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Originally Posted by Alumiyum
In Birmingham there are vigils being held for Trayvon and the city council wore hoodies. I like that the family is getting support. They should be getting it. So much about this case is just downright foul. But I had to wonder at the irony in Birmingham holding a vigil for this kid when we have a high per-capita murder rate, and so far this year almost all of the murders have been of young black men. (14 out of 15) I hope this case can be a jumping off point for cities to look into their own murder cases...I'm sure there are a ton of families around here that wish their children had gotten the same exposure when they were killed.
Aside from that this entire case scares me. How many times have I been with friends that looked/dressed just like him and why would anyone ever just SHOOT them while we were getting snacks or just hanging out outside? WTF?
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That was the mindset of a lot of Detroiters during the rally here. Although, now the grandmother of the 9 month old killed by a drive by... the same woman people shielded from the cameras at the rally... is FINALLY getting air time. Good for her for trying to speak out at the rally about our own violence.
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
Uh...what?
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Why does he need to get involved in local politics? Politics that are SO corrupt that the state NEEDS to step in to save our city. It doesn't make sense to me for outsiders to get involved, I don't care who it is, not just him. If he's going to get involved in Detroit's issues, focus on the gangs and violence and the dozens of black (and white) children that are dying.
I was thinking on the way home, if Zimmerman was correct that his head was being slammed into the ground... I wonder what the outcome would've been if he didn't have a gun on him. Would he have been killed? Would the country still be up in arms about the hood and racial profiling? A lot of different outcomes had the gun not been involved. Just thoughts.