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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:38 pm
by TheCatt
Malcolm wrote:So he was using it in a familiar sense with a dude he didn't know?
There's at least 3 meanings to the n-word.
familiar
non-familiar
racist
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 9:41 pm
by Malcolm
She told defense lawyer Don West that "cracker" is how she referred to white people in her community.
I suppose "the c-word" has another meaning entirely.
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:11 pm
by Leisher
Malcolm wrote:She told defense lawyer Don West that "cracker" is how she referred to white people in her community.
I suppose "the c-word" has another meaning entirely.
I found that quote to be just fantastic.
I wonder if the Food Network will be canceling her show...
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Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 11:13 pm
by GORDON
So... does this mean we can start saying "retard" again, since an anti-Zimmerman person Took It Back?
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:49 am
by Malcolm
Leisher wrote:Malcolm wrote:She told defense lawyer Don West that "cracker" is how she referred to white people in her community.
I suppose "the c-word" has another meaning entirely.
I found that quote to be just fantastic.
I wonder if the Food Network will be canceling her show...
Much shit as she's getting for it and as dumb-ass as it was, I think she's getting overkilled. On the flip side, crying on cue during an interview isn't exactly a way to endear yourself to me.
Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 7:09 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2013 3:41 pm
by GORDON
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:23 am
by Malcolm
They spent like $6K? Damn, I didn't think they remembered how to spend that little anymore.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:35 am
by GORDON
Prosecution tacked on a Child Abuse charge at the last minute of the trial. Judge will rule later on whether she will allow it.
[url=http://legalinsurrection.com/2013/07/breaking-state-moves-to-charge-zimmerman-with-3d-degree-murder-based-on-aggravated-child-a
buse/]http://legalinsurrection.com/2013....d-abuse[/url]
Show of hands: who still has ANY faith in the justice system in America?
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:41 am
by Leisher
Does anyone think Zimmerman isn't going to jail? The left wing of the government, all the way up to Barry Sorento have taken that poor little 8 year old's side. (Him being 17 and a criminal is a fabrication of Fox News and Bush.)
Plus, there are people behind the scenes saying, "Got to put him in jail or the black folks will riot like in LA."
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 11:55 am
by Malcolm
Does anyone think Zimmerman isn't going to jail?
I'll throw in on a hung jury or retrial after this initial case, but I don't think he gets convicted this time around, although that weasel tactic the prosecution just pulled is one more charge he'll have to deal with.
The felony the State wanted as the predicate was Aggravated Child Abuse (Jury Instruction) because Trayvon Martin was 17 at the time of the shooting.
Because when you're 18 ... magic. I can't believe I'm actually suggesting this, but some series of citizenship tests should be available to everyone starting at the so people can assume the legal status currently conferred by the age of majority. I don't even care if it's all at once or broken out into individual responsibilities, but the arbitrary age thing is broken bullshit and needs to die. It's a slightly different twist on zero tolerance laws, just with a veneer of tradition (which we all know I despise by default).
How you could apply such logic to someone posthumously and determine their legal status are other matters, but Trayvon should not be considered a minor for purposes of this shit. Not even close.
Plus, there are people behind the scenes saying, "Got to put him in jail or the black folks will riot like in LA."
I'm sure the insignificant enclave of Hispanics and Latinos in Floria would respond to a guilty verdict really well.
I'd also like the latest copy of the Minority Ranking Scorecard, so I know whose side to take when there aren't any racist white folk involved in the crime.
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 12:01 pm
by thibodeaux
Malcolm wrote:I'm sure the insignificant enclave of Hispanics and Latinos in Floria would respond to a guilty verdict really well.
I'd also like the latest copy of the Minority Ranking Scorecard, so I know whose side to take when there aren't any racist white folk involved in the crime.
Dude...Zimmerman is WHITE. Because the victim is black, therefore the perp is white.
You racist.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:48 pm
by GORDON
I remember the OJ trial, when everyone knew he was guilty as fuck and Johnny Cochran's antics were a joke and no one took him seriously. Then the black jury let him walk, and in the office I was in when the verdict was announced, more than one of the black peeps in there gave a little "We won!" fist pump.
The jury will make their decision not on the facts, but who they want to "win." It is a coin toss.
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Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 1:52 pm
by GORDON
Judge denies the murder/child abuse gambit.
http://www.foxnews.com/us....n-trial
I suppose this means if he walks, the state can whip that charge on him THEN. Doesn't seem fair, but the state wants their blood.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:00 pm
by Malcolm
The jury will make their decision not on the facts, but who they want to "win."
One of a few reasons why a "jury of your peers" seems like a bad idea to me. I bet George wishes he had six well-versed legal scholars instead.
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 1:19 pm
by Malcolm
Closing statements.
State prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda has argued that Zimmerman's account that he fired his gun because he feared for his life does not hold up.
"He brought a gun to a struggle, to a fight that he started ... wanting to make sure the victim didn't get away," the prosecutor said in his closing argument Thursday. "And now he wants you to let him off because he killed the only eyewitness, the victim Trayvon Martin, who was being followed by this man."
Emphasis mine. Carrying a gun is evidence that you've got clear intent to murder someone? Are you shitting me? Lock up every single police officer in this country.
Why would a scared man get out of his car and walk around after being told by a 911 dispatcher not to follow the victim? Did Zimmerman walk toward Martin, or did Martin come after him -- as he seemingly said both? Should he have had more than a bloody nose and scratches on his head if he'd had his head slammed on the ground by the victim?
That's the prosecutor whose argument is mainly trying to nickel and dime tiny details of George's account. That's typically the defense tactic for trying to shoot one hole in the state's case, causing everything else to tumble down. I am unsure when "guilty until proven innocent" became the law of the land and the burden of proof shifted to the accused.
I see a couple of semi-aggressive dudes getting into an escalating confrontation that turned violent. One was armed more heavily than the other. The end. Unless someone finds hidden night-vision camera footage, it's a total wash.
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:32 pm
by thibodeaux
You what's interesting to me? A Florida State Attorney has been indicted "for allegedly falsifying the arrest warrant and criminal complaint that led to second degree murder charges being brought against George Zimmerman....[by] intentionally withholding exculpatory photographic evidence of the injuries to George Zimmerman's head in her application for the arrest warrant."
I mean...WTF? Couple this with the allegations that the US DoJ pushed REALLY hard to get Zimmerman on trial...double WTF?
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2013 2:35 pm
by Malcolm
I believe the administration remembers how much they have to bust their ass to win Florida.
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:15 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Sat Jul 13, 2013 10:38 pm
by Malcolm
I'll throw in on a hung jury or retrial after this initial case, but I don't think he gets convicted this time around...
Booyah.