The Killing of Treyvon Martin

**BriRedfern** · 03-28-2012, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by WillieLee

I love personal experiences that become universal truths.

Come on Willie. I am not an idiot. When i put the phrase "and stuff" at the end of a sentence it is meant to be taken light heartedly. On top of that, I have been towing, what I think is, your line this whole thread.

While I don't have the same affinity for your posting style as Jason does, I do appreciate and mostly agree with the views that drive it.

**afroloq** · 03-28-2012, 06:09 PM

So, no,cuts or bruises huh??

**costello** · 03-28-2012, 06:18 PM

Originally Posted by afroloq

So, no,cuts or bruises huh??

Has that been the story all along? I've read bits and pieces of the thread but most of my info has been from Republican radio talk shows. The story keeps getting more and more out of control. When did it get out that the guy was jumped?

What a mess.

**afroloq** · 03-28-2012, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by costello

Has that been the story all along? I've read bits and pieces of the thread but most of my info has been from Republican radio talk shows. The story keeps getting more and more out of control. When did it get out that the guy was jumped?

What a mess.

well his side of the story was that Trayvon whupped his ass and that's why he shot him...that surveillance tape doesn't really show any evidence that he was in a fight.

**costello** · 03-28-2012, 06:30 PM

Originally Posted by afroloq

well his side of the story was that Trayvon whupped his ass and that's why he shot him...that surveillance tape doesn't really show any evidence that he was in a fight.

Thanks. I didn't know this until today. I don't like how so many people are coming out of the woodwork and trying to paint the victim as the bad guy.

**Ray G.** · 03-28-2012, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by afroloq

well his side of the story was that Trayvon whupped his ass and that's why he shot him...that surveillance tape doesn't really show any evidence that he was in a fight.

Yep, he does not look like a guy who just had his head slammed against the pavement repeatedly.

**Matt Jay** · 03-28-2012, 06:45 PM

Safe to assume that it was Trayvon screaming on the tape. Unless Zimmerman was getting a titty twister or something.

**WillieLee** · 03-28-2012, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by BriRedfern

Come on Willie. I am not an idiot. When i put the phrase "and stuff" at the end of a sentence it is meant to be taken light heartedly. On top of that, I have been towing, what I think is, your line this whole thread.

While I don't have the same affinity for your posting style as Jason does, I do appreciate and mostly agree with the views that drive it.

I selected your post instead of the others relating their personal experiences for a reason. And now you have failed me.

View my post as a comment based on the general view expressed in this ,and other threads around the internet, that personal experiences trump the actual facts of the case that no one is privy to except for the investigators involved and not a personal comment directed at you.

According to many on the internet, Payton Manning will never play football again because they had neck surgery and it stung like the dickens!

My only line is that people are nuts and will continue to highlight arguments they think bolster their position while dismissing ones that counter their beliefs. People are actually rewriting established laws to fit their beliefs, how is that not funny?

**Kedd** · 03-28-2012, 07:04 PM

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/201...tin-1995-2012/

**Matt Jay** · 03-28-2012, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by WillieLee

I selected your post instead of the others relating their personal experiences for a reason. And now you have failed me.

View my post as a comment based on the general view expressed in this ,and other threads around the internet, that personal experiences trump the actual facts of the case that no one is privy to except for the investigators involved and not a personal comment directed at you.

According to many on the internet, Payton Manning will never play football again because they had neck surgery and it stung like the dickens!

My only line is that people are nuts and will continue to highlight arguments they think bolster their position while dismissing ones that counter their beliefs. People are actually rewriting established laws to fit their beliefs, how is that not funny?

You have so much you can teach us.