Comments on: Florida Race Killing https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/ Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:35:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: StevoR https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13872 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 08:35:35 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13872 @19.Trebuchet & #17 kyoseki : Thanks.

]]> By: WMDKitty https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13871 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 07:22:55 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13871 *SMDH*

And people want there to be more guns in the hands of civilians?

I weep for humanity…

]]> By: Trebuchet https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13870 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 06:16:57 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13870

The victim was 17, so I’m assuming Trebuchet is referring to Mr. Zimmermann.

Right. Sorry if I wasn’t clear. I was picturing Zimmerman as being some retired guy, maybe moved down to FL from another state. Cop wannabes are a plague on society. He probably figured they’d give him a medal.

]]> By: N. Nescio https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13869 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 05:54:52 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13869 This is incredibly fucked up, and I hope the shooter gets slapped with murder charges.

]]> By: kyoseki https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13868 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 04:45:55 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13868 @StevoR

The victim was 17, so I’m assuming Trebuchet is referring to Mr. Zimmermann.

… which begs the question, what kind of 28 year old becomes the head of the neighborhood watch?

Sounds like another mall ninja to me (and if you don’t know the term “mall ninja”, seriously google it, comedy gold).

… and wait a second, he was head of the Neighborhood Watch in Sanford?

]]> By: gwen https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13867 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 03:14:17 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13867 Why oh why, did I read the comments? The comment section is populated by loathsome racist….

]]> By: StevoR https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13866 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:53:51 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13866

The person who shot him is not being charged. Shall I ask the obvious question?

Which obvious question? It seems to me there are a lot of them.

Why isn’t the murderer being charged?

What actually happened – how did someone stopping an unarmed man end up shooting him dead like that?

Why isn’t the 911 call being released?

Being three of the main ones plus :

What if Trayvon Martin had been white?

Also larger social question – what era are living in, what sort of place is this where this can happen?

]]> By: StevoR https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13865 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 02:45:26 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13865 @ ^ trebuchet : Which guy? The black victim or his murderer?

Wow. This is just, I don’t know what to say except I thought this sort of thing didn’t happen in the USA anymore.

Dreadful. 🙁

]]> By: Trebuchet https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13864 Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:34:49 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13864 A little Googling indicates the guy has a previous arrest for assaulting a police officer. Charges were dropped and he’s studying law enforcement. I had assumed he’d be an older guy but he’s 28.

Of course, the kid was probably being uppity. That makes it all just fine.

]]> By: Phledge https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/03/09/florida-race-killing/#comment-13863 Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:42:59 +0000 http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/?p=2612#comment-13863 I know FTB has little to no control over the ad placements, but they’re hawking concealed carry information and a security app for one’s phone. I…waiter? Check, please.

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