@BillRM,
Quote:LOL No justice no peace in other world hang Zimmerman or we will riot.
Where in that video is Sharpton threatening riots or violence?
Do you just enjoy smearing black people? You have done that repeatedly in this thread, including your branding Trayvon Martin as a "hoodlum"--a criminal--totally without justification.
If anyone has racist attitudes it's you.
There is endemic bias and discrimination within the law enforcement and criminal justice systems that adversely affects how blacks, particularly black men, are regarded and treated, and the black community has every reason to be angry and vocal about that situation.
And why shouldn't they have been particularly upset, and outraged, over this tragic case, where a black teen, engaging in no wrong doing of any kind, is recklessly pursued and killed, and the state attorney then fails to act on a police investigator's recommendation that the shooter be arrested and charged with manslaughter? What is wrong with their demanding justice? What is wrong with their demanding the arrest of a man, who killed an unarmed black teen, who wasn't bothering anyone, so that the killer can be held legally answerable for his actions? That video was made prior to Zimmerman's arrest. No one was calling for Zimmerman's hanging--they very rightly wanted him arrested. And their activism succeeded.
You hypocritically, in thread after thread, bitch and moan about the size of our prison population, a prison population in which blacks are dis proportionally represented, as though you were truly concerned about the issue, with absolutely no recognition on your part that racial bias within the law enforcement and criminal justice systems helps to account for all those black faces behind bars. And that same sort of bias within the system may well have accounted for why George Zimmerman was not arrested the night he killed someone--the death of an apparently unarmed and innocent black teen was not deemed worthy enough for a more complete legal inquiry, even though a lead investigator felt unconvinced by the killer's account that he acted in self defense. There should have been outrage over that judgment call. Zimmerman should be held legally accountable for his actions--he committed a homicide--and the situation did not clearly or unequivocally indicate justified self defense.
You're simply too biased to see that. In your mind, and in the absence of all the facts, you've already decided he was fully justified in killing another black "hoodlum".
While I don't admire everything Al Sharpton does, in this particular area, relating to the criminal justice system, I think his activism has been both appropriate and effective in raising awareness and marshaling protest. And he has
never advocated violence. His rallying cry, "No justice, no peace," has only referred to the continuation of organized protest demonstrations until public officials recognize and respond to the issues. And organized peaceful protests are a legitimate way of accomplishing that. If it took public pressure to get public officials to take another look at the killing of Trayvon Martin, and finally arrest George Zimmerman, so that his actions that night could be better scrutinized in an appropriate legal manner, what is wrong with that? What is wrong with searching for a legal determination of whether he was justified in using deadly force when he shot Martin--particularly since there have been questions about that all along?
Had you any real interest in seeking justice, including justice for George Zimmerman, you'd be happy this matter is now in court--that's where it really belonged all along.
