George Zimmerman Trial Thread (Found Not Guilty Jesus help us...)
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Tommy bilfiger wrote: »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgItGTq89XMShootings left at least four men dead and 9 other people wounded across the Saturday night and Sunday morning.
The violence was largely confined to the South and West Sides and three of the incidents had more than one victim, according to authorities.
The most recent shooting happened about 4:01 a.m. in the Cabrini-Green neighborhood - just north of Chicago Avenue on Cambridge Avenue. Two men, one 25 and the other either 23 or 24, were shot and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The older of the two was dropped off there and died of his wounds, and the other was taken there in an ambulance with a wound to the leg.
Someone shot up a birthday party about 1:50 a.m. in the Altgeld Gardens housing complex in the 600 block of East 131st Street, hitting four people. One, a 28-year-old man, died at the scene. Two others were taken to Advocate Christ Medical Center: a 40-year-old man and a 20-year-old woman. A 22-year-old man was dropped off at Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island and is in stable condition. The man and woman at Christ hospital are both in serious condition, police said. The Cook County medical examiner's office refused to release the name of the dead man.
A man was killed in Englewood about 11:30 p.m. Saturday Someone fired at least six shots toward him inside a Marathon gas station at the corner of 71st Street and Ashland Avenue. The man, 25-year-old Eugene Clark, was pronounced dead at Advocate Christ Medical Center about 1:45 a.m. He lived in the 7900 block of South Karlov Avenue, according to the medical examiner's office.
About the same time, a 17-year-old girl was shot in the 5000 block of South Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Bronzeville neighborhood. She was shot in the foot and taken to the University of Chicago Hospital.
Earlier, someone shot a 24-year-old man to death in the South Chicago neighborhood. He was shot about 10:58 p.m. in the 8500 block of South Saginaw Avenue and pronounced dead just before midnight at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County.
Enough about trayvon.This is whats happening in the blacc community.You Sheep let the media mold your impressionable minds
#Nooutrageaboutthis
Mexicans and Puerto Ricans ? ? too. -
mediaite.com/online/ohio-gun-group-raising-money-to-buy-george-zimmerman-a-new-gun-send-message-to-eric-holder/Ohio Gun Group Raising Money To Buy George Zimmerman A New Gun, Send Message To Eric Holder
George Zimmerman may not get his gun back, but an Ohio group’s got him covered: they’re going to buy Zimmerman a new one.
The Buckeye Firearms Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that advocates for the Second Amendment, is soliciting donations to replace Zimmerman’s weapon and accessories following his acquittal for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. The gun was supposed to have been returned to him following the conclusion of the trial, but the potential for further charges to be filed by the Justice Department means the weapon used in the shooting remains in evidence.
Writing on its website, the BFF called the government’s retention of Zimmerman’s possessions an “unacceptable abuse of power,” and accused Attorney General Eric Holder of exploiting the case to further his gun control agenda:
The threats of federal charges on civil rights grounds is little more than blatant pandering for political gain.
Moreover, based on statements he and others have made recently, Holder hopes to use this as the first step toward renewing this administration’s attack on gun rights.
To be fair to all concerned, we have remained silent during the Zimmerman trial. We allowed the evidence to unfold and the justice system to run its course. Now the jury has spoken and that should be the end of the matter.
George Zimmerman has every right to get his property back.
And if Eric Holder chooses to deny Mr. Zimmerman that right, Buckeye Firearms Foundation will remedy the matter by purchasing a NEW FIREARM for him, including a holster, flashlight, and any other gear he wants.
The Buckeye Firearms Foundation most recent project was to give 144 local schoolteachers firearms training. -
stringer bell wrote: »mediaite.com/online/ohio-gun-group-raising-money-to-buy-george-zimmerman-a-new-gun-send-message-to-eric-holder/Ohio Gun Group Raising Money To Buy George Zimmerman A New Gun, Send Message To Eric Holder
George Zimmerman may not get his gun back, but an Ohio group’s got him covered: they’re going to buy Zimmerman a new one.
The Buckeye Firearms Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that advocates for the Second Amendment, is soliciting donations to replace Zimmerman’s weapon and accessories following his acquittal for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. The gun was supposed to have been returned to him following the conclusion of the trial, but the potential for further charges to be filed by the Justice Department means the weapon used in the shooting remains in evidence.
Writing on its website, the BFF called the government’s retention of Zimmerman’s possessions an “unacceptable abuse of power,” and accused Attorney General Eric Holder of exploiting the case to further his gun control agenda:
The threats of federal charges on civil rights grounds is little more than blatant pandering for political gain.
Moreover, based on statements he and others have made recently, Holder hopes to use this as the first step toward renewing this administration’s attack on gun rights.
To be fair to all concerned, we have remained silent during the Zimmerman trial. We allowed the evidence to unfold and the justice system to run its course. Now the jury has spoken and that should be the end of the matter.
George Zimmerman has every right to get his property back.
And if Eric Holder chooses to deny Mr. Zimmerman that right, Buckeye Firearms Foundation will remedy the matter by purchasing a NEW FIREARM for him, including a holster, flashlight, and any other gear he wants.
The Buckeye Firearms Foundation most recent project was to give 144 local schoolteachers firearms training.
? these clowns... this says a whole lot.. these ? are championing George Zimmerman .... I think a Not Guilty will do more good in the long run than a guilty verdict would have.. as much as i wanted that immediate justice for Trayvon and still do.. But since his acquittal there as a been a lot of "GET UP, STAND UP" and a strong message from the top Holder/Obama -
It's hilarious how emotional this warthog butch lookin dude lil loca gets about this case
Trayvon is dead get over it he shoulda kept his hands to himself now he's a martyr.You're crying on the phone with your moms,spazzin on the net,protests won't change that.
Lol @ money saying mexicans and ricans ? ? too.No ? and blaccs kille each other at A way more frequent rate it aint even comparable -
Squidward Tentacles wrote: »
i always imagined you were as old and looked like the guy in your avatar. just like i imagine RodrigueZz is a turtle that eats sea sponges. guess not.Gold_Certificate wrote: »
Yeh, but only after being rejected from Art school twice, being homeless, fighting in the army, being wounded, surviving a mutiny, staging a failed coup, being imprisoned, and then taking eight years to reach chancellor.RodrigueZz wrote: »Just a few years for his party to win a majority of seats, then he named himself dictator.
Pretty easy to me.
So after those 26 years it took for him to finally reach chancellor at 44, he only had 12 more years till his death.
I'm not even trying to live to 44.
I'Gold_Certificate wrote: »Too much hassle to become the leader of a country.
I'm a turtle that eats mashed potatoes -
http://news.yahoo.com/pastor-ken-hutcherson-speaks-fellow-african-americans-amid-120417593.html
Put Jesus Above Our Blackness’: Guess Which Pastor Has a Blunt Message Following the Trayvon Martin Outcry
Pastor Ken Hutcherson's story both inspires and captivates audiences. The faith leader, who recently participated in Glenn Beck's "Man in the Moon," has battled terminal cancer for years -- and has had a fascinating journey when it comes to his views on race relations in America. Considering this latter element of his story, Hutcherson is speaking out in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict.
After opening a recent op-ed with a Martin Luther King Jr. quote about speaking the truth, he warned readers that what he was about to say wouldn't be popular, polite or safe -- but that it is, in his view, "right." From there, he dove right in to the tragic Trayvon Martin saga.
"When you have a young black boy who is killed by what some are calling a white Hispanic, and Jackson and Sharpton (of the PPA or the Poverty Pimps of America), and a liberal media involved, you have the equivalent of nitroglycerin," Hutcherson wrote. "Oh by the way, I never heard of 'white Hispanic' before but I guess this fits the bill in this case. This incident only needed someone to light the fuse. Why is this true because black people are involved?"
ken hutcherson
Pastor Ken Hutcherson (Photo Credit: TheBlaze/Billy Hallowell)
The preacher went on to state his agreement with some of Dr. James Manning's sentiments surrounding George Zimmerman and the Martin case. As you may recall, Manning delivered a controversial message proclaiming that African Americans are viewing the world -- and the Martin case -- through their "black eyes" and that they need to start looking, instead, through the "blood of Jesus."
Hutcherson continued:
I believe Dr. James Manning hit it on the head when he said that black people have a difficult time accepting truth simply because they are black. That's right, black people are involved and it is impossible for the average black person to believe the truth. They refuse to believe that a black boy could be in the wrong when it comes to a white Hispanic. Blackness is the apex of victimhood and our blackness is above truth, above our Christianity, above our ? , above our Holy Spirit, so that means if our blackness is above the Holy Spirit, then it is above Truth. This is so important for everyone to know this so they can understand why this Trayvon and Zimmerman case is where it is today and why blacks refuse to believe what really happened.
The preacher, who also highlighted the actual events that he believes might have taken place between Zimmerman and Martin, went on to say that African Americans need to "put Jesus above our blackness" if they want to be the "great people" that they truly are. Hutcherson also implored African Americans to take action, to help promote change and to alter the conversation about racism in America.
Read the pastor's article here. In addition to Hutcherson and Manning, the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson also recently took a similar view, making controversial comments during a heated exchange with CNN's Piers Morgan last week.
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CrookedLetter wrote: »http://news.yahoo.com/pastor-ken-hutcherson-speaks-fellow-african-americans-amid-120417593.html
Put Jesus Above Our Blackness’: Guess Which Pastor Has a Blunt Message Following the Trayvon Martin Outcry
Pastor Ken Hutcherson's story both inspires and captivates audiences. The faith leader, who recently participated in Glenn Beck's "Man in the Moon," has battled terminal cancer for years -- and has had a fascinating journey when it comes to his views on race relations in America. Considering this latter element of his story, Hutcherson is speaking out in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict.
After opening a recent op-ed with a Martin Luther King Jr. quote about speaking the truth, he warned readers that what he was about to say wouldn't be popular, polite or safe -- but that it is, in his view, "right." From there, he dove right in to the tragic Trayvon Martin saga.
"When you have a young black boy who is killed by what some are calling a white Hispanic, and Jackson and Sharpton (of the PPA or the Poverty Pimps of America), and a liberal media involved, you have the equivalent of nitroglycerin," Hutcherson wrote. "Oh by the way, I never heard of 'white Hispanic' before but I guess this fits the bill in this case. This incident only needed someone to light the fuse. Why is this true because black people are involved?"
ken hutcherson
Pastor Ken Hutcherson (Photo Credit: TheBlaze/Billy Hallowell)
The preacher went on to state his agreement with some of Dr. James Manning's sentiments surrounding George Zimmerman and the Martin case. As you may recall, Manning delivered a controversial message proclaiming that African Americans are viewing the world -- and the Martin case -- through their "black eyes" and that they need to start looking, instead, through the "blood of Jesus."
Hutcherson continued:
I believe Dr. James Manning hit it on the head when he said that black people have a difficult time accepting truth simply because they are black. That's right, black people are involved and it is impossible for the average black person to believe the truth. They refuse to believe that a black boy could be in the wrong when it comes to a white Hispanic. Blackness is the apex of victimhood and our blackness is above truth, above our Christianity, above our ? , above our Holy Spirit, so that means if our blackness is above the Holy Spirit, then it is above Truth. This is so important for everyone to know this so they can understand why this Trayvon and Zimmerman case is where it is today and why blacks refuse to believe what really happened.
The preacher, who also highlighted the actual events that he believes might have taken place between Zimmerman and Martin, went on to say that African Americans need to "put Jesus above our blackness" if they want to be the "great people" that they truly are. Hutcherson also implored African Americans to take action, to help promote change and to alter the conversation about racism in America.
Read the pastor's article here. In addition to Hutcherson and Manning, the Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson also recently took a similar view, making controversial comments during a heated exchange with CNN's Piers Morgan last week.
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Im tired of CAC's and Lapdogs hijacking MLK .. crafting his words to further their agenda.. and Jesse Lee Peterson is a ? clown.. some of these cats need a wakeup call.. this undying allegiance to these ultra social conservative ideas.. is a sickness -
Tommy bilfiger wrote: »It's hilarious how emotional this warthog butch lookin dude lil loca gets about this case
Trayvon is dead get over it he shoulda kept his hands to himself now he's a martyr.Your crying on the phone with your moms,spazzin on the net,protests won't change that.
Lol @ money saying mexicans and ricans ? ? too.No ? and blaccs kille each other at A way more frequent rate it aint even comparable
lol ? u need 2 look up facts... look @ cities like L.A, new York, Chicago... ? any major city with a sizable Mexican/ latin community... they commit crimes too... they are poverty stricken too... it jus that black/white hate in this country is hundreds of years deep...
im not even finna titangrah u... cuz u so biased no matter what I say u gone say somthin stupid like " ? need 2 stop killin ? ... white people don't ? like blacks do" or some stupid ? like that.. -
You guys do a red herring and now when Tommy does it.
it's ? up now?
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You guys do a red herring and now when Tommy does it.
it's ? up now?
LMAO
months ago tommy's unemployed ass was moaning about people talking about Chicago and now he wants us to care lol -
washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/22/zimmerman-verdict-86-percent-of-african-americans-disapprove/Zimmerman verdict: 86 percent of African Americans disapprove
By Jon Cohen, Published: July 22 at 12:00 pm
African Americans have a mostly shared and sharply negative reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict in the resulting trial, while whites are far more divided, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
At least eight in 10 African Americans say the shooting of the Florida teenager was unjustified, recoil at the verdict in the trial and want the shooter, George Zimmerman, tried in federal court for violating Martin’s civil rights.
On the Martin shooting in particular, the racial gaps are extremely wide.
Among African Americans, 87 percent say the shooting was unjustified; among whites, just 33 percent say so. A slim majority of whites (51 percent) approve of the not-guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial, while African Americans overwhelmingly and strongly disapprove. Some 86 percent of blacks disagree with the verdict — almost all of them disapproving “strongly.”
There is also a partisan tinge to the public views. Among whites, 70 percent of Republicans but only 30 percent of Democrats say they approve of the verdict.
Some of the reaction to the trial — among both blacks and whites — stems from wildly different views of the role of race in the criminal justice system more broadly. Fully 86 percent of African Americans say blacks and other minorities do not get equal treatment under the law; the number of whites saying so is less than half as large, 41 percent. A majority of whites, 54 percent, say there is equal treatment for minority groups.
About eight in 10 African Americans (81 percent) say the federal government should charge Zimmerman in federal court with civil rights violations. Just 27 percent of whites agree, while 59 percent say the government should not bring such charges.
Some 60 percent of Hispanics say blacks and other minorities do not receive equal treatment with whites in the criminal justice system, and by a two-to-one ratio, they disapprove of the verdict in the Zimmerman trial.
The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 18 to 21 among a random national sample of 1,002 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; it is 4.5 points for the sample of white respondents and 11 points among African Americans and Hispanics. -
lol so what happened 2 this being done by Monday... of last week...
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A number of top-level celebrities are reportedly following in Stevie Wonder's footsteps and plan to boycott Florida in protest of the state's "Stand Your Ground" laws....
the list includes ....
Mary Mary
Eddie Levert
Rod Stewart
Madonna
Usher
Pattie Labelle
Kanye West
Mary J
Trey Songz
Jay Z
Rolling Stones
Justin Timberlake
R. Kelly
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Joe
Will I AM
Keyshia Cole
Young Jeezy
Erykah Badu
Wale
Frankie Beverly
Parliament
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/jay-z-kanye-florida-boycott-zimmerman_n_3636567.html -
people stil dont see the bigger picture with this stand your ground ? .
possible scenario
new family moves into neighborhood.
niehgbors dont like them...tell them to move out or they will ? them.
man feels threatened gets gun to protect family an shoots the person who made threat.
people with man who just got shot feels threatened and get their guns an shoots man who shot the first guy.
now wife feels threatened an gets gun an shoots people who shot husband for trying to protect his family.
or
lil ? finally gets guns...lil 5'2" ? . goes to bar an pushes people around. man over 6' gets tired of it an hits him. lil ? pulls gun an shoots him. lil ? can say he felt threatened by such a tall guy. lil ? back the next week mouthing off ready to shoot another ? . but who can say the lil ? is a threat to them?
see how ? can get outta hand real fast -
chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Dueling-Trayvon-Martin-protests-collide-in-River-4678150.phpDueling Trayvon Martin protests collide in River Oaks
Merging of supporters, opponents of Florida verdict ends peacefully
By Jayme Fraser | July 21, 2013 | Updated: July 22, 2013 1:58pm
Before a Sunday evening march into River Oaks became a collision between supporters and opponents of the not-guilty verdict awarded to George Zimmerman, dozens gathered at a Fourth Ward park to remember Florida teen Trayvon Martin.
Members of the crowd at Wiley Park hugged and held signs painted with the word "Justice" marked through with a thick red line. Others wore black T-shirts that read, "KNOW JUSTICE. KNOW PEACE." The letters "NO" were printed in red rather than white.
Activist Quanell X, who organized the rally and march, asked the crowd to clear the way for 8-year-old Gabby North. He lifted her atop a picnic table and explained she had written a song.
"Do they know of the hearts they are breaking?" she sang through a loud speaker. "Do they know of the lives they are taking? Do they know black or white we are precious in his eyes. We are one, we are one."
The diverse crowd nodded along with North's lyrics, and some shouted agreement as the girl sang. People gathered closer as Quanell X stepped up onto the table.
"To be honest with you, we don't give a damn about anybody supporting George Zimmerman and gunning down a child," Quanell X said as he prepared the crowd to march down West Gray into River Oaks.
He pointed to the sky and said, "Now let's quickly pray and let's mount up!"
Counter protest
Roughly two miles away, nearly 80 people gathered at the corner of Shepherd of West Gray for a counter protest.
Except for cheers that erupted when a passing driver gave a thumbs up, the group chatted quietly and shared water jugs as they waited more than two hours for Quanell X to lead the march past them.
An equal number of weekend shoppers curious about the protesters loitered in parking lots across the street. Dozens of police officers on foot, bike and horseback watched the crowds and guided traffic.
At one point, Renee Vaughan of Austin mocked protesters by chanting, "We're racist. We're proud. We're better 'cause we're white."
"What's my excuse then?" Mark Medina, a Hispanic Marine, said to Travis McVay, a white oil field safety worker, as she passed.
"To me, justice was served," Medina said of the case, which he felt went to trial because government and media focused on racial tensions more than the evidence. The Houston man said Martin's death was "tragic" but understandable in a self-defense situation.
McVay agreed, echoing many others at the protest as he questioned the location choice for the march.
"I don't think there's any reason they should have picked River Oaks to stage their protest," the Gonzales resident said. "If you want to improve your community, do it in your community."
Quanell X previously had called the upscale neighborhood "Houston's Sanford, Florida," the neighborhood where Martin was killed.
Remember grocery bag
Gary Castille, 50, was among those who echoed the activists at the park, remembering what his parents told him as a child.
"I would get in trouble if I came home without a grocery bag," Castille tearfully said. "Even if I just bought one thing - a black man just didn't walk home without a grocery bag."
People gathered at the counter-protest were quick to point out that River Oaks is wealthier, whiter and has fewer reported crimes than Sanford, which they said hardly makes it a fair comparison.
Aaron Schutte, who helped organize the counter-protest on Facebook, suggested Quanell X was the one with racist motives. He pointed to a quote from the activist during a 1999 protest against the execution of a convicted black murderer.
"If you feel that you just got to mug somebody because of your hurt and your pain, go to River Oaks and mug you some good white folks," Quanell X was quoted saying at the time. He later explained he only meant it to incite the affluent, older generation to action, not to scare anyone or encourage crime.
"All Quanell X does within the black community is revive racism," Terri Bowman explained to a marcher who stopped to talk to her and other counter-protesters.
"I would love to speak to Quanell about that," Irma Green said. "This is not about race. This is about justice. For all humanity."
'Hard team sticks'
Mounted police followed the march along West Gray, instructing protesters to stay on the sidewalk.
As the march neared Shepherd, both demonstrations erupted in shouts with signs and hands waving in the air.
Police officers from a specially trained crowd-containment unit carried 3-foot "hard team sticks," but never had to pull them because most protesters listened when directed to stay out of the street.
Marchers pushed against the police line as they walked and chanted, "No justice! No peace!"
Many counter-protesters silently leaned forward with signs and American flags, but some shouted back, "Go home racists!"
Schutte heard members of the chanting group say they wanted to cross the street and stand face-to-face with the other protesters.
"Don't do that, man," Schutte told them. The men crossed anyway, walking and yelling on the south sidewalk as the marchers organized by Quanell X walked west on the north side.
"We wanted to be heard, but not be confrontational," Schutte said, who explained that his motivation for standing hours in Sunday's heat was to oppose the "racism of the New Black Panther Party."
As the group waited for the marchers to loop back, River Oaks resident Maxine Merryman asked Kenneth Watkins, one of the few African-Americans standing near the counter-protesters, if he wanted a sign.
Watkins, who pulled over after being curious about the crowd, read Merryman's sign: "7 children murdered in Chicago during Zimmerman trial #Justice4Them?"
"I do," he said. "More than seven have died."
Merryman said she couldn't believe the demonstration was happening at all.
"I thought we were over this and we were getting along fine," she said, referencing racial tensions.
Watkins said Quanell X does not speak for all Houston African-Americans.
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You guys do a red herring and now when Tommy does it.
it's ? up now?
LMAO
Word I'm pointing out the hypocrisy of these sheep.It's laughable
They're up in arms about zimmerman killin that kid but get hostile when I say why don't you have that same outrage when blacc folks ? each other.They're in denial look at em postin articles about white on white crimes when blaccs are blowin that ? out the water.If cnn/msnbc/local news etc wasn't cramming ? down their impressionable throats they wouldn't be so angry.The hypocrisy is hilarious -
desertrain10 wrote: »A number of top-level celebrities are reportedly following in Stevie Wonder's footsteps and plan to boycott Florida in protest of the state's "Stand Your Ground" laws....
the list includes ....
Mary Mary
Eddie Levert
Rod Stewart
Madonna
Usher
Pattie Labelle
Kanye West
Mary J
Trey Songz
Jay Z
Rolling Stones
Justin Timberlake
R. Kelly
Rihanna
Alicia Keys
Joe
Will I AM
Keyshia Cole
Young Jeezy
Erykah Badu
Wale
Frankie Beverly
Parliament
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/jay-z-kanye-florida-boycott-zimmerman_n_3636567.html
Lol@madonna& timberlake being "the only ones" -
Smh @florida...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/kiera-wilmot-arrested-science-experiment_n_3194768.html
Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment'
The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Klein
Wilmot, a Bartow High School student, was arrested at her school last week for allegedly detonating a water bottle filled with an explosive concoction of common household chemicals. According to the Miami New Times, "[A] police report ... indicates Wilmot mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil -- a combination that has inspired hundreds of YouTube videos and generally produces a fairly unimpressive explosion."One teen told Florida-based WTSP News 10 that Wilmot merely wanted to seewhat would happen when those chemicals mixed.The experiment reportedly created a small explosion that caused the bottle's top to pop off and produced smoke. Although no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Wilmot was charged with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP. Both charges are felonies.
WTSP also reports that Wilmot has been expelled and will now finish high school in an expulsion program.According to Miami New Times, Wilmot was known as a good student. She told police that she was conducting a science experiment, though it does not appear to have been an experiment her teachers assigned.Wilmot’s school principal, Ron Pritchard, defended the student in an interview with local news outlet The Ledger. He noted that Wilmot did not leave the premises after the explosion. "She left it [the bottle] on the ground, and she stayed there," Pritchard said. "We went over to where she was. She saw that we saw her, so she didn't take off.
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She made something that explodes in school and exploded it on school property; without notifying the school in advance.
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stringer bell wrote: »washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/07/22/zimmerman-verdict-86-percent-of-african-americans-disapprove/Zimmerman verdict: 86 percent of African Americans disapprove
By Jon Cohen, Published: July 22 at 12:00 pm
African Americans have a mostly shared and sharply negative reaction to the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the not-guilty verdict in the resulting trial, while whites are far more divided, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
At least eight in 10 African Americans say the shooting of the Florida teenager was unjustified, recoil at the verdict in the trial and want the shooter, George Zimmerman, tried in federal court for violating Martin’s civil rights.
On the Martin shooting in particular, the racial gaps are extremely wide.
Among African Americans, 87 percent say the shooting was unjustified; among whites, just 33 percent say so. A slim majority of whites (51 percent) approve of the not-guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial, while African Americans overwhelmingly and strongly disapprove. Some 86 percent of blacks disagree with the verdict — almost all of them disapproving “strongly.”
There is also a partisan tinge to the public views. Among whites, 70 percent of Republicans but only 30 percent of Democrats say they approve of the verdict.
Some of the reaction to the trial — among both blacks and whites — stems from wildly different views of the role of race in the criminal justice system more broadly. Fully 86 percent of African Americans say blacks and other minorities do not get equal treatment under the law; the number of whites saying so is less than half as large, 41 percent. A majority of whites, 54 percent, say there is equal treatment for minority groups.
About eight in 10 African Americans (81 percent) say the federal government should charge Zimmerman in federal court with civil rights violations. Just 27 percent of whites agree, while 59 percent say the government should not bring such charges.
Some 60 percent of Hispanics say blacks and other minorities do not receive equal treatment with whites in the criminal justice system, and by a two-to-one ratio, they disapprove of the verdict in the Zimmerman trial.
The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 18 to 21 among a random national sample of 1,002 adults. The margin of sampling error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points; it is 4.5 points for the sample of white respondents and 11 points among African Americans and Hispanics.
Im suprised be this -
So them marches worked or nah?
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desertrain10 wrote: »Smh @florida...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/01/kiera-wilmot-arrested-science-experiment_n_3194768.html
Kiera Wilmot, 16, Arrested And Expelled For Explosive 'Science Experiment'
The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Klein
Wilmot, a Bartow High School student, was arrested at her school last week for allegedly detonating a water bottle filled with an explosive concoction of common household chemicals. According to the Miami New Times, "[A] police report ... indicates Wilmot mixed toilet bowl cleaner and aluminum foil -- a combination that has inspired hundreds of YouTube videos and generally produces a fairly unimpressive explosion."One teen told Florida-based WTSP News 10 that Wilmot merely wanted to seewhat would happen when those chemicals mixed.The experiment reportedly created a small explosion that caused the bottle's top to pop off and produced smoke. Although no one was hurt and no property was damaged, Wilmot was charged with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP. Both charges are felonies.
WTSP also reports that Wilmot has been expelled and will now finish high school in an expulsion program.According to Miami New Times, Wilmot was known as a good student. She told police that she was conducting a science experiment, though it does not appear to have been an experiment her teachers assigned.Wilmot’s school principal, Ron Pritchard, defended the student in an interview with local news outlet The Ledger. He noted that Wilmot did not leave the premises after the explosion. "She left it [the bottle] on the ground, and she stayed there," Pritchard said. "We went over to where she was. She saw that we saw her, so she didn't take off.
This happened months ago dun.Shorty got suspended,case was dropped and she will be reinstated at the school
Get your dickridin ass outta here tryna pile on florida wit old news -
Gold_Certificate wrote: »She made something that explodes in school and exploded it on school property; without notifying the school in advance.
She's an idiot.
She was 16 and prob didnt realize she needed premission to try out a small bottle "rocket" lol
And charging her with 2 felonies which would effectively ruin her life is a bit excessive dont u think
Watching youtube videos of people attempting the very same experiement the bottle's top popped off and there was a bit of smoke but there wasnt what u would consider an explosion
Plus she had no priors
And she didnt leave the scene, try to hide her actions, run, etc
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Last year 12,000 students were arrested 13,870 times in Florida public schools, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The arrests are meted out unevenly. Black students are just 21 percent of Florida youth, but make up 46 percent of all school-related referrals to law enforcement, according to the Sun Sentinel.
A review of arrest records and interviews conducted by the Orlando Sentinel also shows:Disabled students as well as black children are arrested disproportionately. Black students also are more likely than white children to see their cases dismissed.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-02-10/features/os-school-arrests-florida-prison-pipeline-20130209_1_school-arrests-disabled-students-juvenile-justice
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