Originally Posted by
DaNooB23
The real problem with this whole case is the Stand Your Ground law in Florida.
What's wrong with it?
Originally Posted by
DaNooB23
According to that law, Zimmerman did nothing wrong, therefore he was not charged with anything.
He was charged with 2nd degree murder a while ago, actually.
Originally Posted by
DaNooB23
However, the media loves to create a mess out of things. They placed emphasis on the fact that Treyvon was a black 17 year old teen wearing a hoodie (while showing pictures of Trevyon when he was 12) and that was shot by a light skinned male who recieved no consequences for the crime. They don't state that the Stand Your Ground Law is flawed and allows murderers to roam free. Not necessarily a racist crime now is it?
Ah, but you see, the Stand Your Ground Law IS their main target. They know they can't get rid of gun ownership in he US so this is their main priority right now. There's no point in attacking it from the start when you can just get people to follow your cause through appeal to emotion in a case where we still don't know all of the evidence. Later on you can say that Trayvon died because of this law, and people will go with it just because they're so emotionally involved with the case. It's much easier this way.
Originally Posted by
DaNooB23
Its ridiculous the amount of hate that this case has received all because people think race was involved. Especially when all details about what even happened during the night of the incident HAS NOT BEEN UNCOVERED YET.
It just goes to show how powerful US media really is when it comes to shaping people's opinions.
Originally Posted by
DaNooB23
Even if what Zimmerman has to say is the truth, due to all of the negative attention brought to him by the media, everyone will automatically label it as a lie just because "hes racist."
Because nowadays racism is hyped to be THE worst crime you can commit, nevermind that the definition was so skewed no one even knows what it means anymore. SEE: Bobby Fischer. A brilliant man that was completely dismissed by the media and others simply because he were 'racist'.
Originally Posted by
DaNooB23
It's all of these assumptions, fueled by the race-baiting media, that has endangered the life of a single man. He's receiving death threats off of ASSUMPTIONS for god's sake. Isn't that crazy!?! Well it sounds fucking crazy to me. The world we live in...
Not only one man:
http://rt.com/usa/news/trayvon-man-white-watts-350/, and I doubt that this is a unique case.
Also,
For the people saying that the police told Zimmerman to stop following Trayvon:
That isn't true. He was told that it is unnecessary.
http://audioboo.fm/boos/717340-georg...police#t=2m23s
Last edited by Nightin; Apr 17, 2012 at 08:21 PM.