Goodman --- another jew crying racism .... yawn On Mar 22, 1:27 pm, Tommy News <[email protected]> wrote: > Walking While Black: The Killing of Trayvon Martin > By Amy Goodman > > On the rainy night of Sunday, Feb. 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin > walked to a convenience store in Sanford, Fla. On his way home, with > his Skittles and iced tea, the African-American teenager was shot and > killed. The gunman, George Zimmerman, didn’t run. He claimed that he > killed the young man in self-defense. The Sanford police agreed and > let him go. Since then, witnesses have come forward, 911 emergency > calls have been released, and outrage over the killing has gone > global. > > Trayvon Martin lived in Miami. He was visiting his father in Sanford, > near Orlando, staying in the gated community known as The Retreat at > Twin Lakes, where Zimmerman volunteered with the Neighborhood Watch > program. The Miami Herald reported that Zimmerman was a “habitual > caller” to the police, making 46 calls since January 2011. He was out > on his rounds as a self-appointed watchman, packing his concealed 9 mm > pistol, when he called 911: “We’ve had some break-ins in my > neighborhood, and there’s a real suspicious guy ... this guy looks > like he’s up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something.” > > Later in the call, Zimmerman exclaims, “OK. These a—holes always get > away. ... [Expletive], he’s running.” > > Sounds of Zimmerman moving follow, along with a controversial > utterance from Zimmerman, under his breath, considered by many to be > “[Expletive] coons.” The sound of his running prompted the 911 > operator to ask, “Are you following him?” Zimmerman replied, “Yeah,” > to which the dispatcher said, “OK, we don’t need you to do that.” > > One of the attorneys representing the Martin family, Jasmine Rand, > told me: “The term ‘coon’ on the audiotape ... is a very obvious > racial slur against African-Americans. We also heard the neighbors > come forward and say, ‘Yeah, in this particular neighborhood, we look > for young black males to be committing criminal activity.’ And that’s > exactly what George Zimmerman did that night. He found a young black > male that he did not recognize, assumed that he did not belong there, > and he targeted him.” > > Advertisement > > Another 911 call that has been released is from a woman who hears > someone crying for help, then a gunshot. > > Eyewitnesses Mary Cutcher and Selma Mora Lamilla both heard the cries, > which police say could have been from Zimmerman, thus supporting his > claim, even though he had a gun and outweighed Trayvon Martin by 80 > pounds. > > Cutcher said at a press conference: “I feel it was not self-defense, > because I heard the crying. And if it was Zimmerman that was crying, > Zimmerman would have continued crying after the shot went off. The > only thing I saw that night—I heard the crying. We were in the > kitchen. I heard the crying. It was a little boy. As soon as the gun > went off, the crying stopped. Therefore, it tells me it was not > Zimmerman crying.” > > Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee has defended his department’s decision > not to arrest Zimmerman. They bagged Martin’s body and took it away, > labeling him a “John Doe,” even though they had his cellphone, which > anyone, let alone law enforcement with a shooting victim, could have > used to easily identify a person. They tested Martin’s corpse for > drugs and alcohol. Zimmerman was not tested. Neighbors say that > Zimmerman loaded things into a U-Haul truck and left the area. > > So, while the police and State Attorney Norm Wolfinger have defended > their inaction, a democratic demand for justice has ricocheted around > the country, prompting a U.S. Justice Department investigation and > leading Wolfinger to promise to convene a grand jury. The Rev. Glenn > Dames, pastor of St. James AME Church in nearby Titusville, has called > Martin’s death “a modern-day lynching.” His demand for the immediate > arrest of Zimmerman was echoed by the organizers of the “Million > Hoodie March” in New York City, named after the often racially > stereotyped sweatshirt Martin was wearing in the rain when he was > shot. > > The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has > called for the removal of Sanford Police Chief Lee. NAACP President > Ben Jealous, recounting a mass meeting in a Sanford-area church > Tuesday night, quoted a local resident who stood up and said, “‘If you > kill a dog in this town, you’d be in jail the next day.’ Trayvon > Martin was killed four weeks ago, and his killer is still walking the > streets.” > > With his gun. > > More:http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/walking_while_black_the_killing_o... > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy > > -- > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > Have a great day, > Tommy
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