Are you effing serious? And you have the nerve to ask what was different between what you're saying and what Pres. Obama said?
Goodness. More than likely, he got popped BECAUSE he put his hands on him (whether it was in self-defense or not). was black
haven't been lurking in this thread for obvious reasons...but as to what i just quoted and underlined..
you people are still debating this? after almost 300 pages? at this point the discussion is probably more ignorant than productive.
lowkey want to know what meth thinks of this foolery (this thread not the case)
for those who didn't know...
racism is racism. its there or its not. If you can't accept that at this point, then you are racist, in denial..or both.
TM was profiled by an armed GZ, who felt he could confront because he was armed. his safety was off before he got out the car, figuratively speaking (prolly literally to. Regardless of who threw the first punch, its racism. Period.
Jordan Davis getting rolled up on by an old white guy who picked a fight with him and had HIS safety off, gets killed. he appeared suspicious. Racism. His case is ongoing.
Marrisa Alexander, taking a gun shoots...a slab of sheet rock, also known as a wall, to scare her historically abusive boyfriend FROM BEATING HER ***. She uses the same self defense argument, GZ used, except she killed no one. That argument is tossed out, and the jury finds her guilty in less than 15min, whereas the mostly white jury found GZ innocent in 12 hrs?. She is now doing year 2 of her 20 yr sentence. Racism.
at the end of the day, 2 witnesses were present, one killed the other, and that is all. murder or at least voluntary manslaughter (depending on how u define the difference) was the right approach for what happened, but just not with the lack of evidence to definitively prove gz a liar. which he is.
but look at this case for what it is. take it at face value. another boy was profiled for being black, for doing nothing wrong, and as a result was shot dead in the street by another gun happy racist citizen. its not the first time this happened, it won't be the last.
for me, this case is just another reminder of some unfortunate realities of this country. It means that when i have children, i will have to tell them to take the world for what it is..a place where you can succeed and live a normal happy life with whoever you want, but with greater difficulty than those who are white. and that in this country, you will be considered a threat to many because of how you look, not who you are.
but no matter what people say, above all else, its who you are that matters.