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another jew crying racism .... yawn
On Mar 22, 1:27 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Walking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin
> By Amy Goodman
>
> On the rainy night of Sunday, Feb. 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin
> walked to a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. On his way home, with
> his Skittles and iced tea, the African-American teenager was shot and
> killed. The gunman, George Zimmerman, didn't run. He claimed that he
> killed the young man in self-defense. The Sanford police agreed and
> let him go. Since then, witnesses have come forward, 911 emergency
> calls have been released, and outrage over the killing has gone
> global.
>
> Trayvon Martin lived in Miami. He was visiting his father in Sanford,
> near Orlando, staying in the gated community known as The Retreat at
> Twin Lakes, where Zimmerman volunteered with the Neighborhood Watch
> program. The Miami Herald reported that Zimmerman was a "habitual
> caller" to the police, making 46 calls since January 2011. He was out
> on his rounds as a self-appointed watchman, packing his concealed 9 mm
> pistol, when he called 911: "We've had some break-ins in my
> neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious guy ... this guy looks
> like he's up to no good, or he's on drugs or something."
>
> Later in the call, Zimmerman exclaims, "OK. These a—holes always get
> away. ... [Expletive], he's running."
>
> Sounds of Zimmerman moving follow, along with a controversial
> utterance from Zimmerman, under his breath, considered by many to be
> "[Expletive] coons." The sound of his running prompted the 911
> operator to ask, "Are you following him?" Zimmerman replied, "Yeah,"
> to which the dispatcher said, "OK, we don't need you to do that."
>
> One of the attorneys representing the Martin family, Jasmine Rand,
> told me: "The term 'coon' on the audiotape ... is a very obvious
> racial slur against African-Americans. We also heard the neighbors
> come forward and say, 'Yeah, in this particular neighborhood, we look
> for young black males to be committing criminal activity.' And that's
> exactly what George Zimmerman did that night. He found a young black
> male that he did not recognize, assumed that he did not belong there,
> and he targeted him."
>
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>
> Another 911 call that has been released is from a woman who hears
> someone crying for help, then a gunshot.
>
> Eyewitnesses Mary Cutcher and Selma Mora Lamilla both heard the cries,
> which police say could have been from Zimmerman, thus supporting his
> claim, even though he had a gun and outweighed Trayvon Martin by 80
> pounds.
>
> Cutcher said at a press conference: "I feel it was not self-defense,
> because I heard the crying. And if it was Zimmerman that was crying,
> Zimmerman would have continued crying after the shot went off. The
> only thing I saw that night—I heard the crying. We were in the
> kitchen. I heard the crying. It was a little boy. As soon as the gun
> went off, the crying stopped. Therefore, it tells me it was not
> Zimmerman crying."
>
> Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee has defended his department's decision
> not to arrest Zimmerman. They bagged Martin's body and took it away,
> labeling him a "John Doe," even though they had his cellphone, which
> anyone, let alone law enforcement with a shooting victim, could have
> used to easily identify a person. They tested Martin's corpse for
> drugs and alcohol. Zimmerman was not tested. Neighbors say that
> Zimmerman loaded things into a U-Haul truck and left the area.
>
> So, while the police and State Attorney Norm Wolfinger have defended
> their inaction, a democratic demand for justice has ricocheted around
> the country, prompting a U.S. Justice Department investigation and
> leading Wolfinger to promise to convene a grand jury. The Rev. Glenn
> Dames, pastor of St. James AME Church in nearby Titusville, has called
> Martin's death "a modern-day lynching." His demand for the immediate
> arrest of Zimmerman was echoed by the organizers of the "Million
> Hoodie March" in New York City, named after the often racially
> stereotyped sweatshirt Martin was wearing in the rain when he was
> shot.
>
> The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has
> called for the removal of Sanford Police Chief Lee. NAACP President
> Ben Jealous, recounting a mass meeting in a Sanford-area church
> Tuesday night, quoted a local resident who stood up and said, "'If you
> kill a dog in this town, you'd be in jail the next day.' Trayvon
> Martin was killed four weeks ago, and his killer is still walking the
> streets."
>
> With his gun.
>
> More:http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/walking_while_black_the_killing_o...
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
>
> --
> Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> Have a great day,
> Tommy
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