Let's talk about Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, and how unbelievably fucked up this all is

Which is to say, there will be no real repercussions for the police, but there will be for Zimmerman, legal, extra-legal or otherwise.

Basically, if I were him, I'd start packing heat, just in case, you know, someone tried to punch him for being an asshole.

He'll have to start wearing a hoodie to avoid being recognized in public.

he should also dye his skin a mach darker hue to prevent being recognized.

mach=much

guys, this thread is enraging enough without us generating our own dubious content

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The lead homicide investigator in the shooting of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin recommended that neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman be charged with manslaughter the night of the shooting, multiple sources told ABC News.

But Sanford, Fla., Investigator Chris Serino was instructed to not press charges against Zimmerman because the state attorney's office headed by Norman Wolfinger determined there wasn't enough evidence to lead to a conviction, the sources told ABC News.

...

Serino filed an affidavit on Feb. 26, the night that Martin was shot and killed by Zimmerman, that stated he was unconvinced Zimmerman's version of events.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-detective-wanted-charge-george-zimmerman-manslaughter/story?id=16011674

the same state attourney, wolfinger, was also tasked with leading the investigation into the shooting but has since stepped down citing "conflict of interest."

http://m.jacksonville.com/news/crime/2012-03-22/story/angela-corey-take-over-investigation-sanford-shooting-death-trayvon

so can we start hounding this states attorney guy yet? or are we going stay fixated on the single paranoid shooter and ignore the gross institutional dysfunction demonstrated by how this case was handled

i think there is room for rage against both elmo, tbh

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University of Texas Student Paper Wins 'Most Racist Trayvon Martin Cartoon' Contest

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if you look at the rest of her cartoons she just seems like a very confused, not very bright person.

at least she isn't just drawing five panels that feature the same stick figures in the same poses every week like every other college newspaper cartoonist. ;-)

i wish someone could just draw arrows towards the key words, maybe underline them?

maybe mispell a name? you know, drive the point home

I guess 1997's nutty, the kitten with testicles for legs was a cartooning high water mark for the daily texan.

I really look forward to having yet another thing to be ashamed of when I tell people I'm from Florida. even worse that I live like a half hour from where this happened. I mean shit would someone please submerge us?

i got the offer to relocate a year ago. said I'd think about it but probably in 2-3 years. thinking it might be a good time to bump that up a year or two.

fucking daily texan

I really look forward to having yet another thing to be ashamed of when I tell people I'm from Florida.

― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Tuesday, March 27, 2012 10:02 PM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

o/

Bring back Martin Wagner imo

luckily it's March so I can tell people that I'm from Florida and they wanna party with me

MARTIN
CASE OF
JOURNALIS

TREYVON
AND THE
YELLOW

xpost i s'pose i could offer free mojitos...

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Yeah, it isn't BAD to kill people. Fuck whoever drew that.

with a bubonic plague infected dildo

vivid

i mean there was some news site that said "did the media rush to judgment on the Trayvon case? new developments re: Trayvon suggest they might have" AS IF HIM BEING A 17 YEAR OLD KID THAT TRIED A LITTLE MARIJUANA HAD ANY GODDAMN RELEVANCE ON TEH SHOOTING

I don't care what the law says, you don't kill unarmed people.

Well ideally you dont kill people at all, imo. but anyway.

Who are this guy's supporters other than straight-up racists at this point? Even if you're anti gun-control or pro stand-your-ground, this isn't the guy you want to be repping for as a great example of your cause.

Who are this guy's supporters other than straight-up racists at this point?

what is that, only like 1 in 3 white people?

Fair point.

i mean i know there are many more racists out there than that one white guy w/ his two non-racist friends but that is the intersection between "this guys supporters" and "straight-up racists"

i notice something though, among this guys supporters. a lot of them talk about "thugs", as in "when did a thug ever stand his ground?" or "when did a thug follow and handgun rule" or "dress like a thug die like a thug"

is that like, an actual thing that nra supporters worry about? thugs loose on the street, stealing jewelry with screwdrivers, selling weed and defacing the hallways?

Yes.

it's like a particular stereotype?

i feel like it's not a word i hear out on the west coast, or if i do, it can refer to lots of different types of people.

or does it just mean people who dress like they're in rap videos?

i live on the west coast, and i feel like it's a common way for racists to describe certain young black men

inferring criminality & stupidity from dress & way of speaking

Thugs = those multiracial bands of bandanna-wearing bad guys you see in Michael Jackson videos and post-apocalyptic films of the 80s.

should be called 'snipes'

[T Sowell]
There is no point in dressing like a hoodlum when you are not a hoodlum, even though that has become a fashion for some minority youths

[Nascar Pony]
dressing like a hoodlum has lately become a fashion for minority youths? and not, like, all youths, sine the invention of the teenager?

Also, isn't that first quote getting it p much backwards or even close to circular, I mean isn't perception of "hoodlum dress" actually somewhat *determined* by how "youth on the street" dress?

not to mention HE WASN'T DRESSED LIKE A HOODLUM

http://www.falconmotorcycles.com/images/stories/news/amaryllis_ian/marlon_brando_wild_one_13_rebels.jpg

most of this is all coming from that pic of the wrong Trayvon that is circulating on the web but regardless of whether it was or wasn't him it was irrelevant. We, really, in America, right now, in 2012, are debating what attire makes someone worthy of being treated like a thug.

sorry but hoodies are awesome. if it wasn't always 93 degrees in FL I'd wear them way more often. but then again I'm white so I wouldn't be considered a 'thug', I'd be 'stylish', rite?

fuckthisshit

oh boy too many years of reading the SFGate comments section has proven that 'thug' is alive and well as a not-really-disguised-at-all racist callout on the west coast. so many grisly comments after every shooting, during the oscar grant riots and trials, etc.
the SFGate comments section is an all time cesspool.