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

I think NRO kept and appreciated Derbyshire as a kind of clever and fearless tenured professor.

am I the only one who isn't able to see any of these takimag articles? not that I'm complaining.

Me neither. I like to think racism broke the link.

derb finally gets canned, charles murray is an intellectual demigod. #interesting

There's no reason to read them. They don't have anything to do with TM/GZ other than loosely trying to contextualize bigoted ranting, and even failing miserably at that.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/04/09/us/ap-us-neighborhood-watch-death.html

can someone who understands the law better than me explain what not taking this to a grand jury means in real world justice terms?

no murder charge

Special Prosecutor Corey says her decision to skip the grand jury shouldn't be considered a factor in determining whether charges will be filed against George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has admitted to fatally shooting the unarmed Martin.

That means the decision now rests solely with Corey.

Allen Park — The Michigan Department of Transportation is working with police to determine who hacked into a road sign and posted a racial slur along a freeway seen early Monday morning.

The portable electronic sign contained a reference to Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American who died Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., after being shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120409/METRO01/204090381/Allen-Park-road-sign-hacked-show-racial-slur-against-Trayvon-Martin

wtf this country

That was so disgusting to me.

On a more positive note, I was having lunch today at the local lol food court, and at the next table were two old white guys, both over 60. I heard them start discussing the case and braced myself, and to my surprise they were both like, "Yeah, if I was out walking and somebody was following me around in a car, I'd probably jump him too. And the police never took this guy to the hospital for a supposed broken nose?" etc., etc. Kinda refreshing.

i don't even understand what sort of thought process or lack thereof goes on with whoever hacked that sign

see what happens when you stereotype people, Phil

sort of laughed at this:

"This sort of thing pops up every construction season, but usually the messages are relatively harmless and quirky references to zombies and things like that," Morosi said.

i don't even understand what sort of thought process or lack thereof goes on with whoever hacked that sign

agree that it this is gross & abhorrent but it's prob little more than baseline hax0r opportunism + sensationalism + good ol fashioned racism

well it's missing a verb!

the hacked sign thing reads more like chan-style racism than klan-style racism tbh

not that one is BETTER exactly, but the former at least crushes my soul a little less

it's missing a verb

My gut tells me that "Trayvon" was intended as the verb.

oh waooooow had not occurred to me, let's hope that don't catch on

Childish Gambino first out the gate to help with that one tbh

can't believe Donald Glover hacked that sign

can't believe glassnote records signed hack Donald Glover

can someone who understands the law better than me explain what not taking this to a grand jury means in real world justice terms?

― wrapped sausage stylus (forksclovetofu), Monday, April 9, 2012 1:53 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no murder charge

― the late great, Monday, April 9, 2012 1:59 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

fwiw this is not necessarily true

Apparently Zimmerman is using a cool Kickstarter to help white devils stay steady killing black kids.

What a piece of shit

http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/09/us/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

I do not have the fortitude to look at his site. No way.

If you go wandering around the neighborhood with a loaded gun, chasing unarmed teens carrying Skittles and shooting them dead, then you gotta expect it'll be "a life-altering event", mr. zimmerman. More than one life got "altered" in the process, as I recall the story.

sorry, i should've said no first degree murder (ie it'll be a manslaughter charge, right?)

yeah i may have it in me to listen to the guy at some point but not right now

the hacked sign thing reads more like chan-style racism than klan-style racism tbh

― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, April 9, 2012 6:12 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not that one is BETTER exactly, but the former at least crushes my soul a little less

― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, April 9, 2012 6:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

imo this is backwards btw

obviously it was a liberal hacker trying to paint god-fearing midwestern conservatives as racist

alinsky amirite

is fuckin' gambino actually referring to the act of killing someone as "trayvon"

no

okay, thank you for telling me that

unless he said something else -- gambino's trayvon line was "i'd die for my hood / trayvon" or something like that

still repugnant but not quite as repugnant as i feared

it's facepalmy but not necessarily repugnant i don't think

it's repugnant because the source was so predictable

repugnant is just a pretty strong word

well i would call all of his music repugnant, so

lol fair enough

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/04/05/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html

so zimmerman told his lawyers he said "punks" on the phone, not "coons". bullshit.

we don't really know what he said

it really doesn't sound like punks

We still don't know shit about much of this - or at least, we know very little definitively - but we know enough that first degree murder really shouldn't be off the table (assuming it isn't; we have no idea). Regardless of outcome, dude saw Trayvon, dude was armed, dude pursued Trayvon, dude shot Trayvon. A conviction is one thing, but even an average lawyer should be able to demonstrate intent in this instance.

the hacked sign thing reads more like chan-style racism than klan-style racism tbh

― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, April 9, 2012 7:12 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

not that one is BETTER exactly, but the former at least crushes my soul a little less

― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, April 9, 2012 7:13 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

let me just say that when the slurs are directed towards you, they are equally as soul-crushing

also, when otherwise rational people say shit like this, it's enraging

not that one is BETTER exactly

― easter back, somebody call the binks truck (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, April 9, 2012 7:13 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink