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"It Will Be Deemed LEGAL In US To Chase & Shoot Dead an Unarmed Young Black Man On His Way Home"
"Fucking punks," Zimmerman told the police dispatcher that night. "These assholes. They always get away."
Open season on black boys after a verdict like this
Calls for calm after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin are empty words for black families
Trayvon Martin, who was shot dead in February last year. Photograph: Reuters
Let it be noted that on this day, Saturday 13 July 2013, it was still deemed legal in the US to chase and then shoot dead an unarmed young black man on his way home from the store because you didn't like the look of him.
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Appeals for calm in the wake of such a verdict raise the question of what calm there can possibly be in a place where such a verdict is possible. Parents of black boys are not likely to feel calm. Partners of black men are not likely to feel calm. Children with black fathers are not likely to feel calm. Those who now fear violent social disorder must ask themselves whose interests are served by a violent social order in which young black men can be thus slain and discarded.
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Since it was Zimmerman who stalked Martin, the question remains: what ground is a young black man entitled to and on what grounds may he defend himself? What version of events is there for that night in which Martin gets away with his life? Or is it open season on black boys after dark?
Zimmerman's not guilty verdict will be contested for years to come. But he passed judgement on Trayvon that night summarily.
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So true it's painful. And so predictable it hurts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/14/open-season-black-boys-verdict
Calls for calm after George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin are empty words for black families
Trayvon Martin, who was shot dead in February last year. Photograph: Reuters
Let it be noted that on this day, Saturday 13 July 2013, it was still deemed legal in the US to chase and then shoot dead an unarmed young black man on his way home from the store because you didn't like the look of him.
..................
Appeals for calm in the wake of such a verdict raise the question of what calm there can possibly be in a place where such a verdict is possible. Parents of black boys are not likely to feel calm. Partners of black men are not likely to feel calm. Children with black fathers are not likely to feel calm. Those who now fear violent social disorder must ask themselves whose interests are served by a violent social order in which young black men can be thus slain and discarded.
....................
Since it was Zimmerman who stalked Martin, the question remains: what ground is a young black man entitled to and on what grounds may he defend himself? What version of events is there for that night in which Martin gets away with his life? Or is it open season on black boys after dark?
Zimmerman's not guilty verdict will be contested for years to come. But he passed judgement on Trayvon that night summarily.
...............
So true it's painful. And so predictable it hurts.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/14/open-season-black-boys-verdict
UPDATE
It is up now
But it was definitely pulled, with notice, for hours.
Maybe they had to run it past editorial staff gone for the day (time zone) but it is now published in full.
via:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/07/14/1223513/-WTF-Guardian-pulls-Gary-Younge-OPED-on-Trayvon-Martin-Verdict
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