chief_wigam;1126258 wrote:I don't give a shit. If it was a white kid who was shot by a black man, and he wasn't arrested, there would be ZERO public out cry. The racist thing is played out.

chief_wigam;1126258 wrote:I don't give a ****. If it was a white kid who was shot by a black man, and he wasn't arrested, there would be ZERO public out cry. The racist thing is played out.

Automatik;1126265 wrote:The kid's dad lived in the community. He stepped out to the store during halftime of the all star game.

He had skittles and an iced tea. The vigilante wanna be was strapped.

Read up on it, the story is beyond fucked. It seems that Zimmerman was obsessed with looking for crime, calling the cops, 911, etc.

bigdaddy2003;1126272 wrote:According to a ton of people on Yahoo the culprit is "white spanish." It's pretty sad that people are stretching this enough just to use a racism angle.

sportchampps;1126285 wrote:Yeah the news has clearly reported that the man is spanish and that he has a past record. Anyone saying he is white doesnt watch the news or read articles. So far we have heard from Mcburg that its the kids fault because he ran away from a stranger approaching him and its the kids fault from geraldo rivera b/c he was wearing a hoodie. Zimmerman was told by the 911 operator to not follow the kid. It also sounds like he calls the kid a fucking coon on the 911 call. The dude has called 911 every chance he has ever had http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/22/george-zimmerman-s-history-of-911-calls-a-complete-log.html.

bigdaddy2003;1126128 wrote:I'm kind of shocked this story hasn't been discussed on here. For those who don't know a 17 year old black kid was shot by a 28 year old member of the neighborhood watch. It's heating up now with the cries of racism so I thought I would see what the opinion of the OC was on the issue. I couldn't find an article about the story now without the racism angle since it happened at the end of February or I would have posted it. Has anyone followed the story and do you have an opinion?

bigdaddy2003;1126272 wrote:According to a ton of people on Yahoo the culprit is "white spanish." It's pretty sad that people are stretching this enough just to use a racism angle.

ManO'War;1126263 wrote:There are a lot of facts that the general public doesn't know, so it's hard to come to any conclusions.

The part I wonder about is that this took place in a gated community. When I lived in Florida, I lived across the inter coastal waterway from a gated community that was very affluent. It was surrounded by a fence on the side that the water wasn't a boundary, and had a guard at the entrance 24/7. You couldn't get in unless you lived there, or if you were visiting and the guard could call and get permission from the homeowner to let you in. So my question is was this kid visiting someone inside the community, in which case he could have just told that to Zimmerman. If not, then what was he doing in there? If he wasn't supposed to be in there, then Zimmerman had the right to see what he was up to. But there is no way it should have escalated to the point that it did.

hoops23;1126305 wrote:The kids father lived in the neighborhood. He went to the store to grab some snacks during halftime of the game. He owed NO EXPLANATION to Zimmerman and it doesn't seem Zimmerman was looking for an explanation, he was looking for trouble. He shot an unarmed kid. There is no backing up what he did.

sportchampps;1126285 wrote:Yeah the news has clearly reported that the man is spanish and that he has a past record. Anyone saying he is white doesnt watch the news or read articles. So far we have heard from Mcburg that its the kids fault because he ran away from a stranger approaching him and its the kids fault from geraldo rivera b/c he was wearing a hoodie. Zimmerman was told by the 911 operator to not follow the kid. It also sounds like he calls the kid a fucking coon on the 911 call. The dude has called 911 every chance he has ever had http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/03/22/george-zimmerman-s-history-of-911-calls-a-complete-log.html.

hoops23;1126305 wrote:The kids father lived in the neighborhood. He went to the store to grab some snacks during halftime of the game. He owed NO EXPLANATION to Zimmerman and it doesn't seem Zimmerman was looking for an explanation, he was looking for trouble. He shot an unarmed kid. There is no backing up what he did.

ManO'War;1126373 wrote:I read that it was his father's "fiance" that lived in the neighborhood.

Also, the reason the racism was brought into this is that with his name everyone jumped to the conclusion that he was a white guy...until his own family said he was latino.

Ytowngirlinfla;1126412 wrote:Why does it even have to be a racist thing? It should just be an injustice case. Instead everything nowadays turns into racism. People need to get over it.

Mooney44Cards;1126416 wrote:Oh man, I love how white people are suddenly the victims in this. THE WHITES ARE GETTING BLAMED EVEN THOUGH HE'S LATINO!

You don't have to be white to be racist. Hell, you can be black and be racist against blacks. If he thought the kid was suspicious because of the color of his skin, he is racist.

Ytowngirlinfla;1126412 wrote:Why does it even have to be a racist thing? It should just be an injustice case. Instead everything nowadays turns into racism. People need to get over it.

hoops23;1126301 wrote:Racism is being pointed out now because it was said by an individual close to Zimmerman that he was a bit racist.