(Roddy) White apologizes after suggesting Zimmerman jurors commit suicide

[alp227]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Falcons wide receiver Roddy White caused another digital firestorm with a tweet last night after the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial was announced.

White called for the jurors to kill themselves. He then tweeted about folks wanting him to get in trouble and later he apologized on Sunday.

Here’s the tweet that started his latest twitter controversy:

“All them jurors should go home tonight and kill themselves for letting a grown man get away with killing a kid,” he wrote on twitter.com on his verified @RoddyWhiteTV page.

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/football/white-apologizes-after-suggesting-zimmerman-jurors/nYqPb/

[NaturalHigh]

1. I saw something about that on USA Today.

What a waste of hot air this guy is.

[heaven05]

2. takes

one to know one.

[NaturalHigh]

3. Hey, I see what you did there!

Very witty.

[GeorgeGist]

4. I take it you think killing kids is OK?

[NaturalHigh]

5. Uh...no.

That's a pretty horrible thing to post, even if you are upset about the verdict. It's not as horrible as telling the jurors to go home and kill themselves, though.

[John2]

26. It might

be horrible to your ears, but at least he was honest about how he felt. You sure don't want to know what flashed in my mind. I just controled myself. At least they are not going out to commit violence.

[backwoodsbob]

8. posts like this

are why du3 should go back to the du2 mod system

[Stuckinthebush]

17. Please stop

Poor decision on that post. Step back please.

[Stuckinthebush]

16. Agreed

Things have become idiotic since the verdict. Here and at large on both sides.

[LearningCurve]

39. Agreed

Same guy who tweeted in the past, "Would you rather be straight or gay?" He then got upset about the pushback.

[another_liberal]

6. It wasn't the jurors who dropped the ball.

It was the inept, lackluster prosecution team who didn't fulfill their responsibilities to give Trayvon the justice he deserves. Then to top it all off, State attorney, Angela Corey, holds what amounted to a self-congratulatory press conference to publicize her team's loss, a veritable celebration of their shared ineptitude!

[John2]

27. I guess that

you would have let him off too? I wouldn't have, and was suspicious from the start about that jury. Let them explain why they made their decisions if it wasn't about race. I don't see any way they can explain that decision with an honest face.

[another_liberal]

29. No, I would have voted to convict.

In fact, I would have asked for the judge's permission to convict on premeditated murder, first degree murder. However, I can understand the actual jury's decision, given the extremely poor performance Cory's prosecutors turned in for Trayvon.

[gtar100]

7. Yea that was a bit overboard. Their real consequence is having to wake up from the snowjob they

were handed by the defense and realizing what dupes they were. So they either get to spend the rest of their lives defending a stupid decision or stare it right in the face hoping that nobody else takes advantage of the "legal precedence" they just made with the stand-your-ground law.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. It's not nice

But if this guy was being honest with himself then it is what it is. It's not like his words could really hurt them or cause them to do that. I've never heard of him untili read this.

[ripcord]

14. If he really believed it

He wouldn't have backed down and apologized. Many people say cruel and hurtful things when they are upset, the problem is that you can't take them back. I really would have liked to see Zimmerman jailed but I also hope the jurors aren't harassed, it would be pretty bad if we couldn't field juries because people were afraid of retaliation.

[Blue_Tires]

36. I'm pretty sure the coach/general manager/owner had a little "chat" with him

[Igel]

18. He's not.

He wants a consequence-free venting, though.

Says something truly foul.

Then says people are trying to get him in trouble.

Nope. He got himself in trouble.

[goldent]

10. This guy insults people who agree to do jury duty

Jurors are instructed to rule based on the writing of the law and on the evidence they've heard. Pleasing a football player is never mentioned, as far as I know.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

12. Scotsbourough Boys jury did the same thing

Juries are now infallible? Zimmerman has too many apologists on DU.

[goldent]

13. "Zimmerman has too many apologists on DU."

Yep, I think the process is to form an opinion, and then mold your version of the facts around it. I found it is surprisingly easy

[Nanjing to Seoul]

23. if that is a slight against people who say criticizing juries is wrong and posting something like:

as: This guy insults people who agree to do jury duty

Jurors are instructed to rule based on the writing of the law and on the evidence they've heard. Pleasing a football player is never mentioned, as far as I know. "

I think the jury should be lobotomized, just like the Rodney King jury should have been as well.

Don't tell me personal bias isn't put into a jury room. This isn't the movie "12 Angry Men."

Pleasing a football player is never mentioned - flippant and snide. Expected from apologists.

How would you have voted in the jury? If you say "none of my business," we can assume you would agree Zimmy had the right to kill that child.

[joshcryer]

22. Nope, but they're more accurate than tribunals.

Not sure of a system that is better than the jury system.

I think FL's system is flawed in that they have 6 jurors.

The more the merrier. Simple mob intelligence logic.

[Blue_Tires]

35. but at least one juror announced to a national TV audience that she didn't do that...

[groundloop]

11. Stupid comments like that aren't going to correct a bad decision

Roddy would be well advised think before he tweets. As bad as the jury decision was, nothing good will come of saying stupid crap like this.

Hell no I don't agree with the jury's decision, but it's over with. Everyone needs to act like the adults that they are and work to change an idiotic law (in many states, not just Florida) that let this happen.

[Nanjing to Seoul]

24. yet we complained for eight years over Bush v. Gore and have complained since Citizen United

Hell no I don't agree with the SCOTUS decision, but it's over with.

Everyone needs to act like the adults that they are and work to change an idiotic law that let this happen, but we can't appeal the SCOTUS decision, so there is nothing we can do except act like adults and deal with it because it's over.

Faulty logic. People say dumb things in the heat of the moment. I leave it to that.

[John2]

28. It is not

over. You make it sound so simple. It will leave an impression on people for the rest of their lives, and the jury was predominately white. It amazes me how some people try to play down racial issues when it comes to certain groups being victims. Like I said, at least he did not go out and burn something or take justice in his own hands like some people I know.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

15. Wow. What a horrible thing to say.

[Blue_Tires]

30. Not as horrible as the verdict, naturally...

[WhoWoodaKnew]

33. If you ask me, they both were bad.

[blkmusclmachine]

19. Meh.

[Festivito]

20. It was the police not the jurors, judges or prosecutors. eom

[Pterodactyl]

21. I don't get this whole "go kill yourself" thing. It's really a bizarre insult.

[Blue_Tires]

31. Really? I've probably used it as long as I've been online...

[Pterodactyl]

32. Please explain it to me, because I just don't get it.

I suppose it means the person being criticized should feel so much shame, that they would commit suicide. But I can't imagine someone upon hearing this would actually reverse his opinion and then take an overdose of drugs or commit some equally deadly act.

Or maybe the person who says "go kill yourself" means that he or she would like to kill the offending person but because of the distance and anonymity of the internet can't follow through on the killing.

To me, it seems to be the equivalent of Die! Die! Die! but adding the extra complexity of killing by one's own hand dilutes the message.

So, what's up with that?

[Blue_Tires]

34. it's a way of saying "I wish you'd die"

"You really deserve to die" or "I really want to kill you" without the cops on your doorstep to ask why you're making violent threats of bodily harm...

[Kennah]

37. Not all that different from Xians "Bless your heart!"

[Nanjing to Seoul]

25. Non-story. Who cares. . .moving on with my life!

[Kennah]

38. On a scale of 1 to 10, it's a 2.