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Originally Posted by noonereal
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I too wondered why they filed 2nd degree murder charges when it seemed to warrant manslaughter charges. Florida's depravity litmus test seems like a hurdle that will be hard to clear. It almost guarantees acquital. Who knows? I'm no scholar and in the nobody club around here but as bad as this turned out for young Mr. Martin, I don't see this reprehensible act by an (obvious to me)POS idiot as anything other than aggravated assault and battery with manslaughter as the end result. If there is proof of race playing a factor it should be life w/o parole.
There isn't any evidence of race, so far, being involved. I sure would like to see less of the race card being bandied about by the pundits, especially those of the right. It smacks of "thee doeth protest too much."
History certainly shows there is a big racial bias and outright bigotry in this country. Sure, it's gone underground to a certain extent but it is still there. Calls of reverse discrimination is one that really bugs the hell out of me. It IS NOT the same thing.
For somebody (Anglo) to piss and moan about not being accepted in the Black,
Latino, Asian or Native American community is simply pathetic and/or just plain disengenuous. I really do wish we honkies (if you will) could walk a mile in their shoes, but it's simply not possible. To claim otherwise is demeaning to all of us.
Rant over- till the next time somebody posts up some BS like the one a few posts ago.