Black Kid killed for being black

[Wind Song]

http://bjlacosteblogs.wordpress.com/...for-no-reason/

And we say racism doesn't exist in America.

[darin]

http://bjlacosteblogs.wordpress.com/...for-no-reason/

And we say racism doesn't exist in America.

Your racism is nauseating.

[Wind Song]

Your racism is nauseating.

By all means, please elaborate. What makes me a racist in your eyes? I pointed out the truth of why this boy was killed?

[darin]

By all means, please elaborate. What makes me a racist in your eyes? I pointed out the truth of why this boy was killed?

Continuing the notion the guy who shot him was a racist simply because he's of a different race is, in itself, a display of racsim.

The ONLY facts we know:

shooter was a member of a neighborhood watch
tried to question/stop someone
there was a struggle
suspect got shot

Implying racism is foolish.

Never let the facts get in the way of your reconceptions, WS.

[Wind Song]

Continuing the notion the guy who shot him was a racist simply because he's of a different race is, in itself, a display of racsim.

The ONLY facts we know:

shooter was a member of a neighborhood watch
tried to question/stop someone
there was a struggle
suspect got shot

Implying racism is foolish.

Never let the facts get in the way of your reconceptions, WS.

Racism is the obvious reason this young boy was killed. The killer assumed since he was black that he was "suspicious".
The boy is heard begging for his life in the 9/11 call.
A bigot killed this good boy who lived feet away from the store. I hope they throw the book at him. It's more like a hate crime than anything else.

This was an innocent child who went to the store to buy junk food, (skittles and ice tea) and was killed by a paranoid trigger happy racist who stalked him.

[darin]

Racism is the obvious reason this young boy was killed. The killer assumed since he was black that he was "suspicious".

This confirms you as a piece of shit racist.

[jimnyc]

NO ONE knows the entire story. Some ASSume it was solely based on racism.

[ConHog]

By all means, please elaborate. What makes me a racist in your eyes? I pointed out the truth of why this boy was killed?

The VERY title of your link says " killed for no reason" so how did you make the jump to "killed for being black?"

[revelarts]

this is a sad story. Jeez .

The turks are right here, I find myself agreeing with these guys again.
This is a case where the kid was guilty of BBOB "being black on the street".
Many folks here won't buy it , for some reason it's hard to admit that when a lot a people see a young black male they automatically see a threat/criminal/lowlife and proceed to treat them as such until proven otherwise. this kid didn't get a chance to prove it.
Zimmerman,(head of the neighborhood watch) saw a black kid in his neighborhood and called 911. If he'd been white or asian would he have called? The cops told him to stay in the car and wait for the them. He didn't, he followed him for some time it appears, then confronted him, says he was threatened and then shot the kid in the chest.

At the very least this Zimmerman should be on trail for manslaughter, let the jury settle it.
I'd guess that if Zimmerman is a descent guy he feels like sh*t over this, even if he does have some racist issues.


2 past threads come to mind here.
one about the black men who raped tortured and killed the white couple, lots of outrage over the fact that it didn't make news here. One big difference here. those guys are going to prison. And no one and no race promotes or excuses that evil behavior.
here it looks like we've got an innocent killed becuase of the perception that black skin equals bad behavior.

the other thread is the one one about the got Ya TV show "what would you do".

they showed several cases where the situation was exactly the same and people reacted differently to black kids.
the one that surprised me most was when they had kids obviously doing wrong and others doing nothing. The black kids were taking a nap in a car in a park, they got cops called on them while at the same time not far off white kids who were vandalizing a car with paint were chortled at as rascals.

No need to get personal defensive about it if it's not you. hey Call it what you like, it is what it is.

[Nukeman]

this is a sad story. Jeez .

The turks are right here, I find myself agreeing with these guys again.
This is a case where the kid was guilty of BBOB "being black on the street".
Many folks here won't buy it , for some reason it's hard to admit that when a lot a people see a young black male they automatically see a threat/criminal/lowlife and proceed to treat them as such until proven otherwise. this kid didn't get a chance to prove it.
Zimmerman,(head of the neighborhood watch) saw a black kid in his neighborhood and called 911. If he'd been white or asian would he have called? The cops told him to stay in the car and wait for the them. He didn't, he followed him for some time it appears, then confronted him, says he was threatened and then shot the kid in the chest.

At the very least this Zimmerman should be on trail for manslaughter, let the jury settle it.
I'd guess that if Zimmerman is a descent guy he feels like sh*t over this, even if he does have some racist issues.


2 past threads come to mind here.
one about the black men who raped tortured and killed the white couple, lots of outrage over the fact that it didn't make news here. One big difference here. those guys are going to prison. And no one and no race promotes or excuses that evil behavior.
here it looks like we've got an innocent killed becuase of the perception that black skin equals bad behavior.

the other thread is the one one about the got Ya TV show "what would you do".

they showed several cases where the situation was exactly the same and people reacted differently to black kids.
the one that surprised me most was when they had kids obviously doing wrong and others doing nothing. The black kids were taking a nap in a car in a park, they got cops called on them while at the same time not far off white kids who were vandalizing a car with paint were chortled at as rascals.

No need to get personal defensive about it if it's not you. hey Call it what you like, it is what it is.

I want to add Rev that a lot of this is profiling.. IT WORKS, not only do the police profile "blacks" but the white kids in a bad neighborhood where they can get drugs are ALWAYS pulled over as well, the single guys in cars driving by hookers are pulled over as well, the list goes on, it depends on the area you're talking about as to what the police look for, so this "being black on the street" is crap and you know it!! Profiling is used everywhere (except by the TSA who are idiots for not doing it)!!!

[Little-Acorn]

MORE whining and snivelling from poor windysong, as usual with no suggestions about what to do about any of it or anything constructive whatsoever?

Turning into a real one-note pony, isn't she?

[Wind Song]

MORE whining and snivelling from poor windysong, as usual with no suggestions about what to do about any of it or anything constructive whatsoever?

Turning into a real one-note pony, isn't she?

Interesting. You post ABOUT me, rather than with me, about the topic. How is that "constructive"?

What are your views on the topic?

[Little-Acorn]

BTW, as for the guy with the gun, if he doesn't like seeing strangers (who are doing nothing wrong) wandering around in his neighborhood, and/or seeing them walk toward him... maybe he should quit walking around randomly on public sidewalks himself.

As it is, since he decided to combine a suspicion of people who were doing nothing untoward, with a dislike of strangers, with a tendency to carry a gun and use it on strangers he has unreasonable suspicions of, look at the result. And innocent teenage kid is dead, his family is devastated, and the guy is probably facing a first-degree murder charge.

And all for what?

Carrying a gun is a major responsibility, every much as much as driving a car. One mistake in judgement (or a series of them, as in this case), and people can wind up dead. People who want to carry one, certainly have the right to. But they need to keep things like this in mind.

[Kathianne]

I agree that Wind is once again displaying her tendency towards all minorities being persecuted, including blacks, gays, transgenders, etc.

However, this case seems more a problem with neighborhood watch groups, rather than profiling.

If the guy wasn't carrying, this would have been a tussle. But he was. This guy may have been 'profiling,' but without any training and even if really law enforcement, they aren't supposed to do so, wrongly, in my opinion. I think profiling is commonsense, but with training and experience.

Truth is, this 'kid' seems to have been killed in cold blood, as far as information is current. Might change, but seems the kid didn't want to kowtow and the vigilante neighborhood watch guy had a piece.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/2...h-trayvon.html

[gabosaurus]

If people would actually read the facts of this case, they would find that there is little racism involved. It's more about a guy who wanted desperately to be a hero. Someone who, as a member of a "neighborhood watch," had called 911 close to 50 times in the space of a year. A guy who called 911 to report a "suspicious person" walking in his gated neighborhood. When asked by the 911 dispatcher not to do anything further, he pursued an unarmed kid and shot him.
It is also an indictment of a flawed Florida law that states than anyone can claim "self defense" for any reason and use deadly force.
This isn't a story of black kid who was shot. It is the story of a KID who was shot. A 14 year old boy who was someone's son.
Perhaps that doesn't matter to you. After all, it wasn't your kid. Though it could have been.