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I'm reading the newspaper blog re: the Zimmerman trial and want to barf (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 OP
An unarmed young man was walking home from the grocery store when he was followed by an ladjf Jul 2013 #1
I grew up in that area. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2013 #2
It's pretty vile vankuria Jul 2013 #3
Best bet is to leave them alone, racists like that live for the comments premium Jul 2013 #5
there are racist comments almost everywhere, and that's the only reason Zimmerman will JI7 Jul 2013 #4
No YarnAddict Jul 2013 #9
Life's too short! Quantess Jul 2013 #6
assholes have computers too. spanone Jul 2013 #7
There are alot of racists in this area. darkangel218 Jul 2013 #8
Coinciding with the rise of the Teabaggers etherealtruth Jul 2013 #10

ladjf

(17,320 posts)
1. An unarmed young man was walking home from the grocery store when he was followed by an
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 04:03 PM
Jul 2013

armed man who provoked an incident and then shot the unarmed teenager. That's what happened. nt

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)
2. I grew up in that area.
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 04:08 PM
Jul 2013

I am thankful i never came into contact , too much, with people who think like that.

vankuria

(904 posts)
3. It's pretty vile
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 04:11 PM
Jul 2013

was gonna leave a comment but decided it's a waste of time to try and engage people that are so small minded and ignorant.

 

premium

(3,731 posts)
5. Best bet is to leave them alone, racists like that live for the comments
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 04:14 PM
Jul 2013

so they can feel vindicated when they go on the attack with more racist crap.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
4. there are racist comments almost everywhere, and that's the only reason Zimmerman will
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 04:11 PM
Jul 2013

get away with it. if the defense got lucky with having some racists on the jury. and i don't just mean open racists but those who claim not to be racist by bringing up some black friend .

 

YarnAddict

(1,850 posts)
9. No
Tue Jul 9, 2013, 06:16 PM
Jul 2013

If he gets away with it, it will be because the state didn't prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt.

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