... and here come the racists

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racism, alive and thriving in the good ole USA

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/08 ... mpid=tp-fb

Go to the CL rants and raves section of almost any major American city and you will see a small slice of the racism that exists in this country.

More like an attempt to cut off someone's legal funding under the pretense of suppressing hate speech.

Noone is trying to stop his funding. This is not the only way to raise funds. I'm sure he will be getting lots of financial assistance from the KKK and all the other groups that helped Zimmerman with all the money he lied about having. Noone is going to be able to stop his funding. He has too many supporters

You're saying the KKK gave Zimmerman money?
Zimmerman is Hispanic.
The KKK has a long tradition of hatred toward Hispanics, too.

The shooting is of course tragic, but no actual evidence has been released to verify placing blame either way (at least publicly). There was an interesting article in Time magazine from an author who looked at police interactions through statistics. It stated that when police take action to dominate unrest, it actually incites more. Despite how the incident truly went down, the involved police department should have provided more transparency, and efforts towards community outreach less belatedly. There have been comparisons with the death of a black man in New York while being taken into police custody, and how the NYPD handled the matter more successfully.

Racism still exists, but I don't see this case (as yet) as fueled by it as it keeps being presented. Conversations about race disparities should happen, but that doesn't make this automatically exhibit A.

/\ Police departments, like any other government function, are run by bureaucrats that are so far removed from their traditional roles that they no longer know right from wrong.

It's not cutting off his funding. He's on paid leave. He had a job before that. He can get his own lawyer. Why does he receive charity to keep him out of jail when so many other criminals have to pay for their own defence? He gets donations because he happens to be in the news? Because he shot a black person an excessive number of times?

If this were an accident or misfortune that put him in a place of need a go fund me page would make perfect sense but as it is he is getting compensated for committing a crime which is something he could have avoided.

Why don't I go kill someone and set up a page to collect donations?

I said attempt to cut off his legal funding, not that they have been or necessarily will be successful.


I must have slept through the trial. He has been found guilty by a jury, already?


Get a grip

Americans are racist. Even the african american, chinese, indian, american indian, neanderthal, cro magnon ones. Mexicans are racist, indians are racist, africans are racist. asians are racist. Europeeons are racist, Dolphins are racist too. They don't like fish. In fact, they eat them.

I wish I was asian.

What does that make me?

An asian wannabe.

Someone can support another, based on general bias of one's position in the community, rather than their skin color.

For example, someone may think it was a good shoot based on the stuff released so far, and they're annoyed with how people have jumped on the thug wagon.

The coverage of the incident was so biased towards one side to begin with that it's actually sickening, and it makes you wonder about agendas.

I believe 4chan is trolling the comments on that fundraising site, just something I saw in passing through some news pages earlier today.

how is 6 shots too much? he probably had 17 rounds in the gun, most cops empty their mags before checking the threat.

did that mother who fired 6 shots into an intruder who then walked a way drove his car fire too many shots?

or is it just when the person shot is black that it's too many. is 6 shots into a white guy ok or not enough?


if it takes 6 to stop them 6 is enough if it takes 50 then 50 is enough.

if the last shots is what killed him then it could be the other 4 didn't stop him.

we don't know all the facts yet people are so ready to hang the cop. this happen in the past then when it comes out the guy was innocent everyone feels bad but it's too late. this is why we have courts and laws. and don't rule but mob mentality.

of course ..

the television shows black people destroying a city .... what other conclusion did you think people would make ?

What if you are a business owner, do you think seeing black people destroy businesses makes you think hard before you open a business in a black neighborhood ?

I have seen the same in Detroit. A business owner will go on television and plead with black people not to destroy his store.

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Sensationalism sells papers. I suspect that the police department's antagonism against the journalists may have a large hand in it, also. Arresting two journalists for trespassing at a McDonald's where they were paying customers? That's just pure stupidity, and possibly abuse of power. It seems to be business as usual for that PD until it made national headlines.

This surprises anyone... how?
Honestly, racism has been a part of U.S. history since the beginning. Unfortunately, it will continue to be a part of our society until we either become all robots, or time ends somehow. Someone will always think that they are better than others because of their supposed " superior " race.