Thread: Trayvon Martin (pardon me if this subject is verboten.)

Originally Posted by Hirlau

We would not be having a conversation; we would not have known of the shooting.

We would not be having this conversation if the media and Sharpton hadn't decided to make money off of it.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Wonder how this whole convo would shake out if he was a white Kid? just sayin.

Just a week or two before the Trayvon mess, a 12 yo white male was chased from school to his home by two older black youth, they caught him on his front porch, there just happened to be a fuel can there, the fuel was doused onto the white male and ignited by the one of the blacks. This happened in Kansas City. It was hardly mentioned in the news. Fortunately the young man remembered to stop, drop and roll as his attackers fled. The young man did not recognize the older males.

Fat girls can be mean to skinny girls, but skinny firls cannot do the same to fat girls.

Racial issues nowadays are always looked at in the light of previous experiences and cultural norms.
Historically there has been a lot of violence against blacks. We're supposed to be past those transgressions of the past, but every incident brings back memories of the bad old days and triggers a strong reaction. Everyone is aware that blacks were treated very badly in the US up until not too long ago. And white people were in general not the victim of racial violence.

So every time something like that happens, the incident with a black victim gets massive feedback due to the past when that violence was institutional and socially acceptable. Racial violence against white people was not, so every incident there is lacking that strong social feedback.

Originally Posted by mhailey

So if a private detective is following a person they suspect of insurance fraud, and the person attacks the private detective for following him/her, then it is the private detective's fault?

From what I can tell, and from what the evidence I have seen so far shows, Zimmerman was doing nothing illegal.

Did the PI call 911 and then ignore the instructions to not follow the insurance fraud suspect? That little bit lends more to the vigilante/Zimmerman is the aggressor theory.

Originally Posted by ryanjewell

Did the PI call 911 and then ignore the instructions to not follow the insurance fraud suspect? That little bit lends more to the vigilante/Zimmerman is the aggressor theory.

I believe you are factually wrong. The 911 tape, by my review of it, shows Zimmerman complying with the statement from the 911 dispatcher to stop following Martin, and requesting to meet with the police when they arrive. George Zimmerman 911 Call To Stanford Police Department - YouTube