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Trayvon Martin and Black Manhood On Trial (Relying on Rachel's testimony? Huh?)
The Nation ^ | July 2, 2013 | Mychal Denzel Smith

Posted on 07/02/2013 11:34:23 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: onyx

That’s funny stuff right there. I’m going to use that.


21 posted on 07/03/2013 1:31:00 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
From the Nation by a Denzel somebody. I'll pass.
22 posted on 07/03/2013 1:36:20 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

BS


23 posted on 07/03/2013 2:04:21 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Shows you how twisted the mind of a liberal is.


24 posted on 07/03/2013 2:24:25 AM PDT by maddog55 (America Rising.... Civil War II)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

““The nigga is following me.””

Wait a minute.... I thought he was a “crazy A$$ Cracker”?


25 posted on 07/03/2013 3:03:10 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“Because it’s clear that, whoever instigated the altercation, Zimmerman followed Trayvon that night. He was instructed not to, but he did anyway”

If you say a lie often enough, it becomes true?

“We don't need you to do that” is what he said and then several times, asked George questions only answered by following Trayvon.

26 posted on 07/03/2013 3:06:29 AM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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Zimmerman lawyer: “ Now, Rachel, in your own words, tell the court: When you referred to my client as a ‘white a** cracker’ ....did you mean that as a compliment?”


27 posted on 07/03/2013 3:11:46 AM PDT by Liz
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A black man sucker punching someone, come on how often does that happen?


28 posted on 07/03/2013 3:14:51 AM PDT by ABN 505
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Some people are able to draw conclusions simply not supported by testimony or evidence. They hear only what they want to hear.


29 posted on 07/03/2013 3:25:01 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: Secret Agent Man
The wet grass would have eliminated a lot of evidence and I don't think Trayvon's hands were bagged.

The grass appears to be a St. Augustine variety, it is like a sponge.

30 posted on 07/03/2013 3:31:25 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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"Dam dose crazy racist a** crackers----how long do it take to
gets a double cheeseburger, two large fries and a diet Big Gulp."

31 posted on 07/03/2013 3:39:20 AM PDT by Liz
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To: onyx
Don't ax her any more tough questions.

And don't be abusive or use cursive {she thinks cursive is calling someone a moff*#####}.

32 posted on 07/03/2013 3:50:45 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, start today.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s 3:30 AM in CA and I am in fact typing this in my sleep, it’s so easy:

- “dispatcher told Zimmerman not to follow Martin”, blah blah, always the same lie

- “if this person hit someone who was prepared to use lethal force against him…why wouldn’t he have a right to stand his ground?” First, “prepared to use lethal force” is another way of describing anybody anywhere who is carrying a gun for any reason. The answer to that self-righteous statement posing as a question is, because he assumed that Zimmerman did NOT have a gun, and would therefore be an easy beat-down, i.e. TM was “someone who was prepared to use lethal force”.

- you have to be either lazy or biased (it is a certainty of course that somebody named “Mychal” writing in “The Nation” is both) at this point not to know that Rachel’s testimony in fact proves that TM doubled back with the express intention of ambushing GZ.

- “Zimmerman fumbled for an answer” because it’s really impossible for GZ to know if some guy he had glimpsed for 20 seconds was afraid of him or not, and whether it was fear or hate or drugs or TM’s known and demonstrated criminal mentality that drove TM to try to murder GZ.

- “cartoonish language he ascribes to Trayvon”? a quick look at TM’s grunts and squawks on Twitter shows how many levels below “cartoonish” TM’s thought processes actually were.

- “criminality of 17 year old black boy”. the very last thing in the world this guy wants to happen in this case is to let the jury to find out how much of a criminal this “boy” actually was. he’s a recruitment poster for white supremacists.


33 posted on 07/03/2013 3:59:02 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Because it’s clear that, whoever instigated the altercation, Zimmerman followed Trayvon that night. He was instructed not to, but he did anyway”

I read, hear this over and over again. Zimmerman got out of his vehicle and when told ‘we don’t need you to do that’ apparently stopped right there. Theres absolutely no evidence anywhere showing he continued to follow.
I have idiots tell me over and over he shouldn’t have followed. But he stopped when asked to. We can’t go to a moment before he was told not to.


34 posted on 07/03/2013 4:12:13 AM PDT by wiggen (The teacher card. When the racism card just won't work.)
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To: kcvl

A chris rock clone... racist and ignorant.

LLS


35 posted on 07/03/2013 4:15:15 AM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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To: wiggen

You’re allowed to follow people anyway. GZ was on his phone it’s not like he was going to attack, he was telling the 911 operator where TM was heading and what address TM was near. Look, the black people who are all riled up know damn well that out of shape, older Zimmerman didn’t chase down a 17 year old in shape teen male. They know TM was the stereotypical aggressor who was gonna knock out the cracka for staring at him. TM was to safety, he was close to his dads gf apt. Instead he doubled back and confronted GZ with a punch in the face, and it was done IMO so that Jabba Da Hut illiterate girl who took the stand could get a good ear full of TM giving a beat down. As others stated she probably encouraged it and that’s why she went MIA until tracked down by Crump.


36 posted on 07/03/2013 4:31:02 AM PDT by snarkytart
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To: onyx

That is funny! Sad, but funny.


37 posted on 07/03/2013 4:34:05 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The writer has one thing right - black manhood is indeed on trial here. And if Zimmerman is found guilty, the verdict will be in - that young black man like Trayvon are justified in their blind rage and violent reactions toward being questions, reported, monitored, or, god-forbid, followed.

Lost in their hysteria over this trial is the simple fact that it was Trayvon's unjustifiable rage which is - by far - the main factor that lead to his death. In the long run, there was nothing else posing a greater threat - not Florida's gun laws, or the community watch program, or dedicated citizens like Zimmerman. Ultimately, this blind rage would continue to cause Trayvon, and many other young black men like him, to continue to put themselves into dangerous, violent situations. This is why so many Trayvons in our country are either dying at a young age or being incarcerated.

We hear so much about the riots that will ensue if Zimmerman is found not guilty, and even the people who may die as a result. But in reality, I believe it's a guilty verdict that will, in the long run, create more death and despair - and ironically among those who want this result the most. Zimmerman being guilty will be interpreted to mean that not only was Trayvon's rage over being followed justified, but that his decision to essentially wage war against Zimmerman that night was righteous.

A guilty verdict will mean that the blind rage among young black men in our country toward anyone who disapproves of them in any way is not something to be scorned, it is something to be protected, indeed celebrated. And since this continued rage will lead to more violent actions like the one Trayvon likely initiated that night, many will die as a result. The left will have this blood on their hands. They already do.
38 posted on 07/03/2013 4:39:23 AM PDT by zencycler
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Don’t read fecal matter in The Nation. It will rot your brain.


39 posted on 07/03/2013 4:56:32 AM PDT by MtBaldy (If Obama is the answer, it must have been a really stupid question)
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To: Liz

Very good, except you misspelled ‘crackas’...


40 posted on 07/03/2013 4:56:41 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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