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  • Reply to: After Zimmerman, Let’s End Stand Your Ground   10 years 8 months ago
    If he has a gun he should be able to control the situation and walk away. Murder is murder and karma is what they say she is.
  • Reply to: After Zimmerman, Let’s End Stand Your Ground   10 years 8 months ago
    Thank you for pointing out how inaccurate this article is!
  • Reply to: Genetically Engineered Burrito? Chipotle Labels GMO   10 years 8 months ago
    "Its Minneapolis locations were subject to picketing in 2011 when it fired six hundred employees for working without immigration documents." Sounds pretty good to me. Only a racist would think that illegal immigrants should be exploited by an American fast food company.
  • Reply to: After Zimmerman, Let’s End Stand Your Ground   10 years 8 months ago
    This is condoned "murder" in the state of Florida? A woman chooses abortion and she goes to jail for stopping the development of a zygote? What gives here? I knew in my heart that the minute Zimmerman was charged after some 40+ days that he would be acquitted, if brought to trial. Why? Because I understood what "stand your ground" was about. It was and is about protecting the "shooter" from culpability, and in this case the defense was allowed to put Trayvon on trial and he not only lost the case, he lost his life. What a travesty! Tom Gutridge
  • Reply to: After Zimmerman, Let’s End Stand Your Ground   10 years 8 months ago
    As you can see from my earlier post when this tragedy came to light, I was pretty sure it was a case of an over zealous security guard wanna-be shooting a kid for being black. After all of the evidence has been presented, I have to ask how you think forcing people to run away will solve this. How far should a person have to retreat? How far do you personally feel you should have to retreat when being attacked? What if you can't retreat such as being cornered or subdued? That's the problem with not having a stand your ground law. I bet you wouldn't want to have to run from a criminal, if you even had the chance to get away. Since Zimmerman was on his back, he couldn't really retreat, could he? Your article is disingenuous in the calling of Mr. Martin a kid and referring to a 911 operator as a law enforcement agency. Can a 911 operator make a person stop committing a crime? The only trouble that Zimmerman was looking for was the criminal kind that were causing problems in his neighborhood, which he apparently found. If Mr. Martin was concerned for his safety, he should have called 911, just like Zimmerman did. Instead, he attacked someone and got what he deserved.

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