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Trayvon Martin would have been 24 today if not for that racist (Original Post) malaise Feb 2019 OP
RIP Trayvon.. HipChick Feb 2019 #1
I hope Stacey mentions him malaise Feb 2019 #3
Off to the greatest with you bc that was when we REALLY started seeing this new racism Baltimike Feb 2019 #2
Ys, that was a truly scary moment malaise Feb 2019 #4
What is truly scary is how many of them there are! pazzyanne Feb 2019 #12
and how emboldened they are now. Baltimike Feb 2019 #18
And the Florida jury sided with the racist, gun-humping, policeman wannabe. Hoyt Feb 2019 #5
+1,000 malaise Feb 2019 #7
Sadly, I'd have to agree. Hoyt Feb 2019 #8
RIP, Trayvon Hekate Feb 2019 #6
It still breaks my heart thinking of Trayvon Martin ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #9
Happy 24th Birthday Trayvon. iluvtennis Feb 2019 #10
is that POS Z in jail somewhere? onethatcares Feb 2019 #11
He's still stalking people malaise Feb 2019 #19
Rest in peace, Trayvon! pazzyanne Feb 2019 #13
... Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2019 #14
. Dem2theMax Feb 2019 #15
...... cp Feb 2019 #16
How is the Freak doing today, I wonder? fascisthunter Feb 2019 #17

Baltimike

(4,148 posts)
2. Off to the greatest with you bc that was when we REALLY started seeing this new racism
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:01 PM
Feb 2019

rear its ugly head

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. And the Florida jury sided with the racist, gun-humping, policeman wannabe.
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 04:30 PM
Feb 2019

Stand your ground mentality got Zman off. I’m sure some of our own gun-fanciers will tell us now, like they did then, that it was not a Stand Your Ground case, even though one of the last thing the judge did was give the jury Stand Your Ground instructions.

Our gun laws, and gun love, are steeped in racism.

ZeroSomeBrains

(638 posts)
9. It still breaks my heart thinking of Trayvon Martin
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 05:20 PM
Feb 2019

I remember the trial and all the support that horrible individual who shot him got from Fox News. I hope all those horrible people who attacked Trayvon will have to deal with the karma they sewed one day.

malaise

(269,305 posts)
19. He's still stalking people
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 07:14 PM
Feb 2019
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-george-zimmerman-stalking-hearing-20181112-story.html

George Zimmerman pleaded no contest Tuesday to a misdemeanor stalking charge after deputies say he harassed a private investigator working on a documentary about the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Zimmerman, 35, was not present in the Seminole County Courthouse during the plea. By pleading no contest, Zimmerman doesn’t admit to guilt.

Circuit Judge Mark E. Herr withheld adjudication. Zimmerman was sentenced to 12 months of probation with no chance of early termination. He is to report to the probation office via telephone within two days and owes $763 in court costs.

He was charged with stalking after police say he sent dozens of threatening emails, text messages and voicemails to a man who had contacted Zimmerman asking him to participate in “Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.”

pazzyanne

(6,560 posts)
13. Rest in peace, Trayvon!
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 05:53 PM
Feb 2019

Someday we shall overcome tragedies like his! It's just a shame that we have not been able to do it before, and that it seems to be multiplying.

 

fascisthunter

(29,381 posts)
17. How is the Freak doing today, I wonder?
Tue Feb 5, 2019, 06:30 PM
Feb 2019

... enjoy hell liver lips, because I know for a fact you aren’t feeling well regardless of how you front.

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