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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 01:33 PM Apr 2012

Freeper "unkus" responds to "no Zimmerman grand jury"..."Lock and load."

I guess the word "irony," to a freeper, means "Muh shirt is all a-wrinkled, I'd better have maw irony it."





Freeper thread: "State Attorney Decides NO Grand Jury In Martin Case"

Freeper responses:

To: rarestia

Lock and load.

4 posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 9:02:03 AM by unkus (Silence Is Consent)

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To: rarestia

Let the riots begin!

5 posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 9:02:30 AM by grobdriver

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To: rarestia

Just doing what one should is sometimes an act of bravery.

6 posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 9:02:48 AM by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat Party!)

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To: rarestia

Keep your eyes on the southern horizon for signs of rising smoke...

18 posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 9:09:07 AM by Buckeye McFrog

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To: rarestia

I can’t imagine why..........It was obviously a racist hate crime against an unarmed little black child who only wanted some skittles and an ice tea by a white Hispanic who was stalking his victim because he was walking while black...............

30 posted on Monday, April 09, 2012 9:13:57 AM by Red Badger (Think logically. Act normally.................)
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Freeper "unkus" responds to "no Zimmerman grand jury"..."Lock and load." (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Apr 2012 OP
Are they still waiting for that "inevitable" race war? Daniel537 Apr 2012 #1
Typical... Fawke Em Apr 2012 #2
but I think she can only charge manslaughter, not murder grasswire Apr 2012 #3
I'm not sure how Florida works. MineralMan Apr 2012 #7
Actually, most of their posts suggest they think he is going to be arrested now Quixote1818 Apr 2012 #4
many of the posters here belcffub Apr 2012 #5
There's lots of cross-pollination between that site and MineralMan Apr 2012 #6
I'm surprised that the SPLC hasn't labeled Free Republic as a hate group yet. Initech Apr 2012 #10
I doubt the SPLC considers that site to be influential enough MineralMan Apr 2012 #11
FR sued the Fresno City Council when a member called FR a hate site. grasswire Apr 2012 #13
When was this? Initech Apr 2012 #15
2004 --- the city settled paying FR $60,000 grasswire Apr 2012 #17
File this under "things that will not end well." Initech Apr 2012 #8
Well, they like to talk about resorting to violence, MineralMan Apr 2012 #12
I like this one George Carlin bit: Initech Apr 2012 #14
I hear right-wingers talking about safeinOhio Apr 2012 #9
some more pokerfan Apr 2012 #16

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
3. but I think she can only charge manslaughter, not murder
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 01:40 PM
Apr 2012

I believe that a murder charge must come from a grand jury.

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
7. I'm not sure how Florida works.
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 01:59 PM
Apr 2012

It may only be capital murder that requires a Grand Jury. I just don't know. Such things vary from state to state.

In fact, this link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57411290/special-prosecutor-no-grand-jury-for-trayvon-martin-case/

along with several others, says that only first-degree murder requires a grand jury in Florida, so second-degree murder is also on the table without one. That's pretty standard in many states.

I really do expect charges shortly in this case, along with an arrest. What bail will be set remains to be seen.

Quixote1818

(28,918 posts)
4. Actually, most of their posts suggest they think he is going to be arrested now
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 01:51 PM
Apr 2012

and their heads are exploding. They called Corey a wench, but then another Freeper pointed out she is a tough on crime Republican.

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
17. 2004 --- the city settled paying FR $60,000
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 08:30 PM
Apr 2012

Here's one story:

CITY SETTLES LAWSUIT - GIVES FREE REPUBLIC $60,000
JEEPERS FREEPERS!
By Mike Rhodes
January 11, 2004

In September of 2003 Debbie Reyes, the Chairperson of the Human Relations Commission (HRC) in Fresno, sent a Press Release to the media to warn the community about potential violence at a Free Republic (they call themselves Freepers) rally and picnic. The Press Release referred to the Freepers as a “hate group” and encouraged the public to stay away from the area.

When the media went to the site of the rally (Shaw and Blackstone) they found 5-10 flag waving “patriots” saying that they were just there to support the president. Jim Robinson, the head of the Free Republic, played his role as a persecuted martyr very well and within two weeks went on the attack with a million dollar lawsuit filed against the City of Fresno claiming that their reputation had been damaged.

The lawsuit opened a new front in an ongoing war against the HRC by conservatives in Fresno. The conservatives hate the HRC because they are an effective force for promoting cultural diversity, they honor the role of leaders like Martin Luther King Jr, and use conflict resolution techniques to resolve problems in the community. The mayor and several City Council members don’t believe that the HRC should support workers struggling for a living wage, help to organize activities honoring MLK Jr. and Cesar Chavez, or to make the connections between the war in Iraq and poverty in this city. Fresno mayor Alan Autry appears to have used the lawsuit as an opportunity to further attack and weaken the HRC. In the last six months he has implemented a process to redefine the HRC’s mission, cut funding to the agency, and now Chairperson Debbie Reyes has been forced to resign.

Why didn’t the City of Fresno fight this lawsuit? Why are they funding the Free Republic, to the tune of $60,000, with the taxpayers money? If this case had gone to court the issue would have been whether or not the Press Release defining the Free Republic as a “hate group” was accurate or not. Could the reason that this case never went to court be because it was never about uncovering the truth or defending the Chair of the HRC in the performance of her duties? This suit, which was filed on behalf of the Free Republic, gave Fresno mayor Alan Autry and conservative forces on the City Council leverage to weaken, destroy, and/or redefine the mission of the HRC.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/01/12/16676501.php

Initech

(100,036 posts)
8. File this under "things that will not end well."
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 02:11 PM
Apr 2012

Got to love how their first response is that rather than think things through logically they would rather resort to violence.

MineralMan

(146,254 posts)
12. Well, they like to talk about resorting to violence,
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 02:35 PM
Apr 2012

anyhow. The really violent people don't talk much in public about it, I think. They're the scary ones.

Initech

(100,036 posts)
14. I like this one George Carlin bit:
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 03:54 PM
Apr 2012

"It's the quiet ones you got to watch. Oh yeah? While you're watching the quiet ones - a noisy one will fucking kill you! Suppose you're at a bar and there's a guy sitting in a corner reading a book not bothering anybody - but there's a guy at the bar banging a machete going I'm gonna kill the next motherfucker that walks in here ! Which one ya gonna watch?"

safeinOhio

(32,641 posts)
9. I hear right-wingers talking about
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 02:14 PM
Apr 2012

a civil war if the president is re-elected.

Only thing is they are all older and fatter than me. I'm old and on SS and 20 pounds over what I should be.

I'm beginning to think some crazy group will go with this. Don't think they'll have much luck with it.

pokerfan

(27,677 posts)
16. some more
Mon Apr 9, 2012, 04:07 PM
Apr 2012
Wait. Watch. The witch hunt may still be on.

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It means she knows she can’t get an indictment.

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I have a feeling that Zimmerman has disappeared so far underground that the law will never find him. Peru, maybe.

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I’m sure the police know where Zimmerman is - he’s hiding from the Black Panthers KKK group - not from the law.

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The prosecutor is almost forced by the situation to charge Mr. Zimmerman, although he/she knows that a trial is a waste of time. Zimmerman will not be found guilty of manslaughter by a jury. The “beyond a reasonable doubt” will keep that from happening.

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Three times in as many days I have noticed 2-3 blacks in hoodies, hoods up, inappropriately, where I have never noticed them before. The grocery store, Walgreens and a pet supply store. They made no purchases, just wandering around. The weather has been very warm here, no need for hoods. Something is up.
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