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Murder charge brought in Trayvon Martin case

The neighborhood watch volunteer who shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was arrested and charged with second-degree murder Wednesday after months of mounting tensions and protests across the country.

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Butch54 - 4/11/2012 11:12 PM
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This punk with his gun stalked a young man. Who had skittles and ice tea. What a joke this punk is. Last week I had a talk with someone just like him. Do you know how good it feels to tell a punk your gun means nothing. I don't carry and slapping all the taste out of your mouth is not life or death. Lock this punk up. A coward of the biggest kind. A punk that thinks his gun makes right. A man that doesn't carry never needs a gun, only a coward with a self esteem problem does something like this.

charlie c - 4/11/2012 10:17 PM
2 Votes
Where in the United States will they find 12 bias jury members that can honestly say they have heard nothing and know nothing about this case? What I am trying to say is if he is or is not guilty where will he get a fair trial? As far as Obama,Al Sharpton,Jessie Jackson,congress law makers,mike Tyson,Spike Lee, Black panthers, All should be charged with national terrorist acts,bounty for hire, all hate crimes. Let us not leave out liberal news media with their lies, tampering with video to promote hate and lies of showing a childs picture when indeed he was 17 and not the child in the picture!!!! A 17 year old can be tried as an adult and normally are.

thescreamer - 4/11/2012 4:28 PM
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Well, I can see a trumped up charge being pinned on Zimmerman. After Zimmerman wins his defense case, he should bring lawsuits against Martin's money hungry so-called mother, RACIST BIGOT Al Sharpton, & NBC news. Martin wasn't a child unlike the media wanted to portray him as being. I can see another pity case based on because I'm BLACK. REALLY... MRZGibbs,Zimmerman done the right thing. You don't shoot to wound. I been always been told by law enforcement & lawyers if you're forced to pull a weapon on someone it's not a game anymore you better make the kill shot before they can.

Lordoflords - 4/11/2012 3:45 PM
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MrzGibbs, I don't disagree with you either. I just don't know what I'd do in the same situation, but I believe he should have either been arrested and taken into custody or just let go and stop the madness. #eirbee, I agree with you concerning sharpton and jackson. They don't care about their community, they just want to make sure they get their money and they get off on civil unrest at the sake of "their people". They don't want racism to die because then they wouldn't know how to make a "real" living. I'm sorry, but they DO NOT belong in the same category, the same air-space as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. God, I wish he were still alive!

dilligaf - 4/11/2012 3:45 PM
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Al Sharpton said "we can act dignified" is a joke. There is nothing dignified about him. This entire ordeal will never be resolved to any proper justice. If he is not convicted of anything, the NAACP and Sharpton will be in full rally force, if he is convicted there will be rallies and protests due to the fact this case was blown up with the media. There is no win for anyone here. Another screwed up case, in which a life was lost.

Mrz Gibbs - 4/11/2012 2:41 PM
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I agree with the other comment, but at the same time I'll have to admit that it's about time they've held this man accountable for his actions on that night.. I don't know all the details and neither of you do but I do whole-heartedly believe this man should be held accountable for taking the life of an unarmed CHILD.. He killed this boy and took away not only his but his families future, their hopes and their dreams for their child. I believe that if it was an act of self defense, the man still had no right to take Trayvons life, he could have waited for the police and authorities to show up and handle the situation.. And if it was self defense couldn't he have aimed for the childs legs or something to deter him from attacking him even further, instead of a kill shot?!

Lordoflords - 4/11/2012 2:41 PM
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Let's just be sure from who the information comes from. If it's from network TV or NPR, don't believe everything you hear. If you want to know from a less scewed (SP?)or screwed-up (let's say) news worthy story, don't listen to ABC,NBC or CBS nor the local stations because they just mimic what the big apes say. Listen to talk radio,or even a Christian talk radio station and I believe you'll get a more accurate, less hateful truth, not what the lame-stream media wants to hear. Since they messed with that 911 tape that made Zimmerman sound like a racist than just a man answering their question. So be leary what the lame stream media tells you. Get another slant of the information that comes out, you might be surprised at what you hear and understand. Just my opinion.

whocares - 4/11/2012 2:27 PM
3 Votes
now before everyone starts jumping to conclusions lets see how all of this play out, "evidentually" they have enough evidence to charge him so lets wait to 6 and see what happens
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