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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I dislike Newt but he's right on this.  A young man was shot for what looks like no good reason. There's no evidence it was a racially motivated crime. Obama is the one pandering.[/quote]

If you see no evidence that race had anything to do with this, your head is in the sand.  they are going to go through the record of his police calls from his watch and find that every one of them was a suspicious minority.  Then there is the tape of his call, which some are going to say has him making a slur against blacks.  And since this was a kid walking to his own home alone from a store, it's going to be hard to come up with any reason why he should follow a kid walking to his own home unless something about the kid's looks says he doesn't belong.  Well, we have age, height, weight, a common hooded sweatshirt, and race.[/quote]

There is no proof that Zimmerman made a slur against blacks when he shot Martin and there is no proof that he targeted minorities during his watch duties. 
You are speculating.

You are also speculating when you  say that Zimmerman is a racist. There is simply no proof of that. 
On the contrary, his neighbors, colleges and friends say that he was not known to be racist.

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I think you do not understand the term speculation.  You may disagree about what was said on the tape, but it is not mere speculation.

Second, I did not call him a racist.  I think he was engaging in racial profiling.  He doesn't have to be some guy spouting crazy talk about black people all day long.  You seem to be willing to speculate quite nicely when it comes to my post.[/quote]

A person engaging in racial profiling is a racist in some way, because he/she is attributing negative behavior characteristics to a person of another race. But let's not get caught up in semantics…

How do you know that Zimmerman was engaging in racial profiling?

Are you 100% sure that he wouldn’t shoot Martin had he been a Hispanic or White teenager wearing a hoodie walking around the community?
Are you 100% sure that it was not self defense? After all, Zimmerman was admitted to a hospital with a  broken nose and he also was bleeding from his head. Do you think Zimmerman did it to himself?

All I am saying is that we should not assume that it was a racially motivated attack just because the shooter and the deceased teen belong to a different race. [/quote]

Point out to me where the pandering occurred:

[quote]Question:    Mr. President, may I ask you about this current case in Florida, very controversial, allegations of lingering racism within our society — the so-called do not — I’m sorry — Stand Your Ground law and the justice in that?  Can you comment on the Trayvon Martin case, sir?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I’m the head of the executive branch, and the Attorney General reports to me so I’ve got to be careful about my statements to make sure that we’re not impairing any investigation that’s taking place right now.

But obviously, this is a tragedy.  I can only imagine what these parents are going through.  And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.  And I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this, and that everybody pulls together — federal, state and local — to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened.

So I’m glad that not only is the Justice Department looking into it, I understand now that the governor of the state of Florida has formed a task force to investigate what’s taking place.  I think all of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen.  And that means that examine the laws and the context for what happened, as well as the specifics of the incident.

But my main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin.  If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.  And I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves, and that we’re going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened.
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