07-20-2013, 04:41 PM
(07-20-2013, 04:26 PM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:(07-20-2013, 03:51 PM)Midwest Spy Wrote: Like I said in the Fight Club thread the other day, what's really got blacks up in arms is the fact that George knowingly profiled a black unarmed teenager, and was able to get away with it.
A jury aquitted him and I'm finding it hard to believe that the President/AG is trying to pursue criminal charges against him.
I have a different understanding of what most are protesting, MS.
My inference from most of the sentiments that I've heard/read from protestors, blacks and non-blacks alike, is that George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin because of the irresponsible actions he took as a result of profiling the teen.
It's getting away with the "killing" part that they're objecting to, not so much the profiling part. If Zimmerman had profiled Trayvon, called NE911, and let the police handle it, I don't believe anyone would be protesting that Zimmerman had "profiled" Trayvon if that call was accessible in the public domain and Trayvon was still alive. JMO.
IMO, the Fed won't pursue civil rights violations and/or hate crime charges against Zimmerman. I think that they've been pressured to review the case again and so they are, but there are no valid charges there to be filed.
I disagree.
I think the statement, 'These punks always get away' makes the profiling rather obvious.
He then 'got away with' all of it, from the profiling to the killing.
That's what I was trying to say.