April 19, 2012 at 12:42 pmI know for a ct that Trayvvon&039;s mother said that “this shooting was probably an accident” only a few days ago. What could have changed her mind?

I&039;d also like to mention a ct from history while we&039;re discussing it. A while ago (- yrs. I believe) over 300,000 white guys died to make sure that slavery was ended in this country. Since the vast majority of the slaves in this country were black, we could say that moDecrying Imaginary Racism Black Aftermathre than 300,000 white guys died to set their black brothers and sisters free. When I hear some black panthers talking about how the white man owes them money because of slavery I get a bit hot under the collar. When some white guy (skinhead etc) tells me that the black man is scum I get a bit hot under the collar as well. We&039;re Americans, all of us and its time we started acting like it.

April 20 ← Older posts, 2012 at 8:09 amI&039;m going to share a law enforcement secret with you. You are not supposed to know this if you&039;re not a cop,(I was one for 16yrs before an injury forced me to retire) but I&039;m going to share it anyway. The vast majority of cops are color blind. That&039;s right, they could care less what color you are. Cops see things based on their work load, are you a good guy or a bad guy. If you&039;re a bad guy they don&039;t like you. But, they aren&039;t going to dislike you whether you are a white bad guy or a black bad guy, they are going to dislike you because you are a bad guy. Most cops don&039;t keep score either. They don&039;t count how many white bad guys they arrest and then decide they have to arrest some black bad guys. Now if one race has more bad guys then cops will arrest more of that race, but they don&039;t count that. I&039;ve seen some cops count how many felony arrests they make, or how many tickets they write, but I&039;ve never met one who counted how many black bad guys they arrest and how many white bad guys they arrest.

Tawana Brawley

2) There maybe a tidal wave of blacks that are truly disgusted about all of this yet as usual the MSM will never let them be heard, only the ones that are instigating the unrest are being heard. It&039;s possible that Trayvvon&039;s mother may have been coerced into changing her stance from “it was probably an accident” into “it was no accident”. Far be it for the liberal lame stream media to ever portray blacks as anything but victims and cry babies.

While it is virtually impossible to overstate the implications of this core belief which has so firmly embedded itself in the worldview of black Americans, one vital question begs for an answer:Is it true?Let us briefly survey the mountain of empirical evidence that the champions of civil rightslikeJacksonandSharptonhave so carefully avoided mentioning amid their incessant, thundering denunciations of the U.S. and its justice system.

April 20, 2012 at 1:06 pmKinda like the black mantra, “Whitey beez keepin meh down, Yassah, it awl beez dah white man ult.” yassah!

The criminal-justice process is comprised of a number of stages, or decision points, at which law-enforcement personnel (such as police and judges) must determine how they should proceedarrest or release a suspect; convict or acquit; impose a harsh or mild sentence; etc.  Contrary to popular mythology, there is virtually no evidence of racial discrimination at any of these decision points. Black overrepresentation is almost entirely at the arrest stage,reflectingthe ct that the average black engages in criminal activity more frequently than the average white. Not only are the outcomes at other decision points nearly identical for both races, but the slight differences that do exist tend to vor blacks. Further, the arrest rates of blacks living in cities that are the politically black-controlled are no lower than the arrest rates of blacks in white-controlled cities. Nor are these realities anything new; they have been true for decades.[1]

Plus there is the slow but sure disintegration of our Western culture. And the never ending assault on Whites self esteem when they are called “racists” by media commentators on a daily basis. Again Whites are supposed to take it and say nothing.

Consider that as early as 1983, the liberal-leaning National Academy of Sciences found no evidence of a widespread systematic pattern of discrimination in sentencing.[2]  In 1985 theJournal of Criminal Law and Criminologyconcluded that a disproportionate number of blacks were in prison not because of a double standard of justice, but because of the disproportionate number of crimes they committed.[3]  That same year, federal government statistician Patrick Langan conducted an exhaustive study of black and white incarceration rates and found that even if racism [in sentencing] exists, it might explain only a small part of the black overrepresentation among prison inmates.[4]  In a 1987 review essay of the three most comprehensive books examining the role of race in the American criminal-justice system, the journalCriminologyconcluded that there was little evidence of anti-black discrimination.[5]  The most exhaustive, best-designed study of comparative sentencing patternsa 1990 analysis of more than 11,000 recently convicted criminals in Californiafound that the severity of sentences depended heavily on such ctors as prior criminal records, the seriousness of the crimes, and whether guns were used in the commission of those crimes; race was found to have no effect whatsoever.[6]  A 1991 RAND Corporation study found that a defendant&8217;s racial or ethnic background bore little or no relationship to conviction rates; r more important than race were such ctors as the amount of evidence presented, and whether or not a credible eyewitness testified.[7]

April 20, 2012 at 1:11 pmFun? You mean like the USA becoming a third world country run by tribalists and crime lords?

April 20, 2012 at 1:55 pmIt&039;s possible that this is for a couple of reasons.

April 19, 2012 at 5:00 pmI&039;m tired of decrying white-on-black racism. The most virulent racism I see publicly displayed these days is black-on-white, black-on-Jews, and black-on-Asian racism. Blacks are VERY vocal about their racism. I guess you get license when your group is perceived as on the down side regardless of the reality of things.

No one has raised so much as an eyebrow at the ct that the NBPP along with other instigators, put out a bounty on the head of Zimmerman, who had to flee the country for his own safety. Yes, HE HAD TO FLEE THE COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY, A FREE COUNTRY, WHERE DUE PROCESS AND JUSTICE is suppposed to come into play. You know, the stuff that others flock to this country over because their native countries often deny them these rights. (cont&039;d)

April 19, 2012 at 12:39 pmI know for a ct, that quite a few of blacks have died before and after the Trayvvon Martin shooting from drugs and gang violence at the hands of other blacks. Where&039;s the outrage from the people like, Jesse, Al, Maxine, Louis Farrahkahn&8230;etc, that care sooooo much about the safety and welre of blacks? (crickets)

&8230;..Black woman shoots new mom (white) &8211; dead and steals her baby&8211;

April 20, 2012 at 1:04 pmBy the way Ghostwriter, why hasn&039;t the New Black Panther Party been charged with a felony for putting out a Dead or Alive bounty on George Zimmerman? I hear the same old Ghostwriter whote guilt crap about the Muslims, that they don&039;t all think alike. I don&039;t see Muslims marching demanding an end to the 50 years of Jihadist terror. I still hear a constant vitriolic rhetoric of anti-semitism out of the Muslim community, and now demands for mosques in the military and Muslim prayer rooms in public schools. And oh yes, a recent survey, Americans and other Westerners seem willing to draw that conclusion about Muslims. Public opinion surveys in the United States and Europe show that over half of Westerners associate Islam with violence and Muslims with terrorists. Given nearly all radicals who commit violence in the name of Islam around the world are Muslims, that&039;s both an understandable and it is an accurate polling result.

Tawana Brawley.

April 19, 2012 at 5:39 pmosama obama has set race relations back 100 years!!!!! He could have really helped his race, but he hates white people so much that he is hurting the black race even more than Lyndon Johnson did with his great society!!!!

April 19, 2012 at 10:35 amTalk about white guilt demonstrated in spades. First of all both pierce and you need to undertand what racism is properly defined. Racism is the dispensing and/or withholding of privileges and/or punishments based on an INDIVIDUAL&039;S race. 99% of people of whatever race they are, are in prison because they committed felonies. The problem in this case is the MSM agenda of covering any white-on-black crime (real or contrived) with bias and ad naustium and even lselyinh videos and audio as is the so called Trayvon Martin murder case. Everything fromusing a 5 year old picture if a 13 year old versus the 6&039; 1″ 185 lb gold toothed tatooed teen thug he really was, the inteference of the President, the DoJ, the Florida AG with her poltical press conference and sealing all the evidence, and worse of all, an affidavit for Zimmerman&039;s arrest that cannot even meet the minimum of standards for probable cause. An last, not charging the Black Panthers with a felony for putting out a $10,000 “Dead or Alive” bounty on Zimmerman,

April 19, 2012 at 11:27 am. Check THIS “imaginary” that is unspoken.

I know for a ct that due to all of the manipulation by our usual race instigators along with our left leaning media, that Zimmeran, stands at best, a pretty slim chance of a ir trial.

The Tawana Brawley hoax confirms that truth and ir play are irrelevant.

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1) There maybe many that are revolted and like conservative blacks they are cowed and silenced or even threatened by those who may feel strongly about this. Many blacks have views that mimick alot of what&039;s being said but to avoid conflicts with their freinds or mily, they keep silent.

Why don&039;t they protest the senseless violence against whites who had nothing to do with the incident at all? (crickets)

April 19, 2012 at 6:45 pmPlease tell me which program you saw that has thousands of White people backed by a majority of White people marching to deny a Hispanic man due process because he shot a 17 year old White kid in self defense?

April 19, 2012 at 12:39 pmI know for a ct that if I was to put a bounty on the head of a man/woman I would be subject to a law suit from that person and some really serious charges that carry some really seriously stiff penalties. But, hey, when you have the backing of people like the POTUS, the DoJ and the overwatch of the PC Protection Agency, you are above the law. This bares a frighteningly simularity to pre-Third Reich politics. Really creepy!!!!

MSNBC doctored audio tapes to incite racial outrage which has resulted in traumatic experiences and injuries to innocent people, who probably never heard of Trayvvon Martin or Zimmerman. These people, I&039;m sure, probably just wanted to be left alone and to go on with their daily lives without the drama, so sad for them, for that option was taken away, thanks to MSNBC, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Maxine Waters and our group of model citizens who beat them simply because they were targets of oppurtunity.

Why don&039;t they protest the local crack dealers and pimps that exploit our black teenage women? (crickets)

The foregoing actions were those of people seeking retribution for two very separate offenses. First, of course, there was the killing of Martinan act which, according to aGallup poll, 72% of blacks (as compared to 31% of non-blacks) view mainly a result of Zimmerman&8217;s own racial bias. Second, and much more important, was the perception that law-enforcement&8217;s decision not to incarcerate the gunman in the immediate aftermath of the shooting reflected a racial bias that pervades the entire criminal-justice system of the United States. Gallupreportsthat 73% of blacks (vs. 35% of non-blacks) believe that Zimmerman would have been arrested (and presumably jailed) if his victim had been white, while a newABC pollfinds that 84% of blacks feel that the justice systemfrom the police to the courtroom to the penitentiarytreats them inequitably.

April 19, 2012 at 10:44 amYesterday in The Woodlands Texas a BLACK woman stalked and shot a WHITE mother of 4 boys six times and then ran over her and stole her newborn baby. One day and a 1 to 2 minute coverage. Where are Jackson and Sharpton and the Black Community on this one? Out to lunch I guess, Oh&8230; yes, the victim was white &8211; don&039;t count to the MSM &8211; like in the Christian Channon and Christopher Newson horrific rape murders, and the other hundreds of thousands of black-on-white violent crimes committed every year in the US.

April 19, 2012 at 5:55 amDecrying racism, it is not imagined, it exists, it will always exist , no matter how opened minded we think we are. I never thought, or felt I was a racist, but with the way this world is heading, with the rhetoric coming from the White House, it is me an angry racist. I won&039;t do anything other than espouse what I see, or hear.

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April 19, 2012 at 8:27 amStupid Whites obsess over “racism” while Whites are picked off and raped/beaten/killed &8211; one by one or in twos or three or fours or fives. Whites are staring down the barrel of genocide/extinction and the only thing the Whites discuss is are they or are they not racist. News flash &8211; racist is code for anti-White. Only Whites can be racist according to socialist libtards, and no one else can ever be racist. Deduce from this the obvious &8211; the cards are stacked against Whites. Whether Whites are racist or not is irrelevant, they are going down.

April 19, 2012 at 12:19 pmThis whole incident has been turned into a three ring circus by the MSM, NBPP and Sharpton lynch mobs.

By the way mrbean,I agree that the New Black Panther Party should be brought up on felony charges for their bounty on George Zimmerman. But right now,let&039;s let Zimmerman have his day in court. Hopefully,the New Black Panthers will too.

April 19, 2012 at 4:22 pmWhat idiots like mrbean and innocen snail don&039;t get is not all black people think the same. In their minds,black people are a bunch of robots who get angry for no reason. Most black people are probably revolted at what&039;s been going on and the spectacle of people like Al Sharpton exploiting the tragedy for his own personal gain. Blacks are people too and their opinions are as diverse as whites. Sadly,the sane black people are drowned out by people like Al Sharpton and the New Black Panther Party.

I know for a ct that Zimmeran, does not fit the discription of a white man.

Its time to reject the conversation the left is constantly dictating &8211; stop using the lefts terminology and start having some White Pride before WE ARE ALL KILLED BY THEM.

RE:”Community Organizers Mobilize,”&8230;

I know for a ct that Trayvvon Martin was 17 years old when he died yet for some strange reason the newss has a picture of him when he was (guesstimation) 8-10 years old. You know, if I didn&039;t know better,cheap Atlantica gold. I would think that they intentionally villanized Zimmerman by doing this and displaying a recent picture of him as an adult with a five o&039;clock shadow. Oh, I don&039;t know, what do you think? (cont&039;d)

April 20, 2012 at 1:55 amGreat only 40% of non Whites are lethal. Or is it 20%? Or is it 70% like that Black preacher says?

April 20, 2012 at 10:07 amAh! But it&039;s sooo much easier to hate and blame “the other” for any problems in our lives&8230;. To actually take responsibility for ones own life (no matter the melanin content) is too much to ask from most people. It bursts their ego&039;s to think that they, themselves, may be at ult for their life&039;s conditions, due to the irresponsible behavior they exhibit. It would mean they have to change&8230;. It&039;s much easier to blame “the other”.

Fact &8211; there are now less White babies being born in the US than non White babies. Soon Whites will be a minority group. Then the fun will really start.

April 20, 2012 at 1:18 pmI don&039;t hear or see many black people being revolted and speaking up. What I see reminds me of Trayvon Martin justice is like the split screen spectacle on TV when OJ Simpson got away with double homicide &8211; with blacks cheering because the tampered with jury of 9 Blacks and 3 intimidated white women found him not guilt despite overwhelming evidence he did it. Here, Zimmerman is being railroaded and it is obvious to all.

The symbol of justice is a virtuous woman, blindfolded with a pair of scales. Obviously in this day and age that blind fold has developed some holes in the bric. I only know these cts:

Given the way the left has depicted Trayvon Martin&8217;s deathas a case of a white Hispanic who hunted down a young African American and was subsequently given a pass by a corrupt and racist criminal-justice systemone could hardly have been shocked to learn that on April 7th in Gainesville, Florida, a group of at least five black men shouted Trayvon! before proceeding tobeatan innocent, 27-year-old white pedestrian so badly as to leave his ce permanently disfigured. Neither was it particularly surprising when, four days lateragain in Gainesvillea blackcrowdshouted Trayvon! while assaulting a white man who was trying to wrest his female companion&8217;s purse from the hands of a black man who had just stolen it. Nor could it be described as stunning that someone in Sanford, Florida shotsix bulletsinto an empty police cruiser on the morning of April 10thto register an utakable vote of disapproval over how local police had purportedly mishandled their response to George Zimmerman&8217;s recent killing of Martin.

April 19, 2012 at 11:19 pmThis article would be much more amusing if it were proclaimed from atop a soapbox in Gainesville. I want to hear the part “let us briefly survey the mountain of empirical evidence&8230;” issued by Perazzo as the crowd gathers.

Either way Whites get it in the neck and most take it and dont utter one word of complaint. The White attrition rate is too high for the next to zero recognition Whites get for attempting to open their hearts and borders to and wallets to non Whites.

April 20, 2012 at 4:33 pmI wish you&039;d dump your “Amos n&039; Andy” routine,mrbean. It&039;s not funny and it&039;s really old and really stupid.

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April 20, 2012 at 4:31 pmI disagree with some of your post,mrbean but not all of it. The Muslims who disagree with the jihadists are scared that THEY might end up sued or dead,like so many others who go against what the radicals want. So they keep silent. I don&039;t like the anti-semitism in mosques. Once again,most Muslims aren&039;t going to raise the issue because they&039;re afraid for their very lives or they don&039;t want to cause problems. The same thing with blacks. There are many that might not like what Sharpton and the New Black Panther Party are doing,but remain silent either to keep peace with mily and friends or they don&039;t want to get hurt either economically or physically by those like the New Black Panthers.

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April 19, 2012 at 1:59 pmBut The Left will never decry the REAL racism of Black-on-White &8211; Yes, Leftists,and the Black Racists you&039;ve always provided Mafia-like protection for decades: BLACKS DO HAVE “DA POW-WAH TO BE RACIST” , and MUST suffer because of it!!!!!

You just spoke to one (ME) that&039;s truly outraged at all this and am tired of Jesse, Al and Dragonlady Maxine of speaking on my behalf. All they do is permanently label blacks as ignorant second class citizens that&039;s ripping this country in half.

April 19, 2012 at 6:24 amRather than become a racist, take a practical view of circumstances understanding the risks, and I realize there are many, and sift out the good and bad. We know that a lot if not most black crime affects other black people. Are these “other black people” bad too or are they just as worried and concerned as the rest of us? It is a bit of a numbers game insomuch as blacks offend at a higher rate, but all I have to do is watch oneBlack Aftermath of the History Channel&039;s prison programs to see some extremely unpleasant white people.

At Treyarchs office in Los Angeles, company boss Mark Lamia steps into a darkened theater filled with journalists. Hes chipper, excited to finally talk about the game his team has been slaving over for more than a year. Despite a tightly constructed marketing schedule, the secret ofBlack Ops 2was hard to contain; its existence began to leak in January.

Garnering legions of ns tends to wedge a franchise right between those that crave more of the same content, and those that loathe its existence.Call of Duty: Black Ops 2is in the same spot, but developer Treyarch is looking to create some wiggle room between the two camps in its next contribution to Activisions billion dollar franchise.

Though control of the worlds oil reserves continues to be the source of tension today, the future battle for resources inBlack Ops 2revolves around Rare Earth Materials. Rare Earths are a combination of minerals used to create everything from smart phones, laptops, and earth-conscious, wind-powered generators. Its also a central component in the creation of weapons: guided missiles, drones, and more rely on these rare earths.

Throughout the campaign, players will be given the choice to take part in Strike Force missions, with a key objective that can shift the landscape of the greater battle between China and the United States. Sometimes multiple missions will be available, but only one can be selected. Based on the success or ilure of these missions — and you can actually il to accomplish your objective — the campaign story will change. There are also choices within levels. In a mission shown at the event, players were given the choice between covering their team with a sniper rifle from a perch, or hitting the ground alongside their squad. According to Lamia, player choice can also lead to the death of key characters during the campaign.

Its Menendezs actions that throw the United States and China into a chaotic war. A cyber attack cripples the China Stock Exchange, which leads the country to horde a precious material that is headlines in real life today.

According to Lamia,Black Ops 2comes from a team that has worked together for an extended period of time, where comfort levels and success allow them to challenge assumptions and deliver something they believe can push the franchise forward. This leads to one of the most interesting changes since Infinity Ward took the franchise to the modern era: branching stories.

Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books? game director Dave Anthony asks the room, thats sort of the idea we have here. It seems crazy Treyarch would spend time and resources to create levels players may never see during a single playthrough,rappelz gold. but its extraordinarily ambitious and an idea that intrigues me.

Let me introduce you to the worst kept secret in the game industry, Lamia says as he walks in front of a giant screen embellished with the sleekBlack Ops 2logo. The walls around the screen are lined with concept art, some of it modeled after surveillance photos from in-orbit satellites, but all with a futuristic tint to them. Saying that, Lamia continues, we think whatBlack Ops 2is about is one of the best kept secrets in the industry.

This is a direct sequel toBlack Ops, Lamia says, adding that one of the central characters from the previous installment, Sgt. Frank Woods, is alive and well in the sequel. Rather than lead off from the previous game,Black Ops 2will feature two distinct time periods: the 1980s vintage Cold War, and a grounded future in which the United States and China are embroiled in a new Cold War. The idea, Lamia admits, is to show some parity between both periods and allow players to get a better glimpse into the characters involved. Technology and the reasons for battle change, but the objective remains the same: win at all costs.

President Barack ObamBlack Aftermatha wasrecently in the newsstating that the U.S., European Union, and Japan will bring a case against China to the World Trade Organization because of the nations export restrictions on the material. China, according to multiple reports, produces over 95 percent of all rare earths. InBlack Ops 2, the stock exchange incident, which traces back to the United States, offers the perfect excuse for China to keep the materials to itself.

To keep things even, and to show off the near-future technology Treyarch has added to Call of Duty,Black Ops 2multiplayer will take place exclusively in 2025. Though the developer wouldnt go into detail on the franchises most important component, game design director David Vonderhaar noted it was important for the team to strip the entire multiplayer down to the most important pieces, to ensureBlack Ops 2would have the best gameplay system that you can have, period. Two multiplayer maps were shown: a destroyed downtown Los Angeles map called Aftermath and a map called Yemen, set in a deserted island town. A more detailed multiplayer reveal is expected later this year.

As implied by the early marketing,Call of Duty: Black Ops 2thrusts the franchise into the near future. But this isnt Halo or Battlefield 2142 – this is a future that isnt as r off as we may think, and its not the period of time gamers will be visiting when the game launches this November.

Call of Dutydetractors may complain the series hasnt evolved enough over time, butBlack Ops 2may change things. The developers at Treyarch, from what Ive seen, are doing what they can to make this a unique experience for ns – and perhaps garner the interest of people outside that huge group. The studio certainly has the ability to rise to the challenge, so well be keeping a close eye onBlack Ops 2as the games November 13 release date inches closer.

Former Pentagon employee and author Peter W. Singer, whose bookWired For War: The Robotics Revolution and Conflict in the 21st Centuryoutlines the militarys change in attitude toward unmanned technology in recent history, is helping Treyarch keep the future setting grounded in reality. In some cases he told us we didnt go r enough, Lamia explains after I ask him about concepts that seemed too futuristic to be included in the game. But will war ever escalate to call for the amount of drones and machines seen in theBlack Ops 2trailer? When U.S. forces went into Iraq, the original invasion had zero robotic systems on the ground, Singer wrote in 2009s Wired For War. By the end of 2006, it had reached the 5,000 mark and growing. It was projected to reach as high as 12,000 by the end of 2008.

Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 takes place in the year 2025, players must undertake a series of secret operations to reclaim a series of robotic weaponry from the enemy.

In another mission, Los Angeles has been ravaged by unmanned attack drones. David Mason and his partner, Harper, are tasked with escorting the President of the United States when their convoy is attacked by a fleet of these drones. Here were introduced to a new piece of gear: a scope with the same ability as the full-body scanner found in modern airports.

Zombies, of course, will also return, but those are timeless creatures. The only shred of info revealed for the returning mode is that Treyarch will now present it within the multiplayer engine, it easier to take advantage of certain elements found in that mode.

InBlack Ops 2players will play as former protagonist Alex Mason in the 1980s, and as his son, David Mason, in 2025. The two periods are entwined with the return of Woods and a new villain, Raul Menendez. The story arc spans the Mason mily and Woods, and plot out the rise and ll of Menendez. Working with David S. Goyer, who helped co-develop the story forThe Dark Knight, Treyarch has decided to shine a more detailed light on its villain. Players will see the breaking point for Menendez in the 1980s to better understand his motivations for terror in the future. We see a man go from good soldier to bitter terrorist, and his story is as important to the entire plot ofBlack Ops 2as any other character we meet. Its a character study. Its a story about these characters, Lamia explains to me later.

Setting the majority of the game in 2025 doesnt mean Treyarch will showcase a war of laser guns and giant mech suits. The conceit inBlack Ops 2is that technology has continued to grow and the military has better embraced the use of drones on the battlefield. Many of the concepts featured inBlack Ops 2are taking existing technology and increasing its fBlack Aftermath Black Ops 2 spans decades, offers branching missioerociousness, or shrinking it down to size.

The military has something like this now, except its this huge rig on a truck, Lamia tells me, describing an area scanner that takes a three-hundred-and-sixty degree image, revealing everything within nearby structures and underground. Its this giant prototype that has been shrunk down into the scope inBlack Ops 2, allowing players to see through structures and spot hiding enemies. Its certainly future technology, but it could be within the realm of possibility in the next decade.

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The peril in even examining this subject is that one is likely to be perceived as a racist whenever one makes particular observations based on past history. So be it.

Perhaps the self-appointed neighborhood watch commander was destined to become a martyr regardless of the truth, when he killed justified or not the youth.

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It appears that the nature of his martyrdom has yet to be determined.

If the cts of the case ultimately establish that Zimmerman is not guilty as charged, what of it? Should he be expected to subject himself to a hellish prison existence to placate the irate masses of blacks in their bloodlust for justice?

The disparity of views over Martins death is even less ambiguous than another racially charged case, the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

Zimmerman has claimed self-defense, invoking the Sunshine States Stand Your Ground law which has also come under intense scrutiny in the wake of the incident.

Exactly what kind of justice is that anyway?

Significantly nonexistent afterwards was rioting, looting and burning of businesses, or attacks on hapless victims. After all, a black man had received justice, so-called.

In the days following that trial, blacks and Hispanics took to the streets of the L.A. basin killing, burning, rampaging, and robbing, feelingtheyhad been denied justice.

Otherwise, Frazier concludes,a not-guilty verdict in this case could very easily turn the racial cold war into a very hot Black writer warns of probable aftermath if Zimmer Black Aftermathone.

It is however, as though Fraziersreferenced columnis part cautionary and part threat. In it he concludes that Zimmerman, for the good of the country should quietly accepta plea deal that has him back on the street within this decade.

Reuters news service reported last week, 91% of blacks believe Martin was unjustly killed, while only 35% of whites concurred. Hispanics were in between at 59% according topolling numbersReuters gathered by querying nearly 2,000 Americans.

Whether or not the Reuters survey is completely accurate, it suggests that the rift between races in the U.S. is widening, not closing.

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Its tragic that the land ofliberty and justice for all,has become something so vastly distorted and darBlack Aftermathker these days.

For instance, when O.J. Simpson was acquitted vast numbers of blacks rejoiced, while the majority of whites bemoaned the jury for its asininity. And… that was just aboutit.

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Mansfield Frazier, an excellent black writer, a man whowatched the King riots unfold from a Los Angeles motel window,warns that an acquittal in the Zimmerman trial could put America indanger of cing Rodney King, Part II.

In the aftermath of Simpsons astonishing acquittal, despite the mountain of damning evidence implicating the former professional football star of killing his ex-wife and her friend,Gallup Pollsshowed that 78% of blacks believed the verdict was correct, while less than half,rappelz rupees. 47%, of whites believe the jury got it right.

Statistics show a deep divide in opinions along racial lines regarding the killing of a black Florida teenager, Trayvon Martin, by George Zimmerman, who is of mixed ethnicity, white and Hispanic.

Not so when the jury in the trial of police officers involved in the beating of defiant motorist Rodney King in Los Angeles iled to elicit the verdicts minorities were clamoring for.

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Demonstrating his own undeniable prejudice, Frazier also refers to Zimmermans ther asa knee-jerk r-right ideologuefor stating in a CBS interview that he,never foresaw so much hate coming from the president, the Congressional Black Caucus, the NAACP.

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St. Louis • A top National Rifle Association official levied sharp criticism against the national media on Saturday, accusing it of sensationalizing the Trayvon Martin case and ignoring other crimes that happen across the country every day.

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Is it tragic that people react that way? Yes. Is it unir? Yes. But it is understandable, he said.

NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre didnt mention the Martin case by name during his speech at the groups annual meeting in St. Louis, but he accused the media of sensational reporting from Florida. The 17-year-old Martin was unarmed when he was tally shot Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense.

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George Zimmerman is the NRA, the groups president, Dan Gross, said in a statement earlier this week. And Floridas Shoot First, Ask Questions Later law and the paranoid mentality it promotes are products of the NRAs vision for America, where just about anybody can get and use a gun just about anywhere.

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Police initially didnt charge Zimmerman, prompting nationwide protests. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder last week.

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But the media, they dont care, LaPierre said. Everyday victims arent celebrities. They dont draw ratings, dont draw sponsors. But sensational reporting from Florida does. In the aftermath of one of Floridas many daily tragedies, my phone has been ringing off the hook with calls from reporters.

Nashville, Tenn. The head of the Southern Baptist Conventions public policy arm condemns the response of many black leaders to the Trayvon Martin case as shameful. Some black pastors within the nations largest Protestant denomination say Richard Lands comments are setting back an effort to broaden the iths appeal beyond its traditional white, Southern base.

NRA Executive Director Chris Cox defended such self-defense laws during Saturdays meeting, recalling the case of Sarah McKinley, who was alone with her baby in her rural Oklahoma home when an intruder armed with a hunting knife broke down the door. McKinley shot and killed the man.

Until Saturday, LaPierre had declined to comment on the Martin case, citing a need to learn all the cts. During the NRA gathering, he called the news media a national disgrace. LaPierre said violent crime is an everyday ct of life in every American city.

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The case has drawn new attention to self-defense laws that give people a broad right to use deadly force without having to retreat from a fight. The NRA strongly supports such statutes, known as stand your ground or castle doctrine laws, which are in effect in about 30 states.

Land, who is white, said in an interview he has no regrets about his remarks. He said he understaBlack Aftermath NRA official: Media sensationalizing Martin casends why the case has touched a nerve among black leaders Fiesta Silver, but he also defended the idea that people are justified in seeing young black men as threatening: A black man is statistically more likely to do you harm than a white man.

Some gun-control advocates have seized on the shooting to renew debate about guns. Officials with the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence have pledged to use the case to fight proposed federal legislation that would force states with strict gun laws to recognize Black Aftermathconcealed weapons permits granted in other states that have fewer requirements.

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Messages left with the group Saturday werent immediately returned. Rallies against Missouris stand your ground law were held ahead of and during the NRA gathering, though efforts to overturn the law seem unlikely given its strong backing in the Republican-controlled Legislature.

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Zimmerman, 28, told police that he was attacked by Martin and believed he had no choice but to shoot him in self-defense. The teenagers mily believes Zimmerman singled out Martin as suspicious because he was black. Zimmermans ther is white and his mother is Hispanic.

Castle doctrine can literally save your life, Cox said.

Land says he stands by his assertion that President Barack Obama poured gasoline on the racialist fires when he addressed Martins slaying and that Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton have used the case to try to gin up the black vote for an African American president who is in deep, deep, deep trouble for re-election.

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