BRIGGS wrote:One of them said. " 90 of white people are nasty. Hate them". If this was three white people who wrote and acted like this it would've been the racial incident of the decade. Other way around really haven't heard a peep. I think this is what is the basis of much of the racism we have in the country now. A reverse psychology. Whoever did what here. This is one of the worst race crimes in 20 years and I hope people from all races learn and continue to learn from this. This young man had serious hatred for whites at 16 What caused this?

Sounds like this is an agenda you've been itching to talk about. It's definitely a rush to judgement on your part because one of the kids definitely looks white. Lay off the Fox News and let's not pretend your some kind of victim.

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Clean wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:One of them said. " 90 of white people are nasty. Hate them". If this was three white people who wrote and acted like this it would've been the racial incident of the decade. Other way around really haven't heard a peep. I think this is what is the basis of much of the racism we have in the country now. A reverse psychology. Whoever did what here. This is one of the worst race crimes in 20 years and I hope people from all races learn and continue to learn from this. This young man had serious hatred for whites at 16 What caused this?

The difference between these two cases are Zimmerman got away with no questions asked from the police until it became national. These kids were arrested right away. The outrage came from an unarmed kid being killed without ANY questions being asked to the person who killed him, this is not the case with this recent incident. All those involved with the killing in both these cases should go to jail. To equate these two cases is not looking at the details. Justice was played out correctly in one case and was not played out in the other case. The kids were immediately arrested as they should have been. Zimmerman on the other hand had his word taken as the complete truth without any investigation into his claims.

Upon examination of the facts and trial it turns out justice was served up in that case as well. This was despite some really weak evidence(prosecution even bypassed a grand jury) and a frenzied attempt by just about everyone to get the guy convicted.

There was no way to proof that Zimmerman wasn't trying to defend himself so you can't charge him with murder. That's really what it came down to, doesn't mean justice was really served since nobody knows what actually happened except Zimmerman and Martin.

IMO though if you are a 30+ yr old male armed with a gun you should hold some type of responsibility over the situation. Largely based off of Zimmerman's personal walk through of what happened. There are many things that just don't add up to me.

gunsnewing wrote:Heard about it once on the radio for no more than 30secs. Was the last time I heard about it and I listen to both stations everyday. Forgot it even happened

Heard about the Martin case for a full day on espn radio though and not just Stephen A. And the wasn't sports related

I forget, were these kids not arrested after committing murder? Context is everything and you're very badly equating two different cases; one that had everything to do with flaws in the legal system, with another that is being handled properly. Remember that Zimmerman was released IMMEDIATELY after murdering Trayvon. That and the Stand Your Ground Law (and the general ineptitude of the Florida legal system: see Casey Anthony) was what got it media attention.

newyorknewyork wrote:Heard about it on the radio, they stated that 3 kids from Oklahoma killed a man because they were bored. Then I heard they were looking to start a gang. Didn't really hear anything about it being a race crime when it was first reported.

Black people don't control the news or the amount of attention a news story gets. I personally talked about it at my job with another black co worker. We were both disgusted and felt they should all be tried as adults since it was said that only one of them was. Trying to insinuate that this story hasn't gotten much media attention because the ppl who committed the crime were black and hate whites is silly. You really think that media outlets are looking to protect black people's feelings?

Zimmerman issue was big because he was let go with no charges and because Martin's parents fought and fought for what they felt was right while there were ppl who felt Zimmerman was justified. The back and forth made it a big case.

It was more than the no charges. Even after the case was done there was still a huge buzz. People didn't just want him to goto trial they wanted him nailed. The media in this case was trying to sell a story. It seemed good in the begining. Unarmed black 'kid', gun wielding 'white' guy(especially in the context of the recent high profile shootings). Unfortunately, the kid was not really the little kid in the photos, he was a 6 foot 200+ man. But to keep the story going we only say his photos when he was 12 or 14. It was unfortunate that he was half hispanic..so we had the term 'white hispanic' given to keep it alive. Helping this along was a presidential adoption, special prosecutors hiding evidence, race hustlers all working to nail the guy and deliver the conclusion of the story the media was selling. So the media does not try to protect black peoples' feelings. But they do try to generate stories(instead of reporting what's out there)that they think will sell them the most viewership/subscriptions/sales.

newyorknewyork wrote:

nykshaknbake wrote:

Clean wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:One of them said. " 90 of white people are nasty. Hate them". If this was three white people who wrote and acted like this it would've been the racial incident of the decade. Other way around really haven't heard a peep. I think this is what is the basis of much of the racism we have in the country now. A reverse psychology. Whoever did what here. This is one of the worst race crimes in 20 years and I hope people from all races learn and continue to learn from this. This young man had serious hatred for whites at 16 What caused this?

The difference between these two cases are Zimmerman got away with no questions asked from the police until it became national. These kids were arrested right away. The outrage came from an unarmed kid being killed without ANY questions being asked to the person who killed him, this is not the case with this recent incident. All those involved with the killing in both these cases should go to jail. To equate these two cases is not looking at the details. Justice was played out correctly in one case and was not played out in the other case. The kids were immediately arrested as they should have been. Zimmerman on the other hand had his word taken as the complete truth without any investigation into his claims.

Upon examination of the facts and trial it turns out justice was served up in that case as well. This was despite some really weak evidence(prosecution even bypassed a grand jury) and a frenzied attempt by just about everyone to get the guy convicted.

There was no way to proof that Zimmerman wasn't trying to defend himself so you can't charge him with murder. That's really what it came down to, doesn't mean justice was really served since nobody knows what actually happened except Zimmerman and Martin.

IMO though if you are a 30+ yr old male armed with a gun you should hold some type of responsibility over the situation. Largely based off of Zimmerman's personal walk through of what happened. There are many things that just don't add up to me.

Nope. It's impossible it was second degree murder because there would have been no struggle. Trayvon Martin was on top of him and smashing Zimmermans's head into the pavement. That's what it came down to. These are what was deemd certain. It's arguable for manslaughter perhaps.

misterearl wrote:BRIGGS - do you doubt for a nanosecond that these three criminals will be tried, convicted and issued a harsh sentence?

Please do NOT try and equate the Trayvon Martin case, which the authorities allowed Zimmerrman free, until the surge of public opinion caught up with them. Still, Zimmmerman is a free man.

Do you really suggest that any of these three will be set free?

nykshaknbake wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

nykshaknbake wrote:

Clean wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:One of them said. " 90 of white people are nasty. Hate them". If this was three white people who wrote and acted like this it would've been the racial incident of the decade. Other way around really haven't heard a peep. I think this is what is the basis of much of the racism we have in the country now. A reverse psychology. Whoever did what here. This is one of the worst race crimes in 20 years and I hope people from all races learn and continue to learn from this. This young man had serious hatred for whites at 16 What caused this?

The difference between these two cases are Zimmerman got away with no questions asked from the police until it became national. These kids were arrested right away. The outrage came from an unarmed kid being killed without ANY questions being asked to the person who killed him, this is not the case with this recent incident. All those involved with the killing in both these cases should go to jail. To equate these two cases is not looking at the details. Justice was played out correctly in one case and was not played out in the other case. The kids were immediately arrested as they should have been. Zimmerman on the other hand had his word taken as the complete truth without any investigation into his claims.

Upon examination of the facts and trial it turns out justice was served up in that case as well. This was despite some really weak evidence(prosecution even bypassed a grand jury) and a frenzied attempt by just about everyone to get the guy convicted.

There was no way to proof that Zimmerman wasn't trying to defend himself so you can't charge him with murder. That's really what it came down to, doesn't mean justice was really served since nobody knows what actually happened except Zimmerman and Martin.

IMO though if you are a 30+ yr old male armed with a gun you should hold some type of responsibility over the situation. Largely based off of Zimmerman's personal walk through of what happened. There are many things that just don't add up to me.

Nope. It's impossible it was second degree murder because there would have been no struggle. Trayvon Martin was on top of him and smashing Zimmermans's head into the pavement. That's what it came down to. These are what was deemd certain. It's arguable for manslaughter perhaps.

With all due respect this post illustrates people with biased thinking. There is no way for you to know that "Trayvon Martin was on top of him and smashing Zimmermans's head into the pavement." unless you take exactly what zimmerman said as the complete truth. If you are willing to take what he said as the complete truth then to you there is no way that the unarmed kid could be anything but in the wrong. He is dead so no way can you get his side of the story. This is the exact reason why the mafia kills witnesses and gansters kill snitches. Dead men tell no tales.

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newyorknewyork wrote:Heard about it on the radio, they stated that 3 kids from Oklahoma killed a man because they were bored. Then I heard they were looking to start a gang. Didn't really hear anything about it being a race crime when it was first reported.

Black people don't control the news or the amount of attention a news story gets. I personally talked about it at my job with another black co worker. We were both disgusted and felt they should all be tried as adults since it was said that only one of them was. Trying to insinuate that this story hasn't gotten much media attention because the ppl who committed the crime were black and hate whites is silly. You really think that media outlets are looking to protect black people's feelings?

Zimmerman issue was big because he was let go with no charges and because Martin's parents fought and fought for what they felt was right while there were ppl who felt Zimmerman was justified. The back and forth made it a big case.

It was more than the no charges. Even after the case was done there was still a huge buzz. People didn't just want him to goto trial they wanted him nailed. The media in this case was trying to sell a story. It seemed good in the begining. Unarmed black 'kid', gun wielding 'white' guy(especially in the context of the recent high profile shootings). Unfortunately, the kid was not really the little kid in the photos, he was a 6 foot 200+ man. But to keep the story going we only say his photos when he was 12 or 14. It was unfortunate that he was half hispanic..so we had the term 'white hispanic' given to keep it alive. Helping this along was a presidential adoption, special prosecutors hiding evidence, race hustlers all working to nail the guy and deliver the conclusion of the story the media was selling. So the media does not try to protect black peoples' feelings. But they do try to generate stories(instead of reporting what's out there)that they think will sell them the most viewership/subscriptions/sales.

Somehow Trayvon's size did not deter Zimmerman from pursuing him. Why should it factor into the equation of the story then?

nykshaknbake wrote:

newyorknewyork wrote:

nykshaknbake wrote:

Clean wrote:

BRIGGS wrote:One of them said. " 90 of white people are nasty. Hate them". If this was three white people who wrote and acted like this it would've been the racial incident of the decade. Other way around really haven't heard a peep. I think this is what is the basis of much of the racism we have in the country now. A reverse psychology. Whoever did what here. This is one of the worst race crimes in 20 years and I hope people from all races learn and continue to learn from this. This young man had serious hatred for whites at 16 What caused this?

The difference between these two cases are Zimmerman got away with no questions asked from the police until it became national. These kids were arrested right away. The outrage came from an unarmed kid being killed without ANY questions being asked to the person who killed him, this is not the case with this recent incident. All those involved with the killing in both these cases should go to jail. To equate these two cases is not looking at the details. Justice was played out correctly in one case and was not played out in the other case. The kids were immediately arrested as they should have been. Zimmerman on the other hand had his word taken as the complete truth without any investigation into his claims.

Upon examination of the facts and trial it turns out justice was served up in that case as well. This was despite some really weak evidence(prosecution even bypassed a grand jury) and a frenzied attempt by just about everyone to get the guy convicted.

There was no way to proof that Zimmerman wasn't trying to defend himself so you can't charge him with murder. That's really what it came down to, doesn't mean justice was really served since nobody knows what actually happened except Zimmerman and Martin.

IMO though if you are a 30+ yr old male armed with a gun you should hold some type of responsibility over the situation. Largely based off of Zimmerman's personal walk through of what happened. There are many things that just don't add up to me.

Nope. It's impossible it was second degree murder because there would have been no struggle. Trayvon Martin was on top of him and smashing Zimmermans's head into the pavement. That's what it came down to. These are what was deemd certain. It's arguable for manslaughter perhaps.

I'm no lawyer but I know enough to recognize that there is no "one-size fits all" definition for legal statures between the various states. From what I've read, 2nd degree murder merely constitutes the absence of premeditation. By that loose definition, I think it is reasonable for these charges to be in play considering that an armed adult that was not a civil servant, stalked a teenager several blocks before killing him in "self-defense".

misterearl wrote:Briggs - while the wound of the Trayvon Martin case is still fresh, you jumpoff with "This is one of the worst race crimes in 20 years" and really expect a mob to fall in lime behind you?

C'mon Son!

Please dont make your words be mine--dont assume something that is false. I did not say anything about another case nor did I equate it to that particular case-- I said this was one of the worst race crimes in the last 20 years and it is. I said that if this was the other way around there would be heck in the streets right now--you barely hear a peep about it. Lets be fair and honest.