Trayvon Protesters Target Rubio for Supporting ‘Stand Your Ground’
- Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:09pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Demonstrators looking to bring renewed attention to the Trayvon Martin shooting have begun to target national political figures who previously supported Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law at the center of the tragic case. NBC Miami reports that the student coalition group “Dream Defenders” is planning a noon protest outside the Doral office of Republican Florida Senator Marco Rubio. The political leader supported the controversial law while he was a member of the Florida House of Representatives:
“Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee Jr., who has temporarily stepped down pending the investigation into the shooting, had said there was no probable cause to arrest Zimmerman, citing the state’s controversial law which allows the use of deadly force during a confrontation.
Last week, Rubio, who supported the law while in the state House, weighed in on the Martin case and said it was premature to talk about repealing “Stand Your Ground.”
‘I don’t know what happened in this case, but ‘Stand Your Ground’ does not allow you to chase somebody and shoot them,’ he said. ‘So I’m not saying that’s what happened in this case, but if it happened in this case or in any other case, ‘Stand Your Ground’ doesn’t apply.’
Rubio called the shooting ‘a tremendous tragedy’ but said he was ‘troubled people are rushing to judgment.’
‘This so-called ‘Stand Your Ground’ law is a safe-haven for predators and murderers to kill and harm with impunity,’ Esteban Roncancio, a member of the Dream Defenders, said in a statement. “We ask Senator Rubio to retract his support for this ‘Kill at Will’ law and use his political influence to prevent any more Trayvons from being murdered.
Roncancio said his group has about 15,000 signatures on a petition asking for Rubio to withdraw his support of the law.”
“Dream Defenders” spent their Easter weekend marching 40 miles from Daytona Beach to Sanford over three days for Trayvon Martin.
“This movement doesn’t hinge on George Zimmerman or the Trayvon Martin case. It was a catalyst,” Phillip Agnew, who participated in the three-day march, told Bay News 9. “It awoke, or woke up a lot of people to what’s going on in America.”
The Hill reports that Democratic Florida Rep. Frederica Wilson has led efforts in the House to draw attention to Martin’s shooting. Along with other members of the Congressional Black Caucus, Wilson has argued that Martin’s death is the result of racial profiling on the part of Zimmerman, and that the police should arrest Zimmerman.
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Comments (142)
progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:15pmBlaze do you have any ultrasound pics of Trayvon?
Report Post »Gold Coin & Economic News
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:19pmHey stupids, the media whipped you guys into a frenzy in the first place, why not go after them?
Report Post »http://www.isthatbaloney.com/media-manipulation-of-the-trayvon-martin-case/
GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:20pmWhat’s the difference between the Blaze and NBC? Both use pictures of Martin when he was twelve years old? So, what’s the difference? Both are trying to control the narrative and show how “cute” Martin was 4 or 5 years ago.
Shame on the Blaze!
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:24pmActually, Blaze, a picture of Trayvon‘s father’s sperm would be better.
Shame on ya Christopher Santarelli.
Report Post »McNamara
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:26pmClassic!
Report Post »Reason365
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:34pmRainbow, Tawana
Report Post »You both know that when the money train pulls out of Sanford, Fl. That you both will jump in your expensive cars and follow it to the next stop , all the while forgetting about the truly downtrodden. You two are a sad commentary on true leadership
robert
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:59pmThe black leadership wants guns banned, period, not just a retraction in the stand your ground law. They know that their threats of violence have less impact if they are contending with an armed populace.
And, of course, they don’t want their own minions armed, because they know they lack any kind of real impulse control and are constantly shooting and killing each other whenever the urge strikes them.
The biggest wild card blacks can play is to continue unabated their black on white attacks and their menacing threat of rioting. It is these leverages blacks have over the white power structure…… in order to continue to get preferential treatment and freebies……that gives them more clout than any other group. They know the white elites want only to protect their power and wealth and it is violence that is the greatest threat to hanging on to these important assets.
An armed white population is seen as a threat to the black leadership, because it minimizes their ability to threaten and utilize black riots and other violence.
It’s a sad fact that….in this new world society…..the only thing that is really respected is a willingness to create havoc and turmoil that gets any attention from the powers that be.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 6:55pmLol, now that was funny.
Report Post »tommysoap
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:28amPlease keep in mind that before Beck went on vacation he referred to Zimmerman as a “racist”. At least Rush had the brains to keep his mouth shut RE the Martin shooting, till more info was know. Living in the Tampa area , however I know Beck has a history of running his mouth and making stupid conclusions without the facts. One incident was in Tampa, at a luxury hotel where a black Baptist church convention was going on, seems a server had dropped a serving ladle into the punch bowl, then he retreived it with his FINGERS. Since the server was WHITE, the church group was screaming “RACISM” to a point where the mayor of Tampa had to be called to the scene. Beck on his local radio show chimed in that this servers behavior was typical of the southern mentality. the server, however was a recient immigrant from Eastern Europe.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:12pmI can‘t believe my post didn’t go through because I used the word BLACK.
WTF
Report Post »dont_tax_me_bro
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:17pmIt just went through. Sometimes you have to wait a couple of minutes.
Report Post »crazyoz
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:10pmI know. We are being very proper. We don’t want MSNBC to complain about Blaze.
Report Post »pap pap
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:10pmThere’s nothing wrong with the Stand Your Ground law. I don’t believe it even applies to this case. The Stand Your Ground law doesn’t kill people, guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
Black people are usually the victims of killing and usually they are killed by black people.
Why isn’t there protest marches about this ???
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:22pmBecause you can’t start a race war based on black on black crime,you can however start one if the media uses enough pictures of a small boy which has nothing to do with the case at hand and doctored 911 tapes by so called ‘journalists’.
Report Post »Drives Like Jehu
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:04pmI remember what it was like in Florida before Stand Your Ground; there were car jackings and assaults in parking lots DAILY with the victims of the thugs being forced to explain why they did not flee from their attacker and instead forced their attackers to assault them and steal from them and batter them. Then, Stand Your Ground happened and the brave thugs mysteriously disappeared.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 6:54pmPeople will use anything even their hands to kill people if they didn’t have guns, so that is just a ploy to get the other side to disarm. They are stupid if they think people are crazy enough to disarm from their legal rights of gun ownership and possession. Dream on flatheads.
Report Post »FN-FEDUP
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:59pmi personally love the “stand your ground law” it keeps tribesman like Travon at bay maybe the whole tribe will think twice next time if not oh well deal with the consequences
Report Post »single stack
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:59pmI‘m disgusted not only by every article on this matter showing a picture of Martin when he was 10 or 12 years old alongside Zimmerman’s arrest picture, but also by everyone referring to Trayvon Martin simply as “Trayvon” as if he was a small child. He was a big, fully grown thug.
Report Post »snufy
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:10pmI concur with your view, Single. There is no truth in journalism, any longer, it seems. The editors and most journalists are a pack of whimpering, spineless cowards that are afraid to go against the hostile, liberal agenda. Same applies to most politicians. They think more of their careers that truth. This country is on a rapid downhill slide. get prepared. The natives are restless. I can hear the drums beating.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:11pmYou are so right about the pictures. Not to mention the fact he was suspended 3 times from school. The suspensions were not “violent”, so what, how many kids do YOU (each blazer) know that has been suspended 3 times from school and portrayed as a saint. Or even just suspended 3 times? Parental guidance may have been lacking. Just my guess.
Report Post »Suzanne D
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 12:44am“… big, fully grown” YES. But “thug”? Irrelevant. I don‘t care what else he did or didn’t do. On THAT NIGHT he did nothing to deserve death. Zimmerman provoked Martin to fear and deserved a broken nose for not properly identifying himself before the fight became deadly.
Report Post »Uechi
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:58pmThe “ useful idiots” obviously don’t understand the basic God given right of self defense, the 2nd Amendment or the Stand Your Ground Law. If the shooting was not self defense with or without the law andf Zimmerman is found guilty I’ll pull the switch. To infer that somehow this is the result of racism or a self defense law is ludicrious when neither has been proven. Oh, I forgot these stupid white and black Marxists and Nazis don’t care about the law only their own perverted send of justice. Useful idiots indeed.
Report Post »honestynow
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:55pmThis is a set up to discredit Rubio as a potential VP candidate!
Report Post »Suzanne D
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 12:48amYou know, I think you are probably correct. Rubio explained ad infinitum that he is doubtful the law is even applicable … which would SUPPORT the protester’s side! Either they’re stupid or they have an agenda. Or both!
Report Post »dont_tax_me_bro
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:46pmWhy does every media outlet keep showing the picture of him from 10 years ago? Why are they so scared to show his current picture with all the gold teeth and tattoos? Why is the media so scared of blacks? Has our country really become so polically correct that we are scared of people that only make up 15% of the population? Why? Why? Why?
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:18pmWhy does the Blaze do it…that’s the question.
Report Post »Bill Burns
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:43pmWhy did The Blaze put up that picture of Trayvon showing him at 11 years old?
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:53pmBecause they have an agenda…. The latest “thug”picture of him wouldn’t help them with their agenda!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:03pmAgree .. when will anyone update Treyvon’s photo ..? I am sick of this cr*p .. and the NBP in Florida … we should tell them to get the H out!
Report Post »PhilGray
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:40pmTo the Blaze
Report Post »you are losing credibility in my book with the consistent deliberate ploy of showing the young treyvon pictures and the much earlier photos of George Zimmerman.
You have the credibility of NBC when i see these photos,
Kindly get back some credibility and show the most current photos of both and quit trying to manipulate the story, It is sad to see this website as another example of race-baiting, or at the least manipulation of appearances of these two individuals.
The pictures shown should be up to date for both individuals treyvon at 17, ( and no you dont need to include gold teeth photo or finger photo) and George Zimmerman’s real photos that he and the media has available that were taken in the past 2 years, and not the one from his arrest…( REALLY blaze, lost some cred here, show his arrest and treyvon at 13?)
Show fairness and truth in reporting or cease this reader going to your site….
bigbear_awake
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:44pm110% agreed
Report Post »oldguy49
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:45pmamen
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:54pmI agree too. Those photos are what helped fan the flames.
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:54pmi agree.. update!!
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:54pmHis latest arrest picture would work…
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:57pmYep. That’s the first thing I noticed when I hit this page.
Report Post »Lets-do-it
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:59pmI’m with you, why a 10 year old, instead of current!
Report Post »grimmy
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:03pm@Philgray.
Report Post »Agreed,but remember, there is a huffpo reject in charge of the Blaze, and Beck has yet to clean this blog up, as he said he would.Come on Glenn, are you good for your word or not?
Gett the Blaze cleaned up,and get some real reporters, who will write their own stories, not copy and paste crap, from huffpo or ap…….
SoupSammich
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:51pmDitto to all of the above.
Report Post »Where is the bling and tat photo of the burgeoning thug?
theothertoolbox
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 10:50pmI stand with the rest of you guys/gals. I thought that the truth would be easier to find on this site. Guess not.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:39pmThose opposed to “Stand your Gound” either don’t understand the law or really have a problem with being held accountable for their actions. It’s very simple, I can use deadly force to defend myself if I believe I am in danger of death or great bodily harm. Are those opposed to this worried that there will be less “easy victims”? I heard a congressperson describe Trayvon as an innocent young man “hunted down like a dog”. I’ve never heard of hunting dogs down but as more and more evidence comes to the surface, the little drug dealer, wannabee gangsta doesnt look like such a model citizen portrayed by the msm.
Report Post »piiguissa
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:41pmAnd Zimmerman a registered Democrat who calls himself Hispanic….Can you imagine if he was white, conservative and Republican? OMG!
Report Post »Suzanne D
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 12:51amI don’t believe there is any substantive evidence that “Stand Your Ground” even applies to this case. Either way, I am a Florida resident and I support the law. There is no earthly reason why a person should be legally compelled to flee before they are able to use deadly force to protect themselves.
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:39pmWe have stand your ground in Indiana.Thank God, You F with me or my family you are dead,
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:37pmi hope rubio STANDS HIS GROUND!…i like that law…and as were finding out ,, it looks like zimm was standing his ground to protect himself…
Report Post »jzs
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:42pmActually, based on the fact that Zimmerman was following Trayvon despite being told not to, sounds like Trayvon was the one standing his ground. Seems to me if you’re stalking someone, someone who fears for his life who then turns around and slugs you to protect themselves, I’m not sure “stand your ground” applies. Certainly you can’t stalk someone and, when they turn to defend themselves, kill them without consequence.
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:47pmAccording to Zimmermans father, he stopped fallowing him after instructed and was heading back to his car when Trayvon approached him, asking “do you have a problem?”. then punched Zimmerman in the face. I’m still waiting for all the facts to surface.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:48pmDon’t become a lawyer JZS…you idiot.
Report Post »Bill Burns
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:49pmJZS I’ve never seen you be right on any subject; this one is no exception.
Report Post »SREGN
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:56pmJZS – There’s been no evidence presented so far that Zimmerman followed after being instructed not to. But even if he did, following is not a crime, nor is it justification for assault. Are you trying to say that assaulting someone who is following you is a sort of stand-your-ground issue?
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:57pmJZS- hmmmm.. the story i heard George was going back to his vehicle when Trayvon came up behind him- too many stories about what happened that night.
Report Post »Suzanne D
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 12:55am@ USPatriot101: listen to the complete 911 tape. After Zimmerman is told not to follow Martin, he continues to breathe as if he is still walking. Secondly, Zimmerman told the dispatcher to have the responding police call his cell phone. Why? Because he already knew he was going to continue following Martin. Zimmerman was an overzealous wannabe cop … would such a person REALLY just stand there and wait?
Report Post »tommysoap
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 3:38amJZS.Thanks for admitting you’re a clueless media dupe. First there was no stalking, since Florida law says “stalking” is a situation that is repeated over time, a “pattern”. Second there are case law, where mutual combatants got into a fight, but as soon as one combatants decided to resort to a “forceable felony”, namely aggv. battery, {like bashing the other combatants head into the pavement}, the person on the losing end had the right to impose Florida statute 760.012{1} the use of deadly force for self defense.
Report Post »Doctor Nordo
Posted on April 10, 2012 at 5:45amJZS
Although others have already been so kind as to inform you that you’re a moron, I will go ahead and chime in myself.
Zimmerman parked his car on Twin Trees Ln. when he called 911 and began following Trayvon Martin. He followed him east along a sidewalk that goes between some homes to Retreat View Circle which is when the 911 operator suggested he stop following, at which point Zimmerman said “Ok”. Trayvon at this point headed south to his father‘s fiance’s home. There was only about 11 houses between where Zimmerman was standing and Martin’s destination. Keep in mind that the 911 call proves that Zimmerman was observing Martin on Retreat View Circle.
After the 911 call is over, Zimmerman headed back towards his car. This is certain because the altercation took place west of where the 911 call ended. Since Trayvon had been heading south on Retreat View Circle, the only way that he could have ended up where the fight occurred is if he doubled back, and why else would he double back if not to confront Zimmerman?
I’m not claiming that Zimmerman is completely innocent, but it’s obvious to anyone who has two neurons to rub together that Zimmerman did NOT stalk and hunt down Martin.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:35pmPhilip Agnew said the Martin/Zimmerman case woke up a lot of people to what’s going on in America.
I absolutely agree with him. It woke people up to the fact that there is a segment of the black community that literally hate white people. It woke some of them up to the fact that their elected officials are encouraging a race war. It woke people up to the fact that some in America will live on the remnants of the slave era until their dying breath.
It woke some people up to the fact that if the news outlets want a person guilty of a crime in America they will lie, cheat and steal to get that outcome.
Just how many more lessons is this case going to *teach* America.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:34pmWTF Blaze?? Now YOU’RE using a picture of Martin when he was 12 years old? And a seven year old picture of Zimmerman? I though this site was different. How are you any different from NBC and the other media outlets using ridiculousy old photos, in order to control the narrative of this story.
Shame on the Blaze…shame on Christopher Santarelli.
http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/aa-George-Zimmerman-in-suit-Trayvon-giving-finger1.jpg
Report Post »Bill Burns
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:48pmI agree GOODSTUFF – Here’s the most recent pic of Trayvon at 17:
Report Post »http://the-american-journal.com/trayvon-tattoos-gold-teeth-drugs-violence/
AmazingGrace8
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:15pm@billburns
Thank you for the link. Did view it and just a few years does give him a more mature look.
Report Post »DAL223
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:33pmI agree with IndyGuy , Stand your ground has nothing to do with this case at all .
Report Post »And why are we still seeing the incorrect picture of this young kid anyway ! Just saying…
All American American
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:31pmWhy does the blaze have a picture of Arnold Jackson (Whatchu talkin’ bout, Willis?) above the story? I thought Trayvon was 17, 6′2 and 180?
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:35pmBecause all the Blaze contributors live in NYC and live in a politically correct liberal bubble.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:46pmIf you believe the press, Trayvon was still in diapers.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:47pmSo no the lynch mob is trying to strongarm politicians into lynching Zimmerman?
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:58pmGONZO….apparently Martin stopped aging at about 12 years old..at least that’s that the Marxstream media would like us to believe.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:30pmI’m about sick of these old pictures of Trayvon. They‘ll be putting his baby pictures up against Zimmerman’s adult picture next.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:35pmI would expect this from NBC…but the Blaze??
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:36pmNothing like yellow journalism to start a race war and convict an innocent man,hell even boost their ratings.
Report Post »ENTP
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:29pmWhere was the outrage when two white college students were shot execution style back in September of 2011?? Hicks park murders in Tulsa Ok- Reports show Davis told officers the two men saw the couple walking a dog near a jogging trail. Each man told officers the other is the one who had the victims get on their knees, then shot them each once in the head execution style, according to arrest reports.Police say it was a cold blooded execution for no reason at all. I guess because the victims were white, who cares right?
Report Post »Nobody cares when it’s a black on white crime do they?
USPATRIOT101
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:43pmEric Holder has proven this time and time again. Why is there no response to the new black panthers dead or alive bounty on Zimmerman? The DOJ just ignores it like the voter intimidation in Philly. If Zimmeman didn’t have a right to shoot before, he sure does now.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:28pmSo far, it seems that the case has become dead news because of the doctored evidence and audio tapes from the Lamestream media. Now they are trying to shift focus to Marco Rubio. They will do anything to promote trouble. IGNORE THEM!!!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:35pmThe state won’t convene a grand jury,there‘s nothing to stop the feds from persecuting Zimmerman and I suspect they’ll railroad him,manufacture evidence,anything to convict him,they’ll use the civil rights angle to screw him,remember the DOJ is run by a racist.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:38pmi‘m suprised the NBP and their cohorts aren’t insisting on recall efforts for Sen Rubio!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:27pmThe stand your ground law isn’t needed we have a natural right to defend ourselves,the second amendment to the constitution of the United States guarantees that right.
Report Post »JRook
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:35pmYou are correct we have a right to defend ourselves. That does not mean we have a right to claim self defense in a conflict we initiate and/or escalate. Martin was the individual who’s civil rights were violated by Zimmerman. Zimmerman was not on his own property and Zimmerman followed, accosted, shot and killed a kid he outweighed by 70 lbs. While I appreciate the contemporary view of securing and answer that fits ones ideology and then backing into the question, this situation is a very clear and simple one. Zimmermand is guilty of 2nd. degree murder. He had neither a reason, provocation or right to do anything to Martin. To claim otherwise would be to support the ignorant profiling that was Zimmerman’s motivation.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:45pm@JRKook…so how do you explain the eye witness testimony that supports Zimmerman’s account, even the 911 tape supports Z account, and then there are those head wounds and broken nose????
Report Post »unsafe
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:47pmThe kid was 6′2 and 199LBS
Report Post »USPATRIOT101
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:02pmJrook you were not present during this incident. I feel it to be irresponsible of you to “prejudge” Zimmerman. If you care to hear his side of the story, there was an interview given last week by his father. I couldn’t tell you what his father looked like because he has to hide his identity. Ya know, because some of those who have rushed to judgmnet such as yourself have a bounty on his sons head. Dead or alive I believe was the way it was put. This is exactly the reason we have the Stand Your Ground law. Zimmerman has the right to use deadly from now on because those militants have the will and the ability to carry out their threat.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:02pmJROOK Based on an eyewitness account Zimmerman was being assaulted and with the manipulation of tapes by ‘journalists’ and the constant use of a picture of Trayvon as a small child the inference has been made,that Zimmerman murdered a child when that isn’t the case,Zimmerman killed a young man in defense of his own life.
Report Post »chazmo
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 5:11pmAlrighty then.. JROOK next time your getting your ass beat down just lay there.. We’ll be talking about how your death was a tragedy, but dang why didn’t you shoot him, you had a gun.
Report Post »BrerRabbit
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:27pmWhy does the Blaze keep using these photos of Martin and Zimmerman?
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:30pmThey’re just fanning the flames and hoping for more violence to boost ratings,vile creatures indeed they’re on par with politicians.
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:40pmWTF Blaze??
Now YOU’RE using a picture of Martin when he was 12 years old? And a seven year old picture of Zimmerman? I though this site was different. How are you any different from NBC and the other media outlets using ridiculousy old photos, in order to control the narrative of this story.
Shame on the Blaze…shame on Christopher Santarelli!
http://madmikesamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/aa-George-Zimmerman-in-suit-Trayvon-giving-finger1.jpg
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:01pmKind of like making pecan pralines, put the ingredients in the pot turn the heat up & start stirring & keep stirring. When the tempature gets just right you will have hard ball candy but in this case you will get blood in the streets & thats what SALES.
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:26pmStand Your Ground Law is being purposely injected into this story for Marxist reasons to disarm America….Obama and Holder’s fingerprints are all over this… Just as they are all over Fast and furious…
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:29pmP.S…..Hey Blaze…Why are you adding to the crap with showing a squeaky clean Trayvon instead of the gold toothed,tattooed gangbanger he was at the time of the shooting…Also why are you showing a years old mug shot of Zimmerman instead of the more recent Clean cut picture of him???? You Blaze are part of the problem…
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:17pmOK geniuses….If Zimmerman side of the story is correct, the stand your ground doesn’t apply because he was laying on the ground having his head bashed in – self defense. If the baiters version is correct still not an application of stand your ground but rather pursuit and murder.
Stand your ground means that if confronted and in fear of your life or limb rather than first seeking an escape route you can stand your ground to defend yourself.
Pretty simple – even a Constitutional Law Professor should be able to understand it
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:27pmKAY?
Isn’t BHO a constituitional lawyer????
Sure would like to see PROOF of that—–Just saying.
OMG 2012
Report Post »Marine25
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:31pmYou’d better hope my definition of “confronted” and “afraid” is the same as yours. That’s just one of the reasons that this law was doomed to fail on the street. It was written for political expediency, they should have taken a moment and consulted one of the many fine law professors this country, and the state os Florida has produced.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:47pm@ Georgie…. :) (that part was tongue-in-cheek) pretty much in line with what you are opining
Report Post »SoupSammich
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:00pm25
Report Post »Fla is now known for it’s thugs too-actually has since the early 80′s. Congrats on that. Mickey and thugs. No wonder the peeps got sick of the thuggies and wanted more righteous shoot laws. Castle doctrine is bad too huh?
Chet Hempstead
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 4:14pmConfronting somebody is not a crime and feeling fear does not prove that you are in danger. When imagined danger rather than real danger becomes the standard for self defense, then anyone can shoot anyone. The dead guy isn’t get to tell his side of the story.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:16pmThis law is also known as “Take no sh*t” from anyone, anytime…you ‘come’ at me or my family, you better ‘come correct’…those against this law are cowards.
Report Post »Marine25
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:26pmSo I can stalk you and kill you with a handgun because I don’t like the ignorance of your comment, but when the police get here I just need to tell them I was “standing my ground”?
Report Post »After all, I was just refusing to take any of your sh*t, anytime.
This law, written by and passed for morons is going to be a problem for Rubio on the national stage, and it’s going to be a problem for the 2nd Amendment.
All American American
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:33pmHey Marine25 is this you?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/27/147501640/gay-marines-homecoming-kiss-is-lighting-up-the-web
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:38pm@Marine25…you misunderstood my statement entirely..I am not referring to comments, of course name calling and the spoken word are not included in this law…it may be a regional thing, but where I come from, NJ, to ‘come’ at someone means to approach them with extreme intent to do harm…you TOTALLY misunderstood my statement, not your fault…hopefully I am clearer this time around…If a person is offended by someones words, and decideds to gun them down, that is idiocy…get it now? Name calling is a bogus straw man argument for what its worth…If you ‘come’ at my family or myself with clear intent to do harm, you will pay a price….You claim to be a fellow Marine, which I do not doubt, surely you understand….No better friend, No worse enemy…hope that clears it up ..Semper Fi
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 2:44pm@MARINE25…by the way, I would not advise trying to stalk and kill anyone with a handgun, every Marine knows you do not “stalk” and kill with a handgun…even pogues know this. Now if you had stated ‘stalk me with a M40A5’, I may not question the TOTAL validity of your comment…good day to you sir.
Report Post »SoupSammich
Posted on April 9, 2012 at 3:57pm25
Report Post »Wow. You travel in a solo wedge formation with m9 in hand or what dude? Pogue does seem to fit. When you break down stand your ground, are you a defense atty looking to always get the perp off or just a flat out moron that has no idea why the law was enacted in the first place? Thug wanna be, or vulture atty that never wants to have truth cloud your assessment of your client’s liquid assets?