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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOkay so a black man is now allowed
To run up to a white kid with a packet of M and M's and shoot him dead?
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Okay so a black man is now allowed (Original Post)
brettdale
Jul 2013
OP
Because there was evidence that Zimmerman drew his gun before even approaching Trayvon.
justanidea
Jul 2013
#7
Only if the 17 yr old white kid sucker punches him first, then gets him on the ground &
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#3
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)1. yeah we'll see how fast
that guy winds up in prison for the rest of his life
justanidea
(291 posts)2. Provided the white kid first attacks him and starts bashing his head in.
Yes.
Your a 14 year old kid and a guyy runs up to you with a gun, what do you do?
justanidea
(291 posts)7. Because there was evidence that Zimmerman drew his gun before even approaching Trayvon.
Riiiiiight.....
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)3. Only if the 17 yr old white kid sucker punches him first, then gets him on the ground &
starts hitting him.
And only if the black man is licensed to carry a gun.
And only if the black man is a neighborhood watch captain and is following the white kid first.
It gets complicated, with all the facts.
JRLeft
(7,010 posts)4. A black is only allowed to know his place and stay black and die. Always have been this way.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)5. nope nt
ecstatic
(32,704 posts)8. Nope. It only works the other way around
Apparently the formula they can use is: Stalk, Provoke, then shoot to kill right after the person defends him/herself.