I dont watch the news--I wish I did, I just dont. I had no clue about this. I saw the post last night--read the title and thought "oh must be an east coast thing.." anyway I am not avoiding it, I just had no clue.
I've been following this story since March 9th, which was 2 days after it started to hit mainstream media, which in itself is late since Trayvon Martin was murdered on Feb 26th.I was very very emotional last night (and still am) when I posted and I want to stress that this case is not one of race purely, it is of basic human civil rights. It just touches me even more because I think of how much things just have not really changed too much and the fact that this could have been my son.
WTF!!!!repeatedly bludgeoned Chin with a baseball bat...
...a plea bargain brought the charges down from second-degree murder. They served no jail time, were given three years probation, fined $3,000 and ordered to pay $780 in court costs. In a response letter to protests from American Citizens for Justice, Kaufman said, "These weren't the kind of men you send to jail... You don't make the punishment fit the crime; you make the punishment fit the criminal."http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Vincent_Chin
Please tell me this was sarcasm...please tell me that?
Who besides the man who killed him is saying that because even the people who had statements taken as witnesses say that it wasn't. The boy was unarmed...what self defense?
Of course it was! :flowers:
My heart goes out to that beautiful boy's family. :cry1:
reporter that was a great article you posted................btw I've never heard of paying before you eat.............before you pump gas yeah, but eat? :dunce:
OMFG :faint:When she came back with the change we were told "maybe it is better if you took that to go", as we looked at all the people staring at us and realized we weren't in Kansas anymore. This had to be between 2000-2002
OMFG :faint:
Mrs Melton I am sitting here at work crying. That is so sadly true of our society. I often drive down 95th street in Evergreen and every time I do there are at least 2 cars pulled over by the cops.NEVER have I seen a white male or female.always a black male. I even commented to my daughter that if I was a black male I wouldn't even drive down 95th street as the chances of getting pulled over are about 100%. I don't know the solution but I am so sad that this happens.
Would I let my kids dress 'hood like? f' no. If I see a kid walking down the block in normal jeans and a normal fitting shirt and I see a kid with baggy **** pants and a hoodie over their face
But this doesn't mean zimmerman should walk, he's got issues including cold blooded murder.
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