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Oakland has more than its share of Trayvon Martins
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 3/30/12 | Chip Johnson

Posted on 03/30/2012 8:10:19 AM PDT by SmithL

The slaying of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has jolted the American public from its apathy, and there is righteous public outrage from coast to coast.

Martin's death at the hands of a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., has become a national issue that has drawn comment from President Obama and other national leaders. In California, state lawmakers Thursday donned hoodies to demand justice in the case.

Much closer to home, Oakland residents have held rallies to demand action in the Florida case, which has raised multiple troubling issues, including the question of whether Martin was deemed "suspicious" by his shooter because he was an African American youth wearing a hoodie. The admitted shooter, George Zimmerman, is a white Hispanic.

Meanwhile, Lakisha Hill of Hayward wondered if anyone will speak up for her boy.

Charles Hill III, 16, was gunned down in East Oakland after an argument outside a party one week ago. He is one of 28 homicide victims in Oakland this year.

Lakisha Hill, his mother, was one of several people who have lost a son to violence in Oakland and contacted Marilyn Washington Harris, seeking answers, comfort and support. Harris began an antiviolence foundation soon after the death of her own son, Khadafy, in 2000.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Editorial; US: California
KEYWORDS: oakland; trayvonmartin
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1 posted on 03/30/2012 8:10:25 AM PDT by SmithL
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To: SmithL

If Zimmerman was “black”, nobody would care and the moronic politicians wouldn’t be wearing their hoodies. The commie libs are just trying to kick off a race war before the elections.


2 posted on 03/30/2012 8:14:02 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (It's time to WEAN the government off of our money.)
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To: SmithL

Selective outraged by the racebaters....


3 posted on 03/30/2012 8:14:26 AM PDT by RedMonqey (A politician's integrity is usually only as strong as his poll numbers.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I presented THAT scenario on Facebook....that WHAT IF Z had been black, and M had been MexAmerican? Haven’t gone back to see the responses.....should be interesting.


4 posted on 03/30/2012 8:16:33 AM PDT by goodnesswins (2012..."We mutually pledge our Lives, our Fortunes, and our Sacred Honor")
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To: SmithL

http://i39.tinypic.com/mbspc2.jpg

5 posted on 03/30/2012 8:16:34 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: SmithL
Trayvon Martins

Mutant Zombie Trayvons (MZT's) are seemingly everywhere!

6 posted on 03/30/2012 8:18:46 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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To: SmithL
Trayvon Martins

Mutant Zombie Trayvons (MZT's) are seemingly everywhere!

7 posted on 03/30/2012 8:19:09 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
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To: SmithL
You have to start shaking your head when you reach this part:
"I tell them there is no difference, it's just that some people choose to follow what the in-crowd is working on instead of working on the problem right in front of them," she said. "I tell them it's not personal."
As long as African Americans keep shoveling bull residue like this and accepting it, the problem will never get any better.
8 posted on 03/30/2012 8:19:22 AM PDT by chickadee
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To: RedMonqey
Sorry, they thought Zimmerman was a white Anglo-American Republican campaign worker living in an expensive gated community with uniformed liverymen and toney garden parties.

Last thing they'd imagine was a "brown" (well, he tans, I don't) Hispano-American Democrat, living in an inexpensive theoretically gated community without enough money to hire a guard, and the top entertainment is either the community swimming pool or drinking beer in front of a TV watching a sports event.

Democrats have their prejudices and simply do not have the mental capacity to think of other possibilities.

9 posted on 03/30/2012 8:20:33 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: SmithL


10 posted on 03/30/2012 8:23:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
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To: SmithL

Too bad there is not this kind of outrage over black men killing other black men for such things as really cool jackets.


11 posted on 03/30/2012 8:24:38 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (We the People are coming!!)
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Hoodie guys are far more likely to murder non-hoodie guys than vice-versa.

But let's not allow facts to interfere with demagoguery.

12 posted on 03/30/2012 8:27:18 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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To: muawiyah
Sorry, they thought Zimmerman was a white Anglo-American Republican campaign worker living in an expensive gated community with uniformed liverymen and toney garden parties.

Facts be damned . That's STILL the narrative among the racebaiting LSM and its mob in the streets.

These mothers' whose sons were killed by other blacks must shake their heads at their "leaders" noninterest...
13 posted on 03/30/2012 8:27:33 AM PDT by RedMonqey (A politician's integrity is usually only as strong as his poll numbers.)
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To: backwoods-engineer

Mutant Zombie Trayvons (MZT’s) are seemingly everywhere!
And, since his mommy will be capatalizing on his name we will see it everywhere.


14 posted on 03/30/2012 8:28:41 AM PDT by Bitsy
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To: chickadee; SmithL

>>>”Harris began an antiviolence foundation soon after the death of her own son, Khadafy, in 2000.”

Survived by brothers Amin and Mugabe and sister Winnie-Mandela.

And they all look like Obama.


15 posted on 03/30/2012 8:28:46 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Eagle of Liberty

Happens everday over and over here in Memphis!


16 posted on 03/30/2012 8:28:54 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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To: gaijin; Oztrich Boy

Gaijin has posted a few more for you. Note they are up to date and not years old.
Trayvon apparently was two sided.


17 posted on 03/30/2012 8:30:35 AM PDT by hoosiermama (Stand with God and Sarah, the Gipper and Newt will be standing next to you.)
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To: RedMonqey

How about ole Oprah getting involved in this?

The WH is pulling in all their chits but they be messing it up bad. Witness Spike Lee, heh....stupid RoseAnn who’s not much liked by anybody.

Now Oprah throws away all her credibility because of what I believe was probably a plea by Moochelle.

Just a hunch.


18 posted on 03/30/2012 8:30:53 AM PDT by Fishtalk (http://patfish.blogspot.com/)
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To: SmithL
(Thanks for posting this article)

"Meanwhile, Lakisha Hill of Hayward wondered if anyone will speak up for her boy. "

Well, Lakisha, we conservatives, of all colors, have been speaking up about the black on black violence level, but the President, the Justice Department, the CBC, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the Black Panthers, Rosie O'Donnell, the MSM, and libs of all colors DO NOT WANT TO LISTEN, and use their power to ruin (or kill) anyone who does speak up.

19 posted on 03/30/2012 8:32:02 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: RedMonqey
Selective outraged by the racebaters...

Yep, it gins up the black vote... helps elect white liberal elites who PROMISE to fight for and 'HELP' blacks get justice sometime in...well ... the future. ( A 'future' when an angry 90% of black voters aren't needed to elect white elite dems)

20 posted on 03/30/2012 8:34:03 AM PDT by GOPJ (Democrat-Media Complex - buried stories and distorted facts... freeper 'andrew' Breitbart)
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