Anger + Sadness = RAGE

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Bro,
It is extremely difficult to be COMPLETELY objective and make it personal all at the same time.


For some, it is simply inconvenient to consider Trayvon Martin a boy, let alone their own flesh and blood.

They don't have a frame of reference to compare something like this to because something like this hasn't happened to them. Some folks will never understand, and I am learning to accept that unfortunate fact.

As time goes on, maybe one day every American will become oblivious to matters of race and prejudice because these things just never happen to anyone, any more.

Maybe 2/26/12 will be the last page in a sad chapter-- not just for the Martin and Zimmerman families, but for the whole country.

Yeah, I guess it is a complex issue, but I honestly feel like my impression of what I heard on the 911 call and subsequent actions would be the same regardless of race. Where race comes into play is the feeling for us that this could be one of our sons being accosted for no reason.

[Pressing-On]

Originally Posted by tstew

Yeah, I guess it is a complex issue, but I honestly feel like my impression of what I heard on the 911 call and subsequent actions would be the same regardless of race. Where race comes into play is the feeling for us that this could be one of our sons being accosted for no reason.

My son wouldn't have started running.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Pressing-On

My son wouldn't have started running.

Your son probably wouldn't have been "suspected"-- hoodie or not.

Had your son ben killed, you best believe that the Sanford PD would have done a more thorough and efficient job investigating this crime. He would have been seen as the victim that Trayvon is, and not automatically tested for drugs and alcohol and written off as just another dead white boy.