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[e_galston]

The DOJ is investigating the police department and how they handled this.

Hab

ok that makes sense than, hadn't heard that. I thought he meant the actual investigation for the shooting.

[Cat-Scratch]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/10-reaso ... out-trayvo

10 Reasons Everyone Should Be Furious About Trayvon Martin's Murder

1. "Suspicious behavior" IS NOT "Just walking around looking about."

George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, called 911 to report Trayvon Martin as a suspicious person. He told the cops Trayvon was "JUST WALKING AROUND LOOKING ABOUT."
Source: forbes.com

2. In reality, Trayvon Martin had a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea. Zimmerman had a 9 millimeter handgun.

Sound suspicious to you?
Source: herperspectiveonthings

3. The 911 operator told Zimmerman that officers were being dispatched and NOT TO PURSUE THE BOY.

He was told NOT TO PURSUE HIM, yet he still did.
Source: nytimes.com

4. Zimmerman has called 911 46 TIMES since January 2011.

He reported 'disturbances, break-ins, windows left open and other incidents.'
Source: dailymail.co.uk

5. In his 911 call George Zimmerman may have used a racial slur.

You can listen to the phone call here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNI5CA5jijw). It sounds like he says "fucking coons."
Source: blogs.miaminewtimes.com

6. George Zimmerman has a violent past yet was still allowed to WALK AROUND FREELY WITH A GUN.

Zimmerman had a previous charge in 2005 of battery on a police officer while interfering with the arrest of a friend. His ex-girlfriend had also filed a restraining order on him for domestic abuse. For some reason, he was ALLOWED TO WALK AROUND FREELY WITH A GUN.
Source: miamiherald.com

7. Zimmerman is using the "stand your ground" law as his defense. Critics say the "stand your ground" law basically gives a person a license to kill.

Source: motherjones

8. When the "stand your ground" law was passed, critics said it could encourage racially motivated killings and promote deadly escalations of arguments.

“All this bill will do is sell more guns and possibly turn Florida into the OK Corral,” said Democratic state Rep. Irv Slosberg of Boca Raton in 2005.
Source: thinkprogress.org

9. The amount of national media coverage from February 26 to March 19 is disturbing.

Source: thinkprogress.org

10. Trayvon Martin was buried on March 3. George Zimmerman is still free.

Source: nytimes.com

At the above link, images accompany every point listed.

Here's that video link -

[dairydead]

haha you should be mad because there are "critics" of some laws?

goddamn i hate buzzfeed. this is one of the most shallow and exploitative articles i have ever seen.

[Psivage]

haha you should be mad because there are "critics" of some laws?

goddamn i hate buzzfeed. this is one of the most shallow and exploitative articles i have ever seen.

I take it you never read anything from NewsBusters?

[dairydead]

I take it you never read anything from NewsBusters?

i avoid that shit like the plague

[Benderbrau]

I miss Rob

[Doozer]

7. Zimmerman is using the "stand your ground" law as his defense. Critics say the "stand your ground" law basically gives a person a license to kill.

Source: motherjones

8. When the "stand your ground" law was passed, critics said it could encourage racially motivated killings and promote deadly escalations of arguments.

“All this bill will do is sell more guns and possibly turn Florida into the OK Corral,” said Democratic state Rep. Irv Slosberg of Boca Raton in 2005.
Source: thinkprogress.org

That's stupid. It's a sound law.

[Zenguru]

That's stupid. It's a sound law.

Used to the advantage of an unsound person.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

No you're not racist, not at all

He's from a different generation.

[Doozer]

It's not very advantageous to society if start judging every law against how an "unsound person" will misinterpret and abuse them.

[S.F. Jude Terror]

It's not very advantageous to society if start judging every law against how an "unsound person" will misinterpret and abuse them.

That type of abuse can be catastrophic though. Just look at every US president starting with Reagan.

[Zenguru]

It's not very advantageous to society if start judging every law against how an "unsound person" will misinterpret and abuse them.

Not every law opens up opportunities for paranoid ethnicists to shoot down people who "look" like a gangsta.

And I have to wonder if the stand your ground law protects Zimmerman when he obviously ignored 911's advice to NOT get out of his car.

[Doozer]

Reagan certainly wasn't one to back down

[Zenguru]

Reagan certainly wasn't one to back down

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I advise you not to get out of your bed until the video is embedded. I repeat, do NOT engage the video!

[Doozer]

where the fuck is the "youtube" button?

this place is worse than rdrsfan.