45 days after Trayvon Martin was killed, and Sanford FL police chief Bill Lee said the case was closed, George Zimmerman has been arrested thanks to Special Prosecutor Angela Cory. I admit I am surprised at the outcome. I never expected the State of Florida to throw George Zimmerman under the bus for murder of a black child. I will also admit I thought she wouldn't press charges hoping to provoke a violent reaction from the African American Community as proof Zimmerman was justified in killing Trayvon. Is my faith in the justice system restored? Not quite. We still have to have a fair trial. However if the trail is fair and the verdict is not guilty I will accept it and move on, unlike those who never got over the OJ verdict.
It's a good thing we didn't have to depend on our UNfair and UNbalanced mainstream media to advance this issue. I thank God for the race hustlers and others who stood up for what is right (no pun intended).
Today's Must Read
Trayvon Martin 1994-2012~Rest in Peace Sweet Child
Must See Video
What Joe Scarborough said
Showing posts with label Sanford Florida. Show all posts
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Thursday, April 5, 2012
"All we say to America is be true to what you said on paper"~Edit
Despite the white wing media driven stereotype that black people want the government to take take care of them, all black people really want is equal rights. Nothing more, nothing less.
If George Zimmerman is not arrested, or if the Grand Jury doesn't indict him, black folks aren't going to resort to mob violence if the mob doesn't get what it wants. Violence begets violence. Black folks want justice, nothing more, nothing less, by any non-violent means necessary.
We live in a sick country, and no one with any power is trying to heal it.
Today's Must Reads
Sanford 911s- Gaps in the Armour, Officer Involved
Who's Covering Up For Who is Florida?
Trayvon Martin and America's, Long, Horrific History of Vigilante Justice
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Who are you going to believe? Me, or your lying eyes?
31 days and counting since George Zimmerman, profiled, stalked, confronted , tormented, then executed Trayvon Martin, who wailed and begged for his life for 40 seconds\, We have video...finally... . To say the video is inconsistent with the Sanford Police Department Report,is an understatement.
31 days and counting, we learn Trayvon Martin's Killer has friends in high places.
31 days and counting since Trayvon Martin was killed, some in the media are still race baiting, thank goodness for online activists and MSNBC.
31 days and counting since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Williams, I've learned when the mainstream media cautions us not rush to judgement because we don't have all the fact, they are not going to conduct an investigation and present the facts. No, they are going to wait for their unnamed sources to leak the facts they want us to know, instead of the facts we need to know..
31 days since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, black children are still under attack by the people who are supposed to protect and serve them.
Justice is stubborn when the victim is black. Ask the parents of the 4 little black girls. Ask the family of Medgar Evers. Emmett Till's murderers still haven't been bought to justice.
Justice is swift and sure if the victim is white. Ask the Scottsboro Boys.
31 days and counting, we learn Trayvon Martin's Killer has friends in high places.
31 days and counting since Trayvon Martin was killed, some in the media are still race baiting, thank goodness for online activists and MSNBC.
31 days and counting since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Williams, I've learned when the mainstream media cautions us not rush to judgement because we don't have all the fact, they are not going to conduct an investigation and present the facts. No, they are going to wait for their unnamed sources to leak the facts they want us to know, instead of the facts we need to know..
31 days since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, black children are still under attack by the people who are supposed to protect and serve them.
Justice is stubborn when the victim is black. Ask the parents of the 4 little black girls. Ask the family of Medgar Evers. Emmett Till's murderers still haven't been bought to justice.
Justice is swift and sure if the victim is white. Ask the Scottsboro Boys.
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| Rekia Boyd 1980-2012 RIP Sweet Child |
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Zimmerman Camp Standing their Ground
Several explosive new developments today in the case of Trayvon Martin.
What took so long for the police to notify Trayvon`s parents about the death of their son? Why wasn`t the suspect, George Zimmerman arrested? Why has he been able to claim self defense when the facts contradict that claim that in fact he chased Trayvon? And why weeks later, Zimmerman is still free and still able to carry a weapon?
What Everyone Should Know about the Trayvon Martin Case.
What Joe Scarborough said all the damn way!
"If the facts are as they appear now, whoever is running the Police Department, whoever is running the State Attorney's office down there are not worthy of the public trust, have betrayed the public trust. They are unworthy of representing the people of Florida..
There's the United States of America, and theres the state of Florida
I hate to say it, much less think it, but I don't believe George Zimmerman will be arrested or charged in the death of Trayvon Martin.
Why do I think this way?
1. .Zimmerman will appear before a secret grand jury on April 10, 2012. We don't know who will serve on the jury, and we won't know what was said because it's well...secret.
2. A month later, not only do we find out Zimmerman's father is a white, retired, Magistrate Judge, we learn the lead investigator wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter, but was over ruled by the Seminole County State Attorney via the Sanford Police Chief.
3. Righty's and the mainstream media are itching for a "race war", and what better place than swing state Florida?
4. Most of the mainstream media, with the exception of MSNBC, are so afraid of being called liberal, they are bending over backwards to adopt the Fox News faux fair and balanced meme, thereby enabling the Zimmerman camp. Compare MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell's and Joe Scarborough's tough questioning , with CNN's John King's questioning of Florida State Attorney Angela Cory. As long as the white, male dominated media gets to decide what is racism by denying there is racism, America never be post racial.
5. It's been 30 days and counting since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, still no arrest, and the State Attorney in charge of the investigation says there might not be one.
What say y'all?
Friday, March 23, 2012
I think I know why George Zimmerman hasn't been arrested for the murder of Trayvon Williams
It's been 26 days since Trayvon Martin died. Instead of arresting George Zimmerman, Florida's republican men hide behind, I mean, turn the case over to Florida's republican women. Now we have to wait and see if these women have the ovaries to do the right thing, or, if they are temporary window dressings. I suspect the latter, but time will tell the truth.
It's been 26 days since Trayvon Martin died because he being young, black male and suspicious. It's been 7 years since Florida Governor Jeb Bush (r) signed the Stand Your Ground Bill into law.
It's been 26 days since Trayvon Martin died standing his ground.
It's been 26 days since Trayvon Martin was gunned down 70 yards from his fathers back door. Why is the gunman still free?
That is the question people all over the world, including right wing republicans, are asking.
It's a trap for President Obama in swing state Florida.
The righty's are just itching for President Obama to over reach in the Trayvon Martin case so they can throw out some red meat to their base, make the case about President Obama's Ebony Donkey, and take the focus off the real issues surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin. Weapon of Mass Distraction.
President Obama said if he had a son he would look like Trayvon, the Justice Department, which reports to him as head of the Executive Branch, is on the case.
Enough said.
We can take it from here Mister President.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
What Joe Scarborough said all the damn way!
Excerpts:
"Zimmerman wasn't standing his ground, Zimmerman was chasing this young man and harassing him."
"This isn't about standing your ground, this guy (Zimmerman) hunted him (Trayvon Martin) down"
"They better move in fast on this case because a lot of people have acted in a shameful way."
"They (Police) say let him (Trayvon) go and he (Zimmerman) still chases after him, and you can hear him in the background yelling 'help" and they still don't arrest him?"
"Here a young man gets killed and the police don't arrest this murderer for anything?"
"This law is literally getting in the way of action being taken." Mika
"It's not the (Stand your ground) law, it's the (Sanford) Police Department down there it's the State Attorney's office down there".
"How is someone standing their ground against someone who is screaming for help?"~Mika
"They (Sanford Police Department) have known since February 26, that this young 17 year old man, Trayvon Martin, armed with nothing but ice tea skittles and a cell phone, minding his own business, walking through a neighborhood, was chased, hunted down, screaming for help, then shot to death, they have known this...and they have not arrested the man who they know very clearly wasn't standing his ground who killed him".
"If the facts are as they appear now, whoever is running the Police Department, whoever is running the State Attorney's office down there are not worthy of the public trust, have betrayed the public trust. They are unworthy of representing the people of Florida..
"It sounds like they (Sanford Police Department) were trying to cover some tracks"
"They drug test the dead 17 year old who had ice tea and skittles, and they don't drug test the person who has just killed another person"?
"Who are these people"?
"The State of Florida needs to act aggressively".
"They better not get away with it."
"It does have to do with race. If anybody watching this show either live or on the Internet, does not believe if an African American shot a 17 year old white boy walking through a neighborhood carrying ice tea and skittles, if they do not be believe there would have been an arraignment the next morning for the African American shooter, and the white boys family would be notified immediately, that an officer would not have driven to the white boys parents home, sat on their couch and consoled them because they just lost their 17 year old son...if you believe this case, and the handling of this case by the people in Florida has nothing to do with race, you are living in a fantasy world."
"The Justice Department and the Attorney General Pam Bodi in Florida need to do more than investigate the death, because it seem to be fairly obvious what happened, they need to investigate the (Sanford) Police department and the State Attorney's Office and see why the parents weren't notified immediately, and why this guy hasn't been arrested.
"You don't have to have an open and shut case, arrest the guy, throw him in jail, they got probable cause, they got a 9 mm, they got him chasing him down the street, they got the gun shot on the 911 tape, they have reason to lock this guy up this morning, they had it the night that it happened.
What Reverend Al Sharpton said all the damn way!
"I must say this has been the most inspiring morning I've had with Joe Scarborough"
You can see/hear the entire segment in context here, then compare and contrast it with Matt Laur's UNfair and UNbalanced interview of the grieving parents of Trayvon Martin, and the family attorney, on The Today Show.
Today's Must Read
Fox News commenters react to Trayvon Martin:'Good shot Zimmy'.
"Zimmerman wasn't standing his ground, Zimmerman was chasing this young man and harassing him."
"This isn't about standing your ground, this guy (Zimmerman) hunted him (Trayvon Martin) down"
"They better move in fast on this case because a lot of people have acted in a shameful way."
"They (Police) say let him (Trayvon) go and he (Zimmerman) still chases after him, and you can hear him in the background yelling 'help" and they still don't arrest him?"
"Here a young man gets killed and the police don't arrest this murderer for anything?"
"This law is literally getting in the way of action being taken." Mika
"It's not the (Stand your ground) law, it's the (Sanford) Police Department down there it's the State Attorney's office down there".
"How is someone standing their ground against someone who is screaming for help?"~Mika
"They (Sanford Police Department) have known since February 26, that this young 17 year old man, Trayvon Martin, armed with nothing but ice tea skittles and a cell phone, minding his own business, walking through a neighborhood, was chased, hunted down, screaming for help, then shot to death, they have known this...and they have not arrested the man who they know very clearly wasn't standing his ground who killed him".
"If the facts are as they appear now, whoever is running the Police Department, whoever is running the State Attorney's office down there are not worthy of the public trust, have betrayed the public trust. They are unworthy of representing the people of Florida..
"It sounds like they (Sanford Police Department) were trying to cover some tracks"
"They drug test the dead 17 year old who had ice tea and skittles, and they don't drug test the person who has just killed another person"?
"Who are these people"?
"The State of Florida needs to act aggressively".
"They better not get away with it."
"It does have to do with race. If anybody watching this show either live or on the Internet, does not believe if an African American shot a 17 year old white boy walking through a neighborhood carrying ice tea and skittles, if they do not be believe there would have been an arraignment the next morning for the African American shooter, and the white boys family would be notified immediately, that an officer would not have driven to the white boys parents home, sat on their couch and consoled them because they just lost their 17 year old son...if you believe this case, and the handling of this case by the people in Florida has nothing to do with race, you are living in a fantasy world."
"The Justice Department and the Attorney General Pam Bodi in Florida need to do more than investigate the death, because it seem to be fairly obvious what happened, they need to investigate the (Sanford) Police department and the State Attorney's Office and see why the parents weren't notified immediately, and why this guy hasn't been arrested.
"You don't have to have an open and shut case, arrest the guy, throw him in jail, they got probable cause, they got a 9 mm, they got him chasing him down the street, they got the gun shot on the 911 tape, they have reason to lock this guy up this morning, they had it the night that it happened.
What Reverend Al Sharpton said all the damn way!
"I must say this has been the most inspiring morning I've had with Joe Scarborough"
You can see/hear the entire segment in context here, then compare and contrast it with Matt Laur's UNfair and UNbalanced interview of the grieving parents of Trayvon Martin, and the family attorney, on The Today Show.
Today's Must Read
Fox News commenters react to Trayvon Martin:'Good shot Zimmy'.
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
The senseless murder of Trayvon Martin
Listen , at about 1:50-3 you can hear George Zimmerman whisper: "The a$$ holes always get away, F**king Coons", just before the police ask "are you following him?" .
Until we hold these people responsible for acts of violence, both large and small, there can be no racial equality in our country. Our young black and Hispanic youth will continue to move about their lives knowing that they have a target on their back all day, every day. This is not justice for them and it sure as hell is not justice for Trayvon Martin.~ Left Leaning Liberal Lady
Until we hold these people responsible for acts of violence, both large and small, there can be no racial equality in our country. Our young black and Hispanic youth will continue to move about their lives knowing that they have a target on their back all day, every day. This is not justice for them and it sure as hell is not justice for Trayvon Martin.~ Left Leaning Liberal Lady
Friday, March 16, 2012
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts and minds of neighbors in gated communities?
It's been 18 days and counting since 17 year old Trayvon Martin was gunned down by volunteer neighborhood watch Captain George Zimmerman, walking home from a convenience store inside his father's gated community in Sanford Florida. His killer still has not been charged, and Sanford Police still refuse to release the 911 tapes.
The Failures of Integration: How Race and Class are Undermining the American Dream, a book written by Georgetown Law Professor Sheryll Cashin , are amplified in the case of Trayvon Martin. African Americans work hard, play by the rules, pull themselves up by their boot straps striving to achieve the American dream. They move into gated communities believing they will be insulated and safe from the underclass. But they are not insulated, nor are they safe, because in the end they were born black in America.
What is the difference between a black man protecting his home, and a white man protecting his neighborhood?
The black man protecting his home from a mob of drunk, teen aged, white males, was arressted, tried, convicted and imprisoned. His sentence was later commuted.
The white man protecting his neighborhood from an unarmed, teen aged, African American male has not been arrested.
It's not easy being born black in America.
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