Trayvon Martin case has been poorly handled, Santorum says

Washington Post ^ | 3/23/12 | Felicia Sonmez and Nia-Malika Henderson

[Repeat Offender]

The NYT is reporting Zimmerman as a white hispanic. They're making him 'white enough' to hate.

[Zhang Fei]

Blacks have taken to calling lynching the Black Holocaust. I think comparing 3446 summary executions, over 86 years, of suspected black criminals by vigilante groups vs over 4000 executions per day of Jewish men, women and children over a 4-year period by the Nazis is quite a stretch.

[MestaMachine]

A whole new race to hate. Well now. Does that make obama a white black person? How many ways can the race card be used that they have to make up a whole new catagory for being utterly beyond stupid about this?

[RitchieAprile]

one who sings through his nose?

[caww]

Pubbies should have stayed wayyyy back from this until the facts were in. I was so sorry to see Allen West jump in this with both feet.

Yep they should have...However I blame Obama as had he not piped up about this then unlikely anyone would have.....he opened this can of worms and once the people knew he was in their court on to the streets! They are like followers of the piped piper!!! He says jump..they say how high ginning from ear to ear as they go.

I think more importantly to consider...what if both were Hispanic, or both black..or white...or red.green whatever?

It would have been just another fight that someone got shot at in...that's all.

I didn't hear Wests comments....might be he's doing so to offset and throw Obama off tilt...in other words our guys are letting it be known they're watching this as well and will jump down Obamas throat if he gets out of line.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I’ve had it with Santy. In less than a week his IQ level has dropped by 90%.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I’ve had it with Santy. In less than a week his IQ level has dropped by 90%.

[RasterMaster]

Seriously, do you think any of that matters??? The media spin is he shot this thug-in-training in cold blood...at least according to Sean Vannity. There was a young thug robbing a drug store in Okc recently who got dead when the pharmasist plugged him behind the counter. The pharmacist got life in prison for defending himself while the just-out-of-prison felon will skate soon enough.

Regardless, that this is another orchestrated media event, plain and simple. They’re pulling the strings now.

[Eldon Tyrell]

What a retard. I was a supporter before this.

He just handed the nomination to Romney.

Not ready for prime time.

If the pansey wants to seek approval from the leftist media - fine - but leave me out.

[WPaCon]

You must be on the east coast, all worried about that. I mean, WTF??

Not quite east coast, but I spent most of my life where Hispanics are nonexistent if that is what you are getting at. In fact, I've spent almost my entire life in the least Hispanic city in the country, Pittsburgh, before moving further midwest recently.

Hey, I'm just confused. How does such a Hispanic guy have a German name? Is he perhaps not really or fully Hispanic or something?

[WPaCon]

Eva Longoria is considered Hispanic?

Shows how out-of-touch with Hollywood and Hispanic culture I am.

[Brown Deer]

Obama: “If I Had A Son He'd Look Like Trayvon”

[Brown Deer]

Lorenzo Longoria, Eva’s first ancestor to arrive in the New World, sailed from Spain in 1603. Through the generations, Lorenzo’s descendants moved north to the modern US-Mexico border. In 1767, Pedro Longoria, Eva’s 7th great-grandfather, received almost 4000 acres along the Rio Grande in a land grant from the King of Spain.

[olezip]

“Well, ‘Stand Your Ground’ is not doing what this man did,” Santorum said Friday morning at a campaign event in Monroe, La. “There’s a difference between ‘Stand Your Ground’ and doing what he did. And it’s a horrible case. It’s chilling to hear what happened, and of course the fact that law enforcement didn’t immediately go after and prosecute this case is another chilling example of horrible decisions made by people in this process.”

I like Santorum, but statements like this are characterized by too many unsupported assertions.

How does Santorum know that law enforcement did not perform its duties? What is wrong with trusting the system to present the facts, and then making statements? I am disappointed in Rick.

[anton]

I withdraw my support for Santorum. too bad I can’t get the money back.

[devolve]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin

Trayvon Martin

Born Feb 5, 1995 (1995-02-05)

Died Feb 26, 2012 (2012-02-26)

aged 17
(not 11-14 as family photos and media have attempted to portray)

Sanford, Florida, USA

Cause of death homicide (alleged)

Nationality American

Other "names" Nicknames: Tray; Slimm

Ethnicity African American

Hometown Miami, Florida

Height 6'3" (another sources states 6'2")

Weight 140 lbs.
(I doubt he was only 140 lbs. at 6"3"
- another source states he was 190 lbs.)

[Netizen]

Sort of looks like he stopped looking for the kid and was walking back to his truck when he was attacked from behind. The wound in the back of the head makes me thing he was hit from behind. Tea can or bottle?

[Netizen]

The father of the kid said the voice calling for help was NOT his son.

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

“The father of the kid said the voice calling for help was NOT his son.”

He has since retracted that, from what I understand.

Regardless, he was listening to a bad recording of a 9/11 call with screaming in the background. I would be interested to find out how many recordings like that he had previously heard of his son by way of comparison.

None, would be my guess.

[Netizen]

The eyewitness said the guy on the ground wearing a red sweater was the one calling for help.