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

might also help not to post under the dn 'boy_slayer' right now too fyi

you are absolutely right. this s/n was dumb in the first place, but it's probably just too much now.

first reason i'm not gonna post: too pissed to say anything coherent.
second reason i'm not gonna post: my lame s/n.

yes -- and now I luckily don't have to talk to, see, or otherwise communicate with anyone I knew when i did!

head defense dude just now: "Zimmerman didn't know why he was turned into [a monster], but it was you guys, the media, who did that to him."

it was so sad that day that the media murdered a child and blamed it on poor defenseless george zimmerman.

can i kickstart a riot? is that a thing?

xxp ignoring the people i once knew doesn't make them go away and i'd rather know what they're really thinking then have it surprise me when i visit.
wondering if its corny to wear a hoodie to the park tomorrow

ugh this is so horrible

tn is the deep south?

think it is conceivably reassuring for someone to see one being worn?, idk

disgraceful decision

it was looking like this verdict was kind of inevitable though? from a legal standpoint.

from a this society is the worst just fuck it standpoint

i don't know about the legal particulars of the case but whatever they are they are bullshit.

you shouldn't be able to harass people and then shoot them because you have a vigilante fantasy. the law should be designed to prevent people from doing this.

humans are garbage

one of my best friends is garbage

the others are cats?

Zimmerman's brother: "Trayvon Martin had the right to go home".

there was never any legal complexity here, there aren't two sides to most issues. there's no excuse.

fucking ann coulter fucking everyone
i am turning off media for the night

Zimmerman's brother going after Trayvon on CNN

I basically just outed my brother's lifelong bigotry on facebook to prove a point. He still doesn't get it.

times like these make me glad i don't have facebook

in case you're not feeling despair about the state of america you might want to try searching twitter for "fireworks" right now

https://twitter.com/Steele_Michael/status/356245351130337282

in case you're not feeling despair about the state of america you might want to try searching twitter for "fireworks" right now

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Sunday, July 14, 2013 4:07 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was pretty sure I heard fireworks immediately after the verdict and thought it couldn't possibly be true, and then a friend from florida and a friend from Minnesota said they heard the same thing in their neighborhoods.

what kind of an idiot family whose last name is zimmerman would name one of their sons robert? they didn't know that one was taken?

You mean by Bob Dylan??? No, I would say they didn't know it was taken. Surely no more than 1% of the US population knows that "Robert Zimmerman" was Bob Dylan's birth name.

that can't be true. at least 96% of american households have a copy of hunky dory, in which bowie at addresses dylan as "robert zimmerman" on "song for dylan".

no wonder Robert Zimmerman became such fast friends with Gordon Sumner and Archibald Leach at school

there was never any legal complexity here

mmm, kinda was. not to pee on the outrage parade, i think it's gross that this dude gets off completely clean, but it's pretty hard to nail this dude down based on the rules of the game.

i say dude way too much.

GZ created a situation where a situation wasn't, and that situation resulted in the discharge of a sidearm that fatally injured an unarmed person. He was negligent from the get-go and a manslaughter conviction should've been a slam dunk.

But didn't the prosecutor go for murder rather than manslaughter? That's a much higher hurdle, because you need to prove intent, right? Zimmerman should be in jail right now, for manslaughter.

They were able to add a manslaughter charge before the jury was sent to deliberations.

I didn't follow the trial, but was that a last minute addition, or did they explain the case for manslaughter from the start? I just don't see how he could not be guilty of manslaughter. I mean, I do see, but I don't ... see.

Meanwhile: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57433184/fla-mom-gets-20-years-for-firing-warning-shots/

Media right now: "bla bla riot bla bla bla riot bla bla riot"

i'm glad IF trayvon got a few swings in before he was shot.

mods feel free to delete this post, if necessary.

Even though I'm not surprised, I'm really upset by this. both by the lack of justice for Trayvon, and the disgusting behaviors it's already prompted. and because I'm about 25 miles from it, I'm not likely to hear the end of it anytime soon.

I don't think I can say anything else about this atm.

i would wear a hoodie (with dress shirt and tie beneath) for the next week if it weren't summer. i know it's stupid. i just. want to. scream.

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHGHHGHGHGHGHGHGHHHHHHHHH.

i guess it's just saturday night. but, i want this thread to clusterfuck with yelling and screaming and such. i hope you lot, which are not here, are pissed wherever you are (i know that a lot of you are finding out on tvs at bars, yr friends, etc.)

you are seriously the fucking worst

go troll for attention somewhere else, asshole

mookieproof otm

also can I just say thank you to everyone in this thread for the reminder that there are decent people that exist in this world.

Well, it's official, folks: murder is legal in the state of Florida.

Murder your own toddler, murder a neighbor's kid, murder everybody! It's a free for all!

*if you're white

GZ created a situation where a situation wasn't, and that situation resulted in the discharge of a sidearm that fatally injured an unarmed person. He was negligent from the get-go and a manslaughter conviction should've been a slam dunk.

otm. I don't think there was enough evidence to convict him of murder but my god there should've been enough for SOMETHING. so sad/angry that someone can do what GZ did in this country and not be punished whatsoever. the fact that some people are gloating/cheering over the decision is truly sickening.

Well, it's official, folks: murder is legal in the state of Florida.

― del griffith, Sunday, July 14, 2013 1:20 AM (39 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

basically. if you start a confrontation that escalates into a brawl, and then you shoot the other person dead, you should be alright. provided said other person is the only witness and you have demonstrable injuries (however minor) to attest to the brawl.

reminder to self: don't patronize any bars in florida.

i'd like to read a lawyer's, or someone smart at the NYer or something, take on the manslaughter charge