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Originally Posted by tstew
First of all, I'm not sure who all the "yous" and "yalls" are in your answer, but I can assure you that I and millions of other black people are not and will not be guilty of any of that. And if you're calling me a Rev Wright wannabe, it probably time for me to politely LOL and end this conversation.
Secondly, allow me to go on record and say that when they catch whoever torched the kid in Kansas, they absolutely should not let them walk and should punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
As to your declaration that "he is still guilty of only defending himself legally", my position is that based on what I heard on the 911 tape, I reject the claim that he was just a man who was going to be in his truck waiting on the police and not a man who was pursuing a teenager for no reason...after being told he shouldn't.
To me, based on what I heard, he was the one who was clearly angry that the kid was "getting away" (from what and for what, I do not know) and he was going to prevent that. He appears to me to be a man who was more aggressive than he should have been and likely more than he would have been if he didn't know he was armed (which Neighborhood Watch directives tell you not to be anyway.
What people are responding to is the notion that any citizen would feel they have the right to accost a teen for no reason at all (once again after having been directed to just meet the police if he was so concerned), kill the teen, and then walk away.
Some racial emotions come into play for some people when they consider how many stories we hear about where unarmed blacks are killed by the police themselves. This opens a new dimension in their minds where even wannabe police can kill an unarmed black teen and just walk away.
What do you suggest people tell their black teen sons to do when armed idiots start to follow them around the streets?
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They already have the killers in kansas, my point is no one is writing about them, because they werent the right color and i cant believe you can make up your mind on a very subjective phone call, more than one has indicated he was walking away and he was attacked by trayvon thats why he got shot and also what would i suggest he have done? answer the questions thats what ,why are you here? answer, im visiting my friends down the street at this addy, not do you have a problem, well you do now.There will be major egg on some faces when the details come out, for some on here and i will say i told ya so . The preponderance of evidence says, so far, according to the law, he is innocent at this point.
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