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Obama Responds to Zimmerman Verdict: 'Stem the Tide of Gun Violence'--For Trayvon
Breitbart News ^ | 7-14-2013 | Joel B. Pollak

Posted on 07/14/2013 1:07:19 PM PDT by servo1969

The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: banglist; bho44; blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; guncontrol; martin; secondamendment; trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: circlecity

Disarm whitey. That’s what is going on here.


41 posted on 07/14/2013 1:30:28 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: zeestephen
Chris Serino, Sanford Police Department Lead Detective, recommended Zimmerman be prosecuted for Manslaughter.

You always classify an investigation with the criminal code that is most likely to be appropriate if you generate probable cause during such investigation.

Right off the bat, they pulled numbers for Manslaughter, as "Apparent Natural Death" would have been ridiculous. Drawing numbers for something and classifying your report in this way does not mean an officer is recommending someone be charged. Even taking the report to a prosecutor with the heading of Manslaughter means nothing. I have personally appeared before prosecutors with an entire case file titled (INSERT CRIME HERE), and said "we just don't have PC", and the case goes nowhere.

42 posted on 07/14/2013 1:30:30 PM PDT by 101stAirborneVet
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To: servo1969

43 posted on 07/14/2013 1:33:43 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: servo1969

“We should ask ourselves ...”

“We should ask ourselves ...”

“We should ask ourselves ...”

“We should ask ourselves ...”

He sounds like that Talking Heads song!


44 posted on 07/14/2013 1:35:06 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (I remember when a President having an "enemies list" was a scandal. Now, they have a kill list.)
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To: servo1969

So is Obama now going to give Zimmerman a medal for taking a thug off the streets?


45 posted on 07/14/2013 1:35:14 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: servo1969

Where is the Govoner of Florida or AG Pam Bondi standing up and telling the man child pos president and his butt boy Reid to get out of our business?
No where thats where, because both of those so called Republicans helped facilitate the whole damn thing to begin with. My blood boils!


46 posted on 07/14/2013 1:35:24 PM PDT by DeWalt
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To: servo1969

47 posted on 07/14/2013 1:37:31 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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To: servo1969

Well, as if this spin was any surprise to anybody. Since the creepy-a$$ crackers can’t be blamed, blame those wicked, wicked guns that come complete with evil spirits. (FOOOOOOEY)


48 posted on 07/14/2013 1:38:04 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: servo1969

No apologies for jumping the gun and assuming the Latino Zimmerman was guilty ?


49 posted on 07/14/2013 1:38:12 PM PDT by justa-hairyape
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To: servo1969

Stem the tide of self defense.

Obama should look at Detroit where the justifiable homicide rate is some 2300% above the national average. I guarantee that those are 90%+ blacks defending themselves from other blacks.


50 posted on 07/14/2013 1:39:33 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: zeestephen
Yes, great idea.

Take our guns away so we can't defend ourselves against criminals like Trayvon Martin.

Obama has to do something to speed up wealth redistribution

The brothers and sisters are getting restless and complaining that it is going too slow.


51 posted on 07/14/2013 1:39:40 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.)
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To: Forgotten Amendments

We should ask ourselves what guns had to do with Trayvon’s jumping George!! Maybe George was supposed to be a coward?


52 posted on 07/14/2013 1:40:03 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Whatever promise that God has made, in Jesus it is yes. See my page.)
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To: servo1969

This is about as bad as it gets. Obama, who obeys laws when they suit him, hides behind the law (or in his case, his desire to change it) in order to further his political agenda.

He just needs to zip it. Period.


53 posted on 07/14/2013 1:42:35 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Army dad. And damned proud.)
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To: 101stAirborneVet

Thanks for the insightful post. Nice to get some inside dope on what really goes on.

As to Obama....

“Honor Trayvon”. It’s hard to believe we’ve come to this.

I can see regret at the way he was coddled by a Florida school justice system that was more interested in getting arrest statistics down than punishing lawless conduct.

I can see regret that another broken home produced another crime statistic.

I can even feel regret that a young guy on the wrong path made a fatal mistake that cost him any opportunity to turn things around.

But “Honor Trayvon”, from the man who occupies the White House?

We live in a world turned upside down.


54 posted on 07/14/2013 1:43:11 PM PDT by M1911A1
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To: servo1969

Well Obama, perhaps in your community you “honor” muggers and people that try to murder innocent folks, in my community we imprison them and/or if need be, we kill them..... and we are going to continue to kill them.


55 posted on 07/14/2013 1:43:42 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: servo1969

It takes a racist moron like Obozo to say that a thug who was beating a man’s head into the sidewalk should have his memory “honored”. Zimmerman should be honored for not allowing himself to be a victim, and for potentially preventing Traythug for victimising others. It’s quite likely that he would have in the future, since his life’s ambition, according to him, was to be a “gangsta”.


56 posted on 07/14/2013 1:46:59 PM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Dallas59
Excellent quote. That's where we are right now.

The Never Again Campaign (video 0:30)

Equal Gun Rights (video 0:52)

The Racist Roots of Gun Control

The death of the rule of law effects us all.

57 posted on 07/14/2013 1:48:17 PM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: servo1969; All
If OBama had a son he would look like Trayvon...
58 posted on 07/14/2013 1:48:46 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: cripplecreek
Stem the tide of self defense. Obama should look at Detroit where the justifiable homicide rate is some 2300% above the national average. I guarantee that those are 90%+ blacks defending themselves from other blacks.

Obama is against that as well. He wants as many people as possible to get killed for the sake of population control and the planet. He's only against guns because those tools pose a threat to his evil power. Other weapons are perfectly acceptable for butchering men, women, and children.
59 posted on 07/14/2013 1:49:00 PM PDT by Wanderer99
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To: servo1969
stem the tide of gun violence

Don't jump ugly on armed citizens.... you Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pantload.

60 posted on 07/14/2013 1:51:20 PM PDT by Feckless (I was trained by the US << This Tagline Censored by FR >> ain't that irOnic?)
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