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

otm

frogbs just goes there huh

I don't care whatever the hell else Zimmerman says about that night's events, it is clear to ANYONE that he shot a person he chased after in order to provoke a confrontation and there's no way in hell the law or any interpretation of it should condone that, no matter how many hoodies were worn, or drugs fell out of pockets, or anything else he concocts as an excuse for killing Martin. It is all irrelevant.

I wouldn't be so sure. That's what sucks about this case -- no trial.

What the fucking shit

So in FLA would it be legal for any non-white person to kill KKK members?

I just want to let the white people who are apparently hellbent on starting a race war know that they don't actually have as many supporters as they might think and that I, for one, look forward to their complete eradication from the earth. Thanks for the memories, guys!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/528607_326000290794070_321811291212970_915515_1817515102_n.jpg

aww

Prince and DWC otm.

jesus christ even the gawker comments are reaching yahoo levels of rage-making

I don't remember the commenters being this dumb until the recent past.

I just want to let the white people who are apparently hellbent on starting a race war know that they don't actually have as many supporters as they might think and that I, for one, look forward to their complete eradication from the earth.

yeah I was just lol'ing at a KKK doc last night. They show these film clips from the 30s or whatever where there's literally thousands of people at a rally/march and then oops cut to today oh look there's two dozen poor losers too fat and lazy to get off their lawnchairs watching some yahoo yelling from across the street.

jesus christ even the gawker comments are reaching yahoo levels of rage-making

― stan this sick bunt (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:51 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I don't remember the commenters being this dumb until the recent past.

― Respectfully, Tyrese Gibson (Nicole), Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i'm not reading them any more

zimmerman's never going to jail, is he? over/under is what, 15%, now? fuck.

and fuck that gawker article too. not the commenters (them too) but the article. they looked at the same apparent screenshots (even posted part of one in the header) and their "source" was still someone who hacked into a dead kid's account. same privacy invasion, all the same bullshit just to prove that he was "good" rather than "bad" and completely ignoring the fact that it doesn't fucking matter if he was a drug dealer or a prospective college student, he didn't deserve to be shot. if you want to know what he's like, listen to his parents and his friends when they talk about him, don't dig into his goddamn emails and then reinforce the idea that "bad" black kids are more expendable than the "good" ones.

zimmerman's never going to jail, is he

nope

there's a small chance the feds will try to nail him, but the odds are diminishing by the hour

Zimmerman can then devote the rest of his days on earth looking for the real killer... no, wait, nvm.

I would be okay with the NBP getting him - dude is dangerous - but the odds of that are pretty low/lol too

There's gonna be hella civil suit though, so at least maybe he'll be bankrupted.

maybe he'll get so trapped financially he'll commit some other crime that will land him in jail eh

Maybe because of this whole thing plenty of other people will feel threatened by his presence.

I'm fairly certain at this point that we won't see anything like justice in this matter, so I'm trying to content myself with the belief that the wheels of karma sometimes turn slowly.

Zimmerman show on Fox within two years

dude has enough of a fanbase he can probably wing a book deal out of this

or a line of self defense videos

it's hard to believe bob dylan spawned such a horrible son.

"Self-defense tip one: If you feel threatened by a youth in a hoodie, slowly exit your vehicle and follow him, taking great pains to ensure that he doesn't know you're there until you know you've got a clean shot."

<3 Ta-Nehisi Coates

George thought he had a problem when Trayvon said “I came to chew skittles and whip honkies. And I’m all outta skittles.” #shitzimmermansays
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisi) March 29, 2012

 
Zimmerman claims he knew he was in trouble when Trayvon referred to him as “Jive Turkey” #shitzimmermansays
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisi) March 29, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxs5Woss__k&feature=player_embedded#!

what the fuck is this

dialogue america can appreciate

How is it that everything about this just gets more and more depressing :(

Bcz America is a terrible, terrible country that ruins everything.

jfc

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/431880/Images/racechart.png

http://prospect.org/article/willful-ignorance-1

See?

That poll makes no sense and also what the fuck was that woman trying to prove with such a pathetic and offensive "gotcha!"?

that CNN can be as offensive as Fox NEWS?

That poll makes no sense and also what the fuck was that woman trying to prove with such a pathetic and offensive "gotcha!"?

http://prospect.org/authors/jamelle-bouie

http://prospect.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/bouie_headshot.jpg

I think Stevie thought it made no sense that whites could be so willfully obtuse

couldn't watch past the question. her smug face, like she's trying to swallow a triumphant grin. fucking evil.

oh lol part of that must be blocked by my job, all I saw was an article by Jamelle

No that's exactly what I meant; you can't just equate white "minorities" with the black population; that question is fucking ridiculous. People are so stupid.

"what if the most crucial things about this case..... were completely different?? what THEN????"

well i think that woman has a point

"special favors"

yeah that's an incredibly loaded phrase

and now that i think about it it's so loaded that it probably invalidates the poll

More often than not these days, I'm bubbling over with white self-hate.

bubbling over with self hate? as a nonwhite, i grant thee honorary minority status.

http://newsone.com/nation/afisher/joe-oliver-lawrence-o-donnell-last-call-interview/