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**Srewxardsasv** · 03-20-2012, 03:42 PM

His family claims he isn't racist, and that he is "hispanic", I wonder how he feels about what he did. I still suspect mental disabilities, I saw the kid he shot, I don't even see how he could've mistaken the kid for dangerous, he was unarmed, and the kid ran from him, why would he shoot him, the only way I can make sense of this, if he isn't a senseless (I'd think a sensible person wouldn't believe they'd get away with this, or that it was worth it to shoot an unarmed kid) and psychopathic racist, I feel like he must be psychologically disturbed.

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Then there is the case of a white teen in Florida, Michael Brewer, who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire, by a group of non-white teens. That was never mentioned as racist, but I think it was. I saw local news footage of the teens being tried in court, and all were black or hispanic.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/...a.teen.burned/
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581075,00.html

Wait, why do you believe that was racially motivated, but not the Zimmerman shooting? Or do you think they both were racially motivated? From the articles you left, it sounds like these kids thought they were gangsters or something. I know there are racially motivated crimes committed by "whites" and "blacks", I wouldn't deny that but I don't see evidence in the case you put up.

This case seems racially motivated to me http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/06/...ime/index.html
I say that because there is evidence in the case that the boys had racist intention behind their violence. I'm not sure about the Zimmerman case though, but if he isn't racist, something must be wrong with him, and if he is racist I guess there still must be something wrong with him cause his actions were unhidden, and this is 2012. You could get away with killing a "black" kid for no reason maybe 50 years ago, not today, of course I'm not familiar with Florida.

03-20-2012, 03:42 PM	#25
Srewxardsasv Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 420 Senior Member	His family claims he isn't racist, and that he is "hispanic", I wonder how he feels about what he did. I still suspect mental disabilities, I saw the kid he shot, I don't even see how he could've mistaken the kid for dangerous, he was unarmed, and the kid ran from him, why would he shoot him, the only way I can make sense of this, if he isn't a senseless (I'd think a sensible person wouldn't believe they'd get away with this, or that it was worth it to shoot an unarmed kid) and psychopathic racist, I feel like he must be psychologically disturbed. ---------- Post added 2012-03-20 at 03:59 ---------- Then there is the case of a white teen in Florida, Michael Brewer, who was doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire, by a group of non-white teens. That was never mentioned as racist, but I think it was. I saw local news footage of the teens being tried in court, and all were black or hispanic. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/13/...a.teen.burned/ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581075,00.html Wait, why do you believe that was racially motivated, but not the Zimmerman shooting? Or do you think they both were racially motivated? From the articles you left, it sounds like these kids thought they were gangsters or something. I know there are racially motivated crimes committed by "whites" and "blacks", I wouldn't deny that but I don't see evidence in the case you put up. This case seems racially motivated to me http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/06/...ime/index.html I say that because there is evidence in the case that the boys had racist intention behind their violence. I'm not sure about the Zimmerman case though, but if he isn't racist, something must be wrong with him, and if he is racist I guess there still must be something wrong with him cause his actions were unhidden, and this is 2012. You could get away with killing a "black" kid for no reason maybe 50 years ago, not today, of course I'm not familiar with Florida.
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