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Authorities call press conference in shooting of Florida teen
reuters ^ | March 22 2012 | reuters

Posted on 03/22/2012 3:37:53 PM PDT by NoLibZone

(Reuters) - The city manager of Sanford, Florida, where a neighborhood watch leader shot and killed an unarmed teen, called a news conference on Thursday amid demands for an arrest in the case and a vote of no confidence for the police chief.

The press conference at Sanford City Hall was called by City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr., who was expected to discuss developments in the highly charged case.

The killing of Trayvon Martin, 17, an African American, by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic, has drawn national attention and sparked debate over Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law since Zimmerman has claimed self-defense. Police thus far have declined to arrest him.

On Wednesday, Martin's parents joined hundreds of demonstrators gathered in a New York park to demand an arrest in the shooting death.

At the same time, in Florida, Sanford's city commissioners passed a motion of "no confidence" in Police Chief Bill Lee Jr., who has said the department acted properly in not arresting Zimmerman.

But it's up to Bonaparte, not the commission, to decide whether or not to fire Lee.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: erciholder; ericholder; holder; trayvon; trayvonmartin; whitehispanic; zimmerman
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To: Cementjungle

It is if it’s a civil rights case. Matt Lauer was kinda steering the parents that way this morning. Some unintelligible sound on the phone recording is being passed off as “f***ing n*****s.”


21 posted on 03/22/2012 3:53:23 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: NoLibZone

This is a bunch of BS. It’s a modern day lynching. There have been multiple heinous hate crimes perpetrated against whites this month but where is the outrage? where is the 24/7 coverage? Where is Al Sharpton? where are the “justice rallies”? a 13 year old was doused in gasoline in Kansas and set on fire for “being a white boy”. Again, where is the outrage? A 20 year old black man raped a 85 year old white woman and then beat her to death in front of her 90 year old husband this week. He was beaten to unconsciousness and shot in the face with a BB gun by Mr. Tyrone Woodfork who was later caught driving the elderly couple’s stolen car. Where is Al Sharpton? Not in Oklahoma.


22 posted on 03/22/2012 3:53:41 PM PDT by RC one (may the strongest man win.)
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To: rarestia

Gee - do ya think?

We have 40 murders a day in the USA.

20 Blacks murdered - every day. Mostly Black on Black.

About 400 White:Black murders/year.

This is just because racism is a key for Obama election.


23 posted on 03/22/2012 3:53:54 PM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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To: NoLibZone

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/you-get-what-you-deserve-white-boy-13-year-old-set-on-fire-in-horrific-racially-charged-attack/

When is the rally for justice in this case, where’s Jessie,where is Brother AL. ( sounds of Crickets)


24 posted on 03/22/2012 3:55:04 PM PDT by bikerman (you can take the man out of the jungle but can't take the jungle out of the man)
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To: NoLibZone
...23 year old, cute, girl, that really enjoys having sex ,...

How would that interest a light-in-the-loafers muslim? Not to mention you and I have a very different notion of "cute".

25 posted on 03/22/2012 3:55:44 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: All
What color are Latinos supposed to be, by the way?

Leni

26 posted on 03/22/2012 3:55:54 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: patriot08
A ‘White hispanic’???

Yes. Originally the story referred to the man as 'white' and killing a 'black' teen.

Once it was revealed that he was 'hispanic', the MSM was instructed to keep the 'white' reference in, NO MATTER WHAT, to ensure that the sheeple believed it was WHITE on BLACK.

If you don't believe me, then just do a google search and read the various articles. They now all refer to him as a 'white hispanic', even though that phrase has NEVER been used in recorded history.

27 posted on 03/22/2012 3:55:59 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: formosa

What exactly is a white Hispanic. You are either one or the other but not both. Maybe they should call him Hispanic American?


I don’t know, but it may have to do with FBI racial classification practices. If a Hispanic commits a hate crime, the perp is classified as “white.” If a Hispanic is the victim of a hate crime, the victim is classifed as “Hispanic.”

Liberals were having a problem with the fact that there is rarely a white on black/hispanic hate crime. So they played around with the FBI statistics to tweak “white” hate crimes. This is why black on white hate crimes are rarely described and prosecuted as such.


28 posted on 03/22/2012 3:56:06 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: NoLibZone; All

A little off topic, but did you catch Jessica Sanchez on
American Idol singing Whitney’s hit, ‘I Will Always love You’?
This kid is terrific..did it almost as well as Whitney.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLnLOZxUGYY


29 posted on 03/22/2012 3:56:43 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: NoLibZone

lol. “White Hispanic”... the media is really desperate to cause a racial backlash


30 posted on 03/22/2012 3:57:54 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: patriot08

A ‘White hispanic’???


The dude is just following the Census classifications....

http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-05.pdf


31 posted on 03/22/2012 4:01:48 PM PDT by deport (..............God Bless Texas............)
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To: formosa

White is a race, Hispanic is an ethnicity.


32 posted on 03/22/2012 4:02:32 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: NoLibZone

I don’t know if the guy shot the kid because he was black or not.YET I DO KNOW THIS ADMIN IS GOING TO USE IT TO GET SOME TYPE OF RACE ISSUE going on. Has 0dearreader called the kids Mom yet?


33 posted on 03/22/2012 4:03:52 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: treetopsandroofs

And Obama is a “white negro.” It’s all so confusing.


34 posted on 03/22/2012 4:04:03 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: patriot08

“George Zimmerman, 28, a white Hispanic...”

I saw that too!!! What the hell does that mean? What the hell is the hidden message from Reuters here?

I am totally flumoxed!!!


35 posted on 03/22/2012 4:05:20 PM PDT by GatĂșn(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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To: NoLibZone

“Why hasn’t the DOJ arrested or pushed to have arrested G. Zimmerman?”

Hussein doen’t want to piss of the hispanics once they learn it was not actually a “white man” involved


36 posted on 03/22/2012 4:05:20 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: rarestia
Weather Underground playbook.

Find an incident.

A spark to ignite the flame.

Ratchet it up to a raging inferno.

I'm going to go out on a limb and make a prediction.

The Con Black Caucus will be calling for an investigation of all cases in all states involving the stand you ground or castle doctrine and whether or not the shooting was racially motivated and the police covered it up.

If it hasn't already been done and I don't know about it,Let's see how accurate I am.

37 posted on 03/22/2012 4:07:16 PM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: All
White Black Mestizo
38 posted on 03/22/2012 4:08:43 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: PrayAndVoteConservesInLibsOut

“What a horrible thing! I did not hear about that story (exactly what you are trying to say!)”

No small wonder you didn’t hear about it. Few did outside the area where it happened.
What am I trying to say?
The rat MSM covers up black on white crime- no matter how hidious- like the Christian/Newsom masacre.

A young white couple was kidnapped by a gang of 5 blacks, raped, and tortured for two days before they were cut up, burned and tossed away in garbage bags.
This was covered up by the MSM.
They refused to declare it a ‘hate crime’.
Most of them got away with sentences much lighter than this hidious crime called for.

http://sullivan-county.com/wcva/jl.htm


39 posted on 03/22/2012 4:08:43 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: driftdiver
.. race war ..

They're not gonna like the outcome

40 posted on 03/22/2012 4:08:43 PM PDT by tomkat (FU.baraq)
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