signs of a physical struggle. I find it impossible that if someone was getting punched in the nose they wouldn't say a word. If you believe that, well I rather not even argue with you because, hell is a place where there is no logic, and I would rather not be dragged into hell.

270 posted on 03/23/2012 1:18:48 PM PDT by Dengar01 (Go Bulls!!! Go Blackhawks!!!)
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To: kabar

A question ... Has the police report been printed as public information or has it been sealed due to a present ongoing investigation?


271 posted on 03/23/2012 1:23:07 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: KansasGirl

When are Blacks as a whole going to comment on that?

Doesn’t that disgust them?

What about the black kid here in Florida (St.Petersburg) who shot and killed the white police officer last year?

Where’s the outrage?

Where are the riots?

Where are the rallies calling for justice?


272 posted on 03/23/2012 1:23:45 PM PDT by POWERSBOOTHEFAN (I love you,Pumpkin. You are the best cat in the world. You're my Sweet Pea.)
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To: Chance Hart; RabidBartender

An Hispanic Zimmerman or any hispanic with a German name is offspring of Nazi exile. Many Nazis fled to South Americaa during and after the end of WWII. There were Nazi Zimmermans, so draw your conclusions.


273 posted on 03/23/2012 1:29:06 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Be paranoid. Be very paranoid.)
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To: no-to-illegals

http://knobslobbingfeminism.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Redacted_Incident_Report_Martin_Death_Investigation_02_26_12.pdf
Grab a copy while you can!


274 posted on 03/23/2012 1:34:44 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Lady Jag
Four schools on lock-down (basically in my area) due to threats of gang violence after a shooting death nearly three days ago. Not related to present discussion. FWIW
275 posted on 03/23/2012 1:34:54 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: DBrow
Please place on screen for all to see (if related). Do not open pdf(s) as a general rule.
276 posted on 03/23/2012 1:37:17 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: Dengar01
There is a second 911 call from a female resident in that neighborhood. She called about a man with a gun, I heard NO STRUGGLE, which I would assume would be some sort of noise audible such as "Help", "Get the F off me", or just a scream. All I heard was a shot go off during the phone call.

Hmmmm...interesting...is it this one?

How about this?

or this?

Here's another

Perhaps this?

????

And finally this.

Nope - guess it couldn't be any of these you heard because all of them that take place before the gunshot state that they hear a man screaming help. Since a gunshot would be heard by people farther away it makes sense that they don't report the screams only the gunshot. Don't know what to tell you....

277 posted on 03/23/2012 1:47:30 PM PDT by Shethink13
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To: no-to-illegals

The PDF was scanned as an image, there is no extractable text. I do not use an image host service so I can’t post the picture.


278 posted on 03/23/2012 1:52:13 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: Dengar01
Let me reiterate this isn't the 911 phone call Zimmerman made this was made by a female resident who was an eye witness to the shooting, you cannot hear any signs of a physical struggle. I find it impossible that if someone was getting punched in the nose they wouldn't say a word. If you believe that, well I rather not even argue with you because, hell is a place where there is no logic, and I would rather not be dragged into hell.

And let me reiterate that Zimmerman NEVER made a call to 911. He called the Sanford Police Department - there is a difference you know. And there were no eyewitnesses to the shooting that I'm aware of, but if you have evidence to the contrary I would be interested to see it. Can you provide a link?

What is it that Reagan said? It's not that you're wrong it's that so much of what you know just isn't so.

279 posted on 03/23/2012 1:53:01 PM PDT by Shethink13
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To: DBrow; All
Would someone with an image host service that can post the pdf at DBrow post #274 for all to view, please place up on this thread?

Thanks in advance.

280 posted on 03/23/2012 1:56:49 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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