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Jackson calls for end to ‘vigilante’ laws
chron.com ^ | April 12, 2012

Posted on 04/12/2012 12:53:22 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe

The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined local ministers and Houston Congressman Al Green at a news conference Thursday to call for an end to “Stand Your Ground”-type state laws across the nation and an end to gun violence.

The presentation at the Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church came one day after George Zimmerman, a central Florida neighborhood watch captain, was charged with second-degree murder in the February fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. The teen’s death has sparked an international outcry for the arrest of Zimmerman, who was released from police custody based on Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Numerous “Justice for Trayvon” rallies and protests have been held in Houston over the last few weeks.

“Let’s not forget that Mr. Zimmerman represents a first down, not a touchdown – the beginning of a process. But far beyond him, the victory is not in how long he stays in jail. The victory is in repealing these draconian, stand your ground, self-defense, vigilante laws,” Jackson told reporters and others attending a ministers conference. “These laws incentivized vigilantism, take-the-law-into-your-own hands, kill or be killed. That’s beneath the civility of a great nation.”

Green clarified that although Texas does not have a typical “Stand Your Ground” law, the group is calling for the repeal of the Castle Doctrine relating to self-defense.

“The Castle Doctrine, as you know, has to do with one’s home, but we’ve extended the Castle Doctrine beyond the home and while we don’t call it Stand Your Ground you might recall that the Castle Doctrine was used to justify a homicide in Pasadena where two persons were shot outside of the man’s home after the man was told not to go outside,” Green said, referencing the 2007 Joe Horn case.

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1 posted on 04/12/2012 12:53:27 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Has Jesse told the New BlacKKK Pampers to call off their vigilante bounty?
2 posted on 04/12/2012 12:54:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Over half of U.S. murders are of black people, and 90% of them are committed by other black people.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"The victory is in repealing these draconian, stand your ground, self-defense, vigilante laws"

Self defense is verboten.

FU Jackson.

3 posted on 04/12/2012 12:56:01 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Shut up and drill.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Oh, I see, they are wussing out now because we got the guns, so we got to stop laws favoring the guns, only allowing Affirmative ACtion “civil disobedience”, flash mobs and other sorts of vigilante behaviors...

They are trying to rally Romneynites against conservatives, all the while attacking Romney, who will soon be hated by liberal GOP who will vote Zero, and hated by conservatives who will vote for him despite it all.


4 posted on 04/12/2012 12:57:02 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

As he stands behind his armed guards.

the irony is tragic


5 posted on 04/12/2012 12:57:22 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I call for an end to destructive black savages destroying once great American inner cities.


6 posted on 04/12/2012 12:58:50 PM PDT by EyeGuy (2012: When the Levee Breaks)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Jackson, is it OK for a black man to defend himself against a white thug or a gang of white punks? Yes or no?
If your answer is no, do you expect him to do nothing, maybe die, so you can step in later and grab the headlines again.
If your answer is yes, will you stand by him if he's charged with murder?

7 posted on 04/12/2012 1:00:09 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
"The victory is in repealing these draconian, stand your ground, self-defense, vigilante laws"

Translation: Our youth should be able to loot, pillage, rape and assault "whitey" without having to live in fear of being shot while committing these acts.

8 posted on 04/12/2012 1:00:19 PM PDT by apillar
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Has Jesse told the New BlacKKK Pampers to call off their vigilante bounty?

No. Jackson is not against new felonies committed against private citizens.

Jackson is against private citizens defending themselves.

9 posted on 04/12/2012 1:01:33 PM PDT by Lazamataz (Shut up and drill.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Is this the I Don't Want You To Shoot Me If I Break Into Your House law? Part of the Keep Jesse Jackson's Fence Well Paid campaign.
10 posted on 04/12/2012 1:05:35 PM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe
Is Jesse suggesting that laws allowing individuals to shoot their criminal attackers disproportionately kill blacks?

I'm glad I didn't say that.

11 posted on 04/12/2012 1:05:41 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I call an end to Jessie’s big fat mouth. He can take his panther bros with him.


12 posted on 04/12/2012 1:06:10 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (He has Risen!!! If you do not know Him, this is the perfect week to seek Him out!!!)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Jesse’s peeps are feeling the heat from these kinds of laws. The FBI says violent crime has dropped off dramatically.


13 posted on 04/12/2012 1:06:13 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (ObamaCare is like a stool sample. You have to pass it to find out what's in it.)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

“Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church”

Wow. They must be very ‘diverse’.


14 posted on 04/12/2012 1:06:18 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Debunking the stand your ground myth

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2867480/posts

where’s his divinity degree from again?


15 posted on 04/12/2012 1:06:49 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

Given the number of black on black defensive shootings going on in Detroit these days, I’d have to say that Jesse Jackson hates black people.

How else can you explain his wanting to leave them defenseless?

“Detroit woman kills intruder in her home.”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2870733/posts


16 posted on 04/12/2012 1:07:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

I didn’t read anything about Jackson condemning the blackkk panther guy’s dead or alive poster. Maybe the author just forgot to report that part.


17 posted on 04/12/2012 1:13:16 PM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: Tailgunner Joe

The predators have become the prey and they don’t like it. Florida has the lowest crime rate in 40 years... proof these laws work. That’s why they had to go to Florida to try and change the law so they can have their race war and try and get the voters to come over to the dark side.


18 posted on 04/12/2012 1:13:35 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Lazamataz

Jackson is a political puppet who will say or do anything for more wealth, power, and free chicks.


19 posted on 04/12/2012 1:17:02 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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These laws should be called the “Whitey Has Had Enough and Is Ready To Fight Back” laws....


20 posted on 04/12/2012 1:17:49 PM PDT by Maverick68
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