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onehandle

(51,122 posts) Mon Aug 11, 2014, 05:54 PM Aug 2014

Michael Brown's family lawyer just invoked the name of gun rights' poster boy, George Zimmerman.

In the context of the tragedy of young African-Americans being gunned down.

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Michael Brown's family lawyer just invoked the name of gun rights' poster boy, George Zimmerman. (Original Post) onehandle Aug 2014 OP

Saw that, and it is unfortunate that he needs to on so many levels. Skidmore Aug 2014 #1

Skidmore

(37,364 posts)

1. Saw that, and it is unfortunate that he needs to on so many levels.

Reply to onehandle (Original post)

Mon Aug 11, 2014, 06:01 PM

Aug 2014

My heart breaks for that boy's mother. No mother should have to stand before a microphone and try to give voice to such pain and heartache over the death of her child.

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