The difference between this case and the Rodney King case which led to the riots of 1992 was that there was alot more racial tension due to other documented instances of hate crimes in L.A. Today in Florida this seems to be an isolated incident.
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Nothing in Florida is an isolated incident. The whole state is a mess.
The only thing fabulous about Florida (outside of my childhood disney vacations) is PLOL.
I am legit surprised there have been no riots. I thought Miami was most likely given the kid is from there, and their poor areas are really poor.
In reality, people just post on the internet now about how they're going to riot I guess, rather than actually get off the couch. Too fat to riot.
Truth is, despite all the fear mongering, '91 and '92 were the most violent years in US history. Shit was legit crazy everywhere back then. Crack fiends just looking for a reason to riot. The murder/violent crime numbers now are about 45% of those years.
The right provocateur could probably stir some shit up still, but it appears to likely pass. The parents and their counsel being disappointed, but dignified in their post verdict statements/press conference was really important. They deescalated the anger rather than escalate it.
Yes, the country is a lot different now than in the early '90s. Young people don't realize how terrible the crime rate was back then -- the worst in modern US history. Everything has calmed a lot since then. There are many theories about this, but the nation is definitely less violent than it was 20 years ago, despite the apparent uptick of mass-murder types of incidents.
Of places to move in the USA he probably needs to go to somewhere in butt fuck Utah otherwise everyday of his life he will be wondering if it's his last.
About 87% funny, a bit of seriousness there. I am of the opinion, right or wrong, that any people who use being "outraged" by a verdict enough to riot should be shot in the streets. 99% of people who riot in a situation like this have no emotional investment in the trial whatsoever. They are opportunists pure and simple.
There are no black people rioting in Chicago right now even though 55 were shot and 12 dies over the 4th of July weekend. So far this year there have been OVER 1000 shootings in Chicago and no one seems to give a fuck. Why? It's because Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson don't care about black on black violence because it doesn't suit their agenda. Meanwhile, the race baiters and the chicken hawks will use the Trayvon situation to further get themselves in front of national media cameras.
The truth of the matter is that a kid is dead and the guy that killed him will have to live with it. Like it or not, he was found not guilty by a jury as prescribed by the law. The case isn't over by any means. I give it one week before Eric Holder announces that the DOJ will be prosecuting Zimmerman for violating Trayvon's civil rights.
If anyone who has these views would listen to the whole 911 call instead of spewing the media bs you wouldnt post this garbage. Listen to the 911 call. Travon clearly confronted him and its not even a dispute. He was doing what his job entailed him to do. Its not against the law to follow someone, and he clearly stopped while on the phone with the 911 operator, and he says this guy is coming towards me.
The only issue I have with anything that was done was if your fighting someone head up and start losing shooting him is the cowardly way out. Take the ass whipping like a man.
The added irony of a woman getting 20 years in prison for popping off a round into some drywall in an effort to scare off her abusive husband the day before Zimmerman goes free for killing a kid just makes this embarrassment of justice all the more terrible.
Zimmerman's brother saying that the "family is worried that some vigilantes might take justice into their hands" is comic gold.
The worst thing about this is that Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson now won't shutup about It.
What if Trayvon Martin was the one who killed George Zimmerman instead?
I bet he would be in prison and white people would be demanding the death penalty.
George Zimmerman should leave Florida immediately.
Go to Texas, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky or Alaska.
Or join Edward Snowden and seek asylum in a foreign country.
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Ummm..no. Crimes rates have been dropping since 1980.
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http://www.soopermexican.com/2013/07...-other-blacks/
In 513 Days Between Trayvon Dying and the Zimmerman Trial Verdict, 11,106 Blacks Have Been Murdered by OTHER BLACKS
By soopermexican On July 14, 2013
I wrote this back in April of last year:
To be exact, the shameful truth is that 93% of African-American murders are committed by other African-Americans. That is breathtakingly awful when you consider how incensed the African-American community is about the Trayvon tragedy, no matter what you believe about Zimmerman’s guilt.
Let’s do the gruesome math, not out of morbidity, but because it manifests the incredible self-centered insanity of people like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.
8,000-9,000 African-Americans are murdered each year.
93% of them by other African-Americans.
That’s 7,905 (from average)
That’s 21.65 murdered each day by other African-Americans.
And these racebaiting culture-hustling microphone-pimps only get riled up when a “White Hispanic” kills an African-American? It’s absolutely shameful.
To update, in the 513 days between Trayvon dying, and today’s verdict, 11,106 African Americans have been murdered by other African-Americans.
I was so shocked, I had to double check my numbers.
Seems most people here still have shit for brains. No surprise there.