George Zimmerman Trial Thread (Found Not Guilty Jesus help us...)

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washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/22/zimmerman-verdict-86-percent-of-african-americans-disapprove/

Zimmerman verdict: 86 percent of African Americans disapprove

By Jon Cohen, Published: July 22 at 12:00 pm

African Americans have a mostly shared and sharply negative reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict in the resulting trial, while whites are far more divided, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

At least eight in 10 African Americans say the shooting of the Florida teenager was unjustified, recoil at the verdict in the trial and want the shooter, George Zimmerman, tried in federal court for violating Martin’s civil rights.

On the Martin shooting in particular, the racial gaps are extremely wide.

Among African Americans, 87 percent say the shooting was unjustified; among whites, just 33 percent say so. A slim majority of whites (51 percent) approve of the not-guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial, while African Americans overwhelmingly and strongly disapprove. Some 86 percent of blacks disagree with the verdict — almost all of them disapproving “strongly.”

There is also a partisan tinge to the public views. Among whites, 70 percent of Republicans but only 30 percent of Democrats say they approve of the verdict.

Some of the reaction to the trial — among both blacks and whites — stems from wildly different views of the role of race in the criminal justice system more broadly. Fully 86 percent of African Americans say blacks and other minorities do not get equal treatment under the law; the number of whites saying so is less than half as large, 41 percent. A majority of whites, 54 percent, say there is equal treatment for minority groups.

About eight in 10 African Americans (81 percent) say the federal government should charge Zimmerman in federal court with civil rights violations. Just 27 percent of whites agree, while 59 percent say the government should not bring such charges.

Some 60 percent of Hispanics say blacks and other minorities do not receive equal treatment with whites in the criminal justice system, and by a two-to-one ratio, they disapprove of the verdict in the Zimmerman trial.

The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 18 to 21 among a random national sample of 1,002 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; it is 4.5 points for the sample of white respondents and 11 points among African Americans and Hispanics.

 

[damobb2deep]

lol so what happened 2 this being done by Monday... of last week...

 

[desertrain10]

A number of top-level celebrities are reportedly following in Stevie Wonder's footsteps and plan to boycott Florida in protest of the state's "Stand Your Ground" laws....

the list includes ....

Mary Mary

Eddie Levert

Rod Stewart

Madonna

Usher

Pattie Labelle

Kanye West

Mary J

Trey Songz

Jay Z

Rolling Stones

Justin Timberlake

R. Kelly

Rihanna

Alicia Keys

Joe

Will I AM

Keyshia Cole

Young Jeezy

Erykah Badu

Wale

Frankie Beverly

Parliament
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/jay-z-kanye-florida-boycott-zimmerman_n_3636567.html

 

[2stepz_ahead]

people stil dont see the bigger picture with this stand your ground shit.

possible scenario

new family moves into neighborhood.

niehgbors dont like them...tell them to move out or they will kill them.

man feels threatened gets gun to protect family an shoots the person who made threat.

people with man who just got shot feels threatened and get their guns an shoots man who shot the first guy.

now wife feels threatened an gets gun an shoots people who shot husband for trying to protect his family.

or

lil nigga finally gets guns...lil 5'2" nigga. goes to bar an pushes people around. man over 6' gets tired of it an hits him. lil nigga pulls gun an shoots him. lil nigga can say he felt threatened by such a tall guy. lil nigga back the next week mouthing off ready to shoot another nigga. but who can say the lil nigga is a threat to them?

see how shit can get outta hand real fast

 

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chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Dueling-Trayvon-Martin-protests-collide-in-River-4678150.php

Dueling Trayvon Martin protests collide in River Oaks

Merging of supporters, opponents of Florida verdict ends peacefully

By Jayme Fraser | July 21, 2013 | Updated: July 22, 2013 1:58pm

Before a Sunday evening march into River Oaks became a collision between supporters and opponents of the not-guilty verdict awarded to George Zimmerman, dozens gathered at a Fourth Ward park to remember Florida teen Trayvon Martin.

Members of the crowd at Wiley Park hugged and held signs painted with the word "Justice" marked through with a thick red line. Others wore black T-shirts that read, "KNOW JUSTICE. KNOW PEACE." The letters "NO" were printed in red rather than white.

Activist Quanell X, who organized the rally and march, asked the crowd to clear the way for 8-year-old Gabby North. He lifted her atop a picnic table and explained she had written a song.

"Do they know of the hearts they are breaking?" she sang through a loud speaker. "Do they know of the lives they are taking? Do they know black or white we are precious in his eyes. We are one, we are one."

The diverse crowd nodded along with North's lyrics, and some shouted agreement as the girl sang. People gathered closer as Quanell X stepped up onto the table.

"To be honest with you, we don't give a damn about anybody supporting George Zimmerman and gunning down a child," Quanell X said as he prepared the crowd to march down West Gray into River Oaks.

He pointed to the sky and said, "Now let's quickly pray and let's mount up!"

Counter protest

Roughly two miles away, nearly 80 people gathered at the corner of Shepherd of West Gray for a counter protest.

Except for cheers that erupted when a passing driver gave a thumbs up, the group chatted quietly and shared water jugs as they waited more than two hours for Quanell X to lead the march past them.

An equal number of weekend shoppers curious about the protesters loitered in parking lots across the street. Dozens of police officers on foot, bike and horseback watched the crowds and guided traffic.

At one point, Renee Vaughan of Austin mocked protesters by chanting, "We're racist. We're proud. We're better 'cause we're white."

"What's my excuse then?" Mark Medina, a Hispanic Marine, said to Travis McVay, a white oil field safety worker, as she passed.

"To me, justice was served," Medina said of the case, which he felt went to trial because government and media focused on racial tensions more than the evidence. The Houston man said Martin's death was "tragic" but understandable in a self-defense situation.

McVay agreed, echoing many others at the protest as he questioned the location choice for the march.

"I don't think there's any reason they should have picked River Oaks to stage their protest," the Gonzales resident said. "If you want to improve your community, do it in your community."

Quanell X previously had called the upscale neighborhood "Houston's Sanford, Florida," the neighborhood where Martin was killed.

Remember grocery bag

Gary Castille, 50, was among those who echoed the activists at the park, remembering what his parents told him as a child.

"I would get in trouble if I came home without a grocery bag," Castille tearfully said. "Even if I just bought one thing - a black man just didn't walk home without a grocery bag."

People gathered at the counter-protest were quick to point out that River Oaks is wealthier, whiter and has fewer reported crimes than Sanford, which they said hardly makes it a fair comparison.

Aaron Schutte, who helped organize the counter-protest on Facebook, suggested Quanell X was the one with racist motives. He pointed to a quote from the activist during a 1999 protest against the execution of a convicted black murderer.

"If you feel that you just got to mug somebody because of your hurt and your pain, go to River Oaks and mug you some good white folks," Quanell X was quoted saying at the time. He later explained he only meant it to incite the affluent, older generation to action, not to scare anyone or encourage crime.

"All Quanell X does within the black community is revive racism," Terri Bowman explained to a marcher who stopped to talk to her and other counter-protesters.

"I would love to speak to Quanell about that," Irma Green said. "This is not about race. This is about justice. For all humanity."

'Hard team sticks'

Mounted police followed the march along West Gray, instructing protesters to stay on the sidewalk.

As the march neared Shepherd, both demonstrations erupted in shouts with signs and hands waving in the air.

Police officers from a specially trained crowd-containment unit carried 3-foot "hard team sticks," but never had to pull them because most protesters listened when directed to stay out of the street.

Marchers pushed against the police line as they walked and chanted, "No justice! No peace!"

Many counter-protesters silently leaned forward with signs and American flags, but some shouted back, "Go home racists!"

Schutte heard members of the chanting group say they wanted to cross the street and stand face-to-face with the other protesters.

"Don't do that, man," Schutte told them. The men crossed anyway, walking and yelling on the south sidewalk as the marchers organized by Quanell X walked west on the north side.

"We wanted to be heard, but not be confrontational," Schutte said, who explained that his motivation for standing hours in Sunday's heat was to oppose the "racism of the New Black Panther Party."

As the group waited for the marchers to loop back, River Oaks resident Maxine Merryman asked Kenneth Watkins, one of the few African-Americans standing near the counter-protesters, if he wanted a sign.

Watkins, who pulled over after being curious about the crowd, read Merryman's sign: "7 children murdered in Chicago during Zimmerman trial #Justice4Them?"

"I do," he said. "More than seven have died."

Merryman said she couldn't believe the demonstration was happening at all.

"I thought we were over this and we were getting along fine," she said, referencing racial tensions.

Watkins said Quanell X does not speak for all Houston African-Americans.

 

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[Tommy bilfiger]

You guys do a red herring and now when Tommy does it.

it's fucked up now?

LMAO

Word I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of these sheep.It's laughable

They're up in arms about zimmerman killin that kid but get hostile when I say why don't you have that same outrage when blacc folks kill each other.They're in denial look at em postin articles about white on white crimes when blaccs are blowin that shit out the water.If cnn/msnbc/local news etc wasn't cramming shit down their impressionable throats they wouldn't be so angry.The hypocrisy is hilarious

 

[Chef_Taylor]

A number of top-level celebrities are reportedly following in Stevie Wonder's footsteps and plan to boycott Florida in protest of the state's "Stand Your Ground" laws....

the list includes ....

Mary Mary

Eddie Levert

Rod Stewart

Madonna

Usher

Pattie Labelle

Kanye West

Mary J

Trey Songz

Jay Z

Rolling Stones

Justin Timberlake

R. Kelly

Rihanna

Alicia Keys

Joe

Will I AM

Keyshia Cole

Young Jeezy

Erykah Badu

Wale

Frankie Beverly

Parliament
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/jay-z-kanye-florida-boycott-zimmerman_n_3636567.html

Lol@madonna& timberlake being "the only ones"

 

[desertrain10]

Smh @florida...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/kiera-wilmot-arrested-science-experiment_n_3194768.html

Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment'

The Huffington Post  |  By Rebecca Klein

Wilmot, a Bartow High School student, was arrested at her school last week for allegedly detonating a water bottle filled with an explosive concoction of common household chemicals. According to the Miami New Times, "[A] police report ... indicates Wilmot mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil -- a combination that has inspired hundreds of YouTube videos and generally produces a fairly unimpressive explosion."One teen told Florida-based WTSP News 10 that Wilmot merely wanted to seewhat would happen when those chemicals mixed.The experiment reportedly created a small explosion that caused the bottle's top to pop off and produced smoke. Although no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Wilmot was charged with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP. Both charges are felonies.

WTSP also reports that Wilmot has been expelled and will now finish high school in an expulsion program.According to Miami New Times, Wilmot was known as a good student. She told police that she was conducting a science experiment, though it does not appear to have been an experiment her teachers assigned.Wilmot’s school principal, Ron Pritchard, defended the student in an interview with local news outlet The Ledger. He noted that Wilmot did not leave the premises after the explosion. "She left it [the bottle] on the ground, and she stayed there," Pritchard said. "We went over to where she was. She saw that we saw her, so she didn't take off.

 

[Gold_Certificate]

She made something that explodes in school and exploded it on school property; without notifying the school in advance.

She's an idiot.

 

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washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/22/zimmerman-verdict-86-percent-of-african-americans-disapprove/

Zimmerman verdict: 86 percent of African Americans disapprove

By Jon Cohen, Published: July 22 at 12:00 pm

African Americans have a mostly shared and sharply negative reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict in the resulting trial, while whites are far more divided, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

At least eight in 10 African Americans say the shooting of the Florida teenager was unjustified, recoil at the verdict in the trial and want the shooter, George Zimmerman, tried in federal court for violating Martin’s civil rights.

On the Martin shooting in particular, the racial gaps are extremely wide.

Among African Americans, 87 percent say the shooting was unjustified; among whites, just 33 percent say so. A slim majority of whites (51 percent) approve of the not-guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial, while African Americans overwhelmingly and strongly disapprove. Some 86 percent of blacks disagree with the verdict — almost all of them disapproving “strongly.”

There is also a partisan tinge to the public views. Among whites, 70 percent of Republicans but only 30 percent of Democrats say they approve of the verdict.

Some of the reaction to the trial — among both blacks and whites — stems from wildly different views of the role of race in the criminal justice system more broadly. Fully 86 percent of African Americans say blacks and other minorities do not get equal treatment under the law; the number of whites saying so is less than half as large, 41 percent. A majority of whites, 54 percent, say there is equal treatment for minority groups.

About eight in 10 African Americans (81 percent) say the federal government should charge Zimmerman in federal court with civil rights violations. Just 27 percent of whites agree, while 59 percent say the government should not bring such charges.

Some 60 percent of Hispanics say blacks and other minorities do not receive equal treatment with whites in the criminal justice system, and by a two-to-one ratio, they disapprove of the verdict in the Zimmerman trial.

The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 18 to 21 among a random national sample of 1,002 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; it is 4.5 points for the sample of white respondents and 11 points among African Americans and Hispanics.

Im suprised be this

 

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So them marches worked or nah?

 

[Tommy bilfiger]

Smh @florida...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/kiera-wilmot-arrested-science-experiment_n_3194768.html

Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment'

The Huffington Post  |  By Rebecca Klein

Wilmot, a Bartow High School student, was arrested at her school last week for allegedly detonating a water bottle filled with an explosive concoction of common household chemicals. According to the Miami New Times, "[A] police report ... indicates Wilmot mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil -- a combination that has inspired hundreds of YouTube videos and generally produces a fairly unimpressive explosion."One teen told Florida-based WTSP News 10 that Wilmot merely wanted to seewhat would happen when those chemicals mixed.The experiment reportedly created a small explosion that caused the bottle's top to pop off and produced smoke. Although no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Wilmot was charged with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP. Both charges are felonies.

WTSP also reports that Wilmot has been expelled and will now finish high school in an expulsion program.According to Miami New Times, Wilmot was known as a good student. She told police that she was conducting a science experiment, though it does not appear to have been an experiment her teachers assigned.Wilmot’s school principal, Ron Pritchard, defended the student in an interview with local news outlet The Ledger. He noted that Wilmot did not leave the premises after the explosion. "She left it [the bottle] on the ground, and she stayed there," Pritchard said. "We went over to where she was. She saw that we saw her, so she didn't take off.

This happened months ago dun.Shorty got suspended,case was dropped and she will be reinstated at the school

Get your dickridin ass outta here tryna pile on florida wit old news

 

[desertrain10]

She made something that explodes in school and exploded it on school property; without notifying the school in advance.

She's an idiot.

She was 16 and prob didnt realize she needed premission to try out a small bottle "rocket" lol

And charging her with 2 felonies which would effectively ruin her life is a bit excessive dont u think

Watching youtube videos of people attempting the very same experiement the bottle's top popped off and there was a bit of smoke but there wasnt what u would consider an explosion

Plus she had no priors

And she didnt leave the scene, try to hide her actions, run, etc

 

[desertrain10]

Last year 12,000 students were arrested 13,870 times in Florida public schools, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The arrests are meted out unevenly. Black students are just 21 percent of Florida youth, but make up 46 percent of all school-related referrals to law enforcement, according to the Sun Sentinel.

A review of arrest records and interviews conducted by the Orlando Sentinel also showsisabled students as well as black children are arrested disproportionately. Black students also are more likely than white children to see their cases dismissed.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com...ol-arrests-disabled-students-juvenile-justice

 

[Gold_Certificate]

She made something that explodes in school and exploded it on school property; without notifying the school in advance.

She's an idiot.

She was 16 and prob didnt realize she needed premission to try out a small bottle "rocket" lol

And charging her with 2 felonies which would effectively ruin her life is a bit excessive dont u think

Watching youtube videos of people attempting the very same experiement the bottle's top popped off and there was a bit of smoke but there wasnt what u would consider an explosion

Plus she had no priors

And she didnt leave the scene, try to hide her actions, run, etc

Nah, I could've made various explosive devices at school when I was 16; but I didn't, because that would be idiotic. Let alone doing it without permission.

She's an idiot.

 

[desertrain10]

Smh @florida...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/kiera-wilmot-arrested-science-experiment_n_3194768.html

Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment'

The Huffington Post  |  By Rebecca Klein

Wilmot, a Bartow High School student, was arrested at her school last week for allegedly detonating a water bottle filled with an explosive concoction of common household chemicals. According to the Miami New Times, "[A] police report ... indicates Wilmot mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil -- a combination that has inspired hundreds of YouTube videos and generally produces a fairly unimpressive explosion."One teen told Florida-based WTSP News 10 that Wilmot merely wanted to seewhat would happen when those chemicals mixed.The experiment reportedly created a small explosion that caused the bottle's top to pop off and produced smoke. Although no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Wilmot was charged with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP. Both charges are felonies.

WTSP also reports that Wilmot has been expelled and will now finish high school in an expulsion program.According to Miami New Times, Wilmot was known as a good student. She told police that she was conducting a science experiment, though it does not appear to have been an experiment her teachers assigned.Wilmot’s school principal, Ron Pritchard, defended the student in an interview with local news outlet The Ledger. He noted that Wilmot did not leave the premises after the explosion. "She left it [the bottle] on the ground, and she stayed there," Pritchard said. "We went over to where she was. She saw that we saw her, so she didn't take off.

This happened months ago dun.Shorty got suspended,case was dropped and she will be reinstated at the school

Get your dickridin ass outta here tryna pile on florida wit old news

Lol old news maybe but she shouldnt have been arrested and charged in the first place

Just another example of how florida like many other states including Illinois are failing black children

Spoiler

bitch nigga

 

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only Loca could pretend the people who took the WIN end up losing.

 

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George Zimmerman rescues family from truck crash last week, police say

George Zimmerman, who has not been seen publicly since his acquittal in the murder of Trayvon Martin earlier this month, surfaced last week to rescue an unidentified family trapped in an overturned vehicle on a Florida highway, police said Monday.

Sanford Police Department Capt. Jim McAuliffe told Fox News that Zimmerman, 29, was identified by a crash victim as the man who pulled him from the mangled vehicle.

“George Zimmerman pulled me out,” firefighters were told by the unidentified driver, according to McAuliffe.

The Seminole County Sheriff's Office said the single-car accident occurred July 17 at approximately 5:45 pm. and involved a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had left the road and rolled over.

The sheriff's office said there were four occupants inside -- two parents and two children. There were no reports of injuries.

The deputy responding to the crash said that when he arrived, two men -- one of whom was Zimmerman -- had already gotten the family out of the overturned vehicle.

Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after making contact with the deputy, the sheriff's office said.

The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and Route 417 in Sanford, police said.

Read more:http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/07/2...eek-police-say/?test=latestnews#ixzz2ZqvYKjss

 

[riddlerap]

George Zimmerman, Good Samaritan.