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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: MileHi

Lmao...funny. Stay safe !


41 posted on 03/22/2012 4:09:13 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
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To: petitfour

Or is that “blanco negro?” Or “negro Caucasian?” Or “African Caucasian?”


42 posted on 03/22/2012 4:09:38 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: ColdOne

Standford Police detective have already said that Zimmerman was on the ground and being beaten by the 6’ 2” football player, that Zimmerman was calling for help, and that those calls were recorded by 911 AND that Zimmerman had both facial injuries and was bleeding from the back of his head when they arrived on the scene.


43 posted on 03/22/2012 4:09:49 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: NoLibZone
A "white Hispanic"? Really, "news" media, could you be more transparent?
44 posted on 03/22/2012 4:10:15 PM PDT by jeffc (Prayer. It's freedom of speech.)
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To: treetopsandroofs

I don’t know...I am wondering if Obama is a white African? Or a white black?


45 posted on 03/22/2012 4:10:20 PM 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: patriot08
Well, I'll be a son of a Chinese Jamaican. All this time, and I didn't know that Hispanics were 'the other white meat'.

"As democracy is perfected, the office represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."

--H.L. Mencken, The Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920


46 posted on 03/22/2012 4:10:32 PM PDT by Viking2002
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To: Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)

Argentina is 97% White, they are Hispanic.


47 posted on 03/22/2012 4:11:44 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: patriot08
A ‘White hispanic’???

That's the brand new term created just for this particular incident.

Before they saw photos of him "Zimmerman" was white. After the pics surfaced - much to their disappointment - he wasn't.

If "whitey" didn't do it, the whole thing falls apart. Hence the brand new race, "white hispanic."

48 posted on 03/22/2012 4:12:16 PM PDT by AAABEST (Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
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To: patriot08

Wouldn’t want to get him mixed up with the “good” Hispanics.


49 posted on 03/22/2012 4:12:34 PM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Typed using <FONT STYLE=SARCASM> unless otherwise noted)
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To: EEGator
Argentina is 97% White,

Guess that explains why they loved Nazi war criminals.

50 posted on 03/22/2012 4:13:00 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: NoLibZone

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2862258/posts

Lots of Details here: The MSM is criminal here with the way they are lying about this situation.


51 posted on 03/22/2012 4:16:39 PM PDT by Mechanicos (Why does the DOE have a SWAT Team?)
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To: patriot08
- 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?

No black on white crime will be covered in the same way, but even more so, the key word is Oklahoma, which Obama has no chance of winning in November. Florida, however, is in play. If anyone thought this incident would hurt Obama's election chances, it would disappear. It is continuing to build, so there must be something for him to come in and heal our nation, and Florida, in time for the election.

52 posted on 03/22/2012 4:17:10 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: NoLibZone

What’s Obama and Holder covering up here?

Hmmmmm! Who is the larger voter block, Hispanic or Blacks?
I’m sure they’re proceding with a great deal of caution.

An election is coming up, you know?


53 posted on 03/22/2012 4:17:21 PM PDT by Joan Kerrey
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To: treetopsandroofs
How many Negro votes to lose compared to last election?: ZERO

How many Latino votes to lose compared to the last election?: A LOT and no one is more violent against the Latinos (or other Ethnic group for that matter) than the Negros as a group.

Besides there early reports indicated a WITNESS who said the “person who was getting his life together” attacked the local Watch Person.

54 posted on 03/22/2012 4:18:12 PM PDT by BilLies (Save your money until after the Presidential election.)
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To: Joan Kerrey

Bingo!!!!!

Obama is in a room with Soros, and every left wing media personality , busily crunching the numbers.

He doesn’t even have time to call Trayvon’s mom.

He was very quick to call Fluke.


55 posted on 03/22/2012 4:20:53 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Obama proved in Texas- that health care ,like all fed programs, is a political compliance weapon.)
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To: All

Don’t be distracted by the race issue. This is Holder trying to eliminate the “stand your ground laws” and to brain wash the masses that guns must be banned. Race is the diversion, gun laws are the objective.


56 posted on 03/22/2012 4:21:32 PM PDT by DaveyB (Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. -John Adams)
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To: NoLibZone
Obama learns the man in florida named Zimmerman is not Jewish
57 posted on 03/22/2012 4:22:07 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Obama proved in Texas- that health care ,like all fed programs, is a political compliance weapon.)
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To: NoLibZone
WTF is a "white hispanic"?

I am sick to death of this crap.

58 posted on 03/22/2012 4:23:33 PM PDT by raybbr (People who still support Obama are either a Marxist or a moron.)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

November isn’t really good riotin’ weather.


59 posted on 03/22/2012 4:24:49 PM PDT by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: MinuteGal

“What color are Latinos supposed to be, by the way?”

I do not know about “latinos,” but I do know Latins are a range of shades just as are Americans in the U.S.

It depends on the amount of melanin. Little melanin means white skin. A lot of melanin means dark skin.


60 posted on 03/22/2012 4:26:37 PM PDT by Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)
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