We haven't forgotten about the Trayvon Martin shooting. Most in the American media, have packed up and left for the next sensational story to unfold. But down in Sanford, Florida, George Zimmerman, the controversial young man who shot and killed the unarmed teenager is free on a $150,000 bond. And while on bond, his legal defense is trying to scrub his track record clean, literally. It's one of those things, a person is willing to do to get at least a decent trial. But to give another clear look into Zimmerman lies within his social networking websites.
Although most people channel their feelings and lovely pictures on Facebook, MySpace still exist and George Zimmerman still remains a member.
The Miami Herald unearthed George Zimmerman's MySpace page. The controversy steam from some of his thoughts on Mexicans.
No matter how many firewalls, anti-virus protections, and malware defense mechanisms used, someone will always find a way to put your life online.
I want to say that this asshole is entitled to his opinion. He has a right to speak his mind. But unfortunately, all these things that come up may show that George Zimmerman may have profiled Trayvon Martin based on his race.
Zimmerman defends the shooting by claiming it was self-defense.
Zimmerman's defense team raised over $200 thousand dollars in legal assistance and yet the judge didn't raise his bond to the $1 million. The Martin family defense was devastated by the decision and how it was easy for Zimmerman to bond out on 10 percent.
I am shocked that on his MySpace page, he made these nasty comments about his ex-girlfriend. The one who said he had an anger management problem and accused him of throwing items at her. He bragged on his MySpace page about his homesickness to Virginia. He brags about getting a misdemeanor charge after assaulting a police officer. And yes, posted his disdain for "Mexican thugs" who run through his tires with their knives.
I am sorry, but George Zimmerman is an idiot. Add this controversy to the many other incidents that this young man's done in his three months of media scrutiny.
Extremists within the conservative movement are worked up.
All these culture wars are credited to making more unease within the White Supremacy movement. They already know that it's likely President Barack Obama could win reelection.
They're aware of the changing demographics in which Hispanic/Latinos and Blacks are growing in rapid rates. Interracial births are at an all time high. The United States is becoming a little more browner. That's gotta to unravel some.
White nationalists allied with the Minutemen Border Movement patrolled the United States-Mexican border threatening and even possibly killing illegal immigrants.
J.T. Ready, a notorious figure in the White Supremacist circles lived in Arizona. A prominent fixture in Republican politics once tried to run for an Arizona County Sheriff post and was a poll watcher for elections. The often animated Ready would promote himself as the savior of the White race.
In Gilbert, Arizona, J.T. Ready killed his girlfriend, their daughter and other family members before he committed suicide.
Courtesy of the Tucson Citizen.
Gilbert mass shooting: White supremacist J.T. Ready left tracks in politics
J.T. Ready, the avowed White supremacist and militant critic of
illegal immigration who authorities believe was the gunman in
Wednesday’s multiple murder-suicide in Gilbert, cut a swath through
Arizona politics before — and after — it became apparent he represented
the far-right fringe of the political spectrum.
Along the way the barrel-chested former Marine became entwined for a
time with one of the state’s most powerful political leaders and
appeared on the radar of at least two national groups that track
potentially violent extremist movements for his views and armed patrols
of the Mexico border.
Authorities believe Ready, 39, shot and killed four people in a Gilbert home before turning a gun on himself.
Ready was allied briefly with former state Senate President Russell
Pearce, and the two posed together for photographers during an
anti-illegal-immigration rally at the state Capitol in June 2007. By the
next year, as Ready’s ties to neo-Nazi and White supremacist groups
became more apparent, Pearce disavowed him.
Pearce, who was defeated last November in a recall election, is now
first vice chairman of the Arizona Republican Party and is running again
for the Senate, this time from the new District 26 in Mesa.
Party spokesman Shane Wikfors said Pearce would not comment on
Ready’s death. “He’s not going to want to have anything to do with him,”
Wikfors said. “We categorically, absolutely had nothing to do with
him.”
Marc Pitcavage, national director of investigative research for the
Anti-Defamation League, said the group has long been aware of Ready’s
activities.
The group’s website describes Ready as a “neo-Nazi and anti-immigrant
extremist,” tracing his activities in Arizona from 2004 onward.
“We have monitored J.T. Ready for many years now,” Pitcavage said. It
began with Ready’s early activities as a border vigilante but soon led
to the realization that Ready was “a full-fledged White supremacist.”
For a time, Pitcavage said, Ready was a “mover and shaker” for the
National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group with about 330 members
nationwide. Ready was one of the group’s two principal leaders in the
Phoenix area, Pitcavage said.
An online biography of Ready includes several quotes in which he
advocated restoring the country as a "White, European homeland,” called
for militant action against Jews and advocated using “lawful, deadly
force” when appropriate to protect the Mexican border.
Pitcavage said it would be premature to link Ready’s extreme
political views to the explosion of violence that ended five lives on
Wednesday. “When the shooting spree is directed toward family members,
or what were essentially the closest thing he had to family members,
those are usually personal rather than ideological motives,” Pitcavage
said.
Ready also had been tracked by the Southern Poverty Law Center, an
Alabama-based civil-rights organization that monitors hate and extremist
groups. Like the ADL, the center carries a biography of Ready on its
website.
It notes that Ready apparently got his start in politics as president
of the Mesa Community College Republican Club and became increasingly
involved in local issues in the early 2000s.
According to the SPLC biography, Ready received a bad-conduct
discharge from the Marines in 1996, after being court-martialed twice —
once for larceny and going AWOL, and once for conspiracy and assault.
The site also lists a 1992 criminal conviction for property damage
and assault after he and a friend destroyed a car mirror with a baseball
bat.
Ready ran for political office at least twice in Mesa and once as a
write-in candidate for U.S. Senate. In 2004 he ran in the Republican
primary for a House seat from District 18, which Pearce already
represented.
In 2006 he ran for Mesa City Council from a heavily
Hispanic district and finished second among four candidates.
During that council campaign, The Arizona Republic uncovered
inconsistencies in the biography he had provided the newspaper and found
that he had been convicted of assault in Florida when he was 18 years
old.
Ready had claimed to be a founding member of the Arizona Minuteman
Project, a border-vigilante group, but admitted that he was just a
member, not a founder.
That campaign also featured a bizarre incident in which Ready, who
earlier had solicited votes from the Hells Angels, traded shots with an
illegal immigrant whom Ready believed was involved in criminal activity.
Nobody was hurt.
A year later Ready caused a commotion at a Mesa City Council meeting
when the mayor denied him permission to speak in opposition to a Mesa
police detective who was campaigning against hate crimes.
Ready’s ties to Pearce became an issue during Pearce’s 2008
re-election campaign when a group called Mesa Deserves Better sent a
mailer depicting Pearce as a friend of neo-Nazis.
Amid that campaign, three Arizona Republican congressmen sent a
letter to the chairman of the Maricopa County Republican Party demanding
Ready’s removal as a precinct committeeman in District 18 because of
his neo-Nazi ties.
By that time, Ready had been in that post for two years and was not
seeking re-election. “You can’t grow a party when you’re rallying with
J.T. Ready,” U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake said at the time.
But Ready apparently was trying to re-enter politics this year and
had formed a committee to seek the Democratic nomination for sheriff in
Pinal County.
Shortly after Ready’s death became known Wednesday afternoon, someone
posted this message on his Facebook page: “Reports are unconfirmed that
a cartel assassination squad murdered J.T. Ready and several of his
friends and family this afternoon in Gilbert, Arizona.”
Harry Hughes, who briefly headed Ready’s campaign committee for
sheriff until he was promoted in the National Socialist Movement, said,
“I got an e-mail from him the other day and everything seemed fine.”
“And I’ve always said, he was generous, caring, respectful most of
the time as far as with friends and acquaintances, maybe not so much
people on the other side,” Hughes said.
Republic reporter Lindsey Collom contributed to this article.
Okay, Mitt Romney, the soon to be Republican nominee is a weak candidate. He will say or do anything to defeat President Barack Obama. Ever since announcing he was going to run for president, Mitt Romney took drastic steps to knock out his political foes.
Besides the president, Mitt Romney spent a majority of his campaign beaten down his political foes within his own party.
I'll admit that most Republicans aren't satisfied with the notion of him being their nominee, but they're desperate and they'll vote for anything to defeat President Barack Obama.
After a brutal primary fight against Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, the race for the nomination has been a little bruising for the soon to be nominee Mitt Romney.
Mitt Romney, the former one term governor of Massachusetts is running once again for President Of The United States. After suffering a setback in 2008, when Senator John McCain of Arizona managed to capture the Republican nomination, many thought that Mitt Romney would do it again.
Now Republicans see Mitt Romney as the one capable of beating President Barack Obama. The major concerns that face the Republican nominee, is pretty much him! Mitt Romney's inconsistencies will hurt him and Republicans are hoping that he'll eventually appeal to the Tea Party. They're hoping that when Mitt Romney secures the nomination and picks a viable running mate, the Republicans will be enthusiastic in voting for him.
But here comes the problems. The Obama campaign is going to hammer the former governor's one term record as governor. They'll find issues with his stance on issues. And the president's liberal allies will paint the former governor as an out of touch politician with statements that are inconsistent with general public. They will paint the former governor as a person willing to appeal to extremists.
Here's the kicker, a political ally who happens to be an openly gay Republican who has his share of outrageous statements is being forced out by the campaign. Richard Garnell, an openly gay conservative agitator who recently
scrubbed his Twitter page after making inflammatory statements is on the firing squad after the American Family Association and other anti-gay groups warned the Romney campaign that he will face mutiny if he doesn't get rid of this guy.
Mitt Romney's inconsistencies worries Republicans. After facing a brutal primary, Romney will become the Republican nominee for president. President Barack Obama will go after the candidate over his past statements.
Gay Romney aide steps down, citing backlash over sexuality
By Nia-Malika Henderson and Rachel Weiner, Tuesday, May 1, 8:05 PM
Richard Grenell, whom Mitt Romney
chose last month as his presidential campaign’s national security and
foreign policy spokesman, stepped down from his post Tuesday, suggesting
that the conservative backlash over his sexuality prevented him from
being effective in his role.
In a statement provided to The Washington Post,
Grenell, who is openly gay, said: “While I welcomed the challenge to
confront President Obama’s foreign policy failures and weak leadership
on the world stage, my ability to speak clearly and forcefully on the
issues has been greatly diminished by the hyper-partisan discussion of
personal issues that sometimes comes from a presidential campaign.” He
added: “I want to thank Governor Romney for his belief in me and my
abilities and his clear message to me that being openly gay was a
non-issue for him and his team.”
Widely known in conservative circles, Grenell was named
President George W. Bush’s spokesman to the United Nations in 2001, and
served as communications director under four U.S. ambassadors to the
United Nations, including John R. Bolton, who is among his strongest
supporters.
Grenell was a volunteer consultant to the Romney team
before he was officially brought aboard, but the hiring was
controversial from the start.
Shortly after Romney announced that
Grenell would join his team, the former spokesman for the U.S. mission
to the United Nations was forced to remove entries from his Twitter
account that some considered offensive. Grenell came under fire for a series of snarky tweets aimed
at women, including Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; MSNBC
talk show host Rachel Maddow; and Callista Gingrich, the wife of GOP
presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
The tweets included posts
about Clinton’s appearance, Gingrich’s hair and Maddow’s lack of
jewelry, but Grenell was forced to address complaints that his comments
were sexist even before he moved into his new role.
And some
longtime reporters openly complained about Grenell’s confrontational
style, which sometimes included calls to editors and freezing reporters
out of stories. Among Romney’s biggest champions in the twitterverse,
Grenell often used his Twitter account to call out reporters and to
criticize U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice.
Richard Grenell's Twitter page with offensive tweets.
But it was social conservatives who balked most over the choice.
Matthew
J. Franck, director of the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on
Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute, called
Grenell a “loose cannon” with a passion for the “gay agenda.”
“My
problem is that by his own description he is an ardent activist for
same-sex marriage who went to go work for a candidate who wants to
defeat same-sex marriage. It doesn’t look good to the people that Romney
needs support from to have an advocate for same-sex marriage in such a
high-profile position,” Franck said. “The Romney campaign needs to be
unequivocally opposed to same-sex marriage and to appear to be. The
campaign has remedied a problem that was bound to get worse.”
While
discussions of foreign policy have been front and center in the
campaign for the White House, Grenell has been largely absent.
Last
month, Eric Ferhnstrom, a senior Romney aide, welcomed Grenell to the
fold with this cheeky tweet: “Welcome aboard to @RichardGrenell. Your etchasketch is in the top drawer. Storage for your sense of shame is on 3rd floor.”
The Romney team maintains that it was Grenell’s decision to leave his post.
“We
are disappointed that Ric decided to resign from the campaign for his
own personal reasons,” campaign manager Matt Rhoades said in a
statement. “We wanted him to stay because he had superior qualifications
for the position he was hired to fill.”
Jennifer Rubin, who writes The Washington Post’s Right Turn blog, contributed to this report.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden watching the operation.
In May 2011, President Barack Obama authorized the military special operations unit to go into Abbottabad, Pakistan to track down al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.
A risky and yet gutsy decision by the president to send a covert team of military officers into a country with a mere few hours to carry out the task.
I mean this was a huge story. Very much for every network to interrupt the season finales of many television programs. President Barack Obama announced on national television the mission's success:
Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the
world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed
Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda, and a terrorist who was
responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and
children...
Yet the Republicans were willing to credit President George W. Bush for carrying out the mission.
The Republicans ran on this "strong on national security" theme for years. They've painted President Barack Obama as an ineffective leader who wouldn't know how to defend the United States.
Now it's one year later, and the very same "strong on national security" themed Republicans are upset that President Barack Obama played his card. They can't deny that he carried it out. But they sure don't want to hear anything about it.
The Republican candidate for president, Mitt Romney was asked about this and yes he invoked President Jimmy Carter.This is what Mitt Romney does. He will say anything to win an election.
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, the controversial agitators and their take on Osama bin Laden. Yet these two chickenhawks are willing to make the case that torture works. Neither conservative participated in the waterboarding demonstration. Sean Hannity wanted to donated to charity! He hasn't done it yet!
Conservatives are really upset that President Barack Obama played his "victory" in this 2012 U.S. Presidential Election. A historic event now becomes a political issue. Conservatives rather credit the U.S. Navy Seals for the actions but yet ignore the Commander-and-Chief.
The Republicans who once said that Barack Obama is naive on foreign policy and the "War on Terrorism" are now crowing about how he is throwing this event in their faces. They argue that if it wasn't for the torture and detainment of members of al-Qaeda, the information to get Osama bin Laden would never happen. If they couldn't get the information from these members through torture what makes them think that it worked?
What took over 10 years, was accomplished. President Barack Obama never ignored the threat of terrorism. It took nearly 2.5 years to find Osama bin Laden. Yes, he deserves all the credit. They can't deny this. President Barack Obama credited those in the CIA, U.S. military and former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton for their efforts. The conservatives continue to ignore that. And they're spinning like tops in the filthy cesspool of ignorance.
He managed to out maneuver the Republicans and they're now upset that he's done it.
How low will these bitter people go?
They played every card in the book. The race card. The fear card. The liberal media lie. The Republicans have been labeled the "Party of No".
They've been painted as extremists.
They are so fixated on finding faults with President Barack Obama. They have allies devoted to promoting conspiracies that drive wedges between fellow Americans.
Yet, the cool and calm President Barack Obama continues ignores the chatter of his foes and waits patiently for the next move. The president cautions that his political foes are willing to do anything. His campaign will take nothing for granted.
Let me tell you this! I rather have a cool president in Barack Obama than a boring, bitter, and downright inconsistent politician in Mitt Romney.
And yes, a cool president than a geezer who spouts conspiracy theories in Congressman Ron Paul of Texas.
And for the former presidential contenders in Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Governor Rick Perry of Texas, Herman Cain, Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, Gary Johnson, Rick Santorum, and Congressman Thad McCotter of Michigan.
It wasn't your time, and it's never going to be your time. Let your journey as a presidential candidate be a notch on your belt. You guys weren't ready for the job.
Courtesy of MyRightWingDad, a website devoted to collecting the most extreme right wing emails.
Yeah, it was bound to happen! Republicans and its allies in the conservative movement found a way to make the case for President Barack Obama using the "race card" in regards to the latest incidents that involved racial intolerance.
When was the last time President Barack Obama said something in regards to racial issues?
To a conservative, everyday. To the rest of America, not often! Not at all.
The recent incidents in Chicago in which a young Black man accompanied with a juvenile beaten up and robbed a young White man. The incident in Mobile, Alabama in which a White man threatened a group of Black teenagers. That incident turned violent when the teenagers called their parents, and soon they've beaten the White man nearly to death. The incident in Tulsa, Oklahoma in which a two men, one being a in grief over the loss of his girlfriend and father, went into a neighborhood where Blacks lived and shot them randomly. The incident killed three innocent citizens. And the most famous incident, a young man shooting an unarmed Black teenager. These incidents are simmering up the "long hot summer"!
This is an election year, and Republicans are going to play dirty! They've found their nominee. The nominee and his advisers will waste no time trying to go after President Barack Obama's record for the sluggish economy. The nominee's advisers will use every tactic to distract, deviate and dog-whistle White voters to oppose President Barack Obama.
The Republican nominee will try to paint himself as the "grown up in the room". He will paint his background as a tale of his experiences and try to make the case that President Obama is inexperienced, out of touch, and he's gotta go!
The Republican nominee will waste no time trying to cater to the extremists within in his political party. This happen when John McCain secured his nomination, and picked Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney will be the presidential nominee for the Republican Party.
Mitt
Romney served one term as governor of the state of Massachusetts. And
during his time as governor, he allocated a pretty much moderate record
on most issues. As he prepares for the eventual capture of delegates to
cling the Republican nomination, he's preparing for a nasty campaign
against President Barack Obama.
This will be a dueling challenge to inspire those who turnout in droves to vote for Barack Obama. It's not going to be an easy challenge this time. During the 2010 United States midterm elections, Republicans swept back into the House of Representatives and state/territorial governorships. The Republican goal: undermine the core of Obama's base. They are willing to make this case by attacking President Barack Obama on issues such as his "coolness".
If one can't understand the right's Obama Derangement Syndrome, then you're lost in the transition.
If a person holds views that are bigoted towards race, gender,
sexuality, religion, nationality, political and economic standings, then this person is either criticized as an extremist. This contributes to the reactionary, racist, sexist,
homophobic, Islamophoic, ignorant, condescending, overreaching, idiotic,
pain inducing rants one says online or in the public forum.
Race-baiting is tool used when a
conservative is upset over an incident when a Black person is killed by a
white person. Race baiting is when a conservative sends a racist email
attacking President Barack Obama and his wife First Lady Michelle Obama
and the person who sent it was caught. Conservatives blame President
Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and Attorney General Eric
Holder (all prominent Black men) for incidents that they can't control.
Or blaming them for seeing justice for incidents that are looked under
the radar.
Playing the victim card or the race card is usually a
strategy when a conservative's rant goes to the extreme. Thus leading
to tragedies in schools, public venues or attempts at harming innocent
victims.
And just like every [White and even Black] conservative man! When there's an
incident that involves a White person, they're screaming: "See. This is
what the liberal media isn't telling you! They talk about Trayvon
Martin but void the fact these 'Obama supporters' are violent towards
white citizens and Eric Holder isn't concerned about us but his 'brothas'!"
I
urge you conservatives to put away your hate, ignorance and stupidity.
Cause you may feel comfortable in the presence of a home computer, but
you realize that if you want to rile up people with this, try harder!
Take it to the streets.
Go to the cities and their
neighborhoods you claim are crime ridden Democratic strongholds. Go into
these neighborhoods with your tea party rhetoric, Obama Derangement
syndrome-themed rants and see if someone will notice!
They'll
probably call the police on you! Hopefully [urban dwellers] avoid
whooping a conservative's ass for the ranting and raving!
You notice a pattern.
The Republicans know they're not going to secure the Black vote. They are giving up on it. What they're going to is work hard to bring Hispanics/Latinos and mostly White voters to the Republican Party.
So in order to do that! The Republicans and its allies in the conservative movement want to create controversies in which racial injustice towards White people is unnoticed by the media and in turn it riles up votes.
The strategy works. It's noted as the "Southern Strategy".
A Georgia family was confronted by two neighbors who carried semi-automatic firearms. The neighbors thought the family was trespassing called the police and had this family arrested. After a clarification, the neighbors are now under arrest facing serious charges. Guess it's necessary to carry firearms if you're in a neighborhood watch. It's getting worse, and yes it's in the South.
Robert Canoles and his son Branden were arrested after a confrontation with neighbors.
Courtesy of Fox 5 Atlanta
An interracial couple Jean and Angelica Kalonji purchases a home. Their son's realtor urged them to change their locks. As they were attempting to enter the home, the neighbors Robert and his son Branden Canoles stormed the home with firearms drawn.
This story comes from the Inquisitr and WSBTV Atlanta.
A black man and his family were held at gunpoint by their new neighbors
while they were trying to change the locks in Newton, GA reported WSBTV.
The Kalonji Family had just closed the purchase on a foreclosed home
and were excited to begin the moving process. The realtor advised the
family to begin by changing the locks on their new home.
Jean Kalonji was in the process of changing the locks on the front
door when their new neighbors mistook the Kalonji’s for thieves breaking
into the house and confronted them with guns.
“He say to put the hands up and get out from the house otherwise he would shoot us,” recounted Jean about the incident.
Angelica Kalonji, Jean’s wife stated:
“I get up my hands up, they put me by the wall.”
The neighbors held the Kalonji’s at gunpoint and called the local
authorities not believing they were the owners of the house. When
authorities arrived they arrested the family who did not have the
closing paper work with them at the time, charging them with loitering
and prowling.
The realtor, Yvette Harris, said the deputies had no right to arrest the couple, stating:
According to Newton County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Mitchell authorities are investigating why everything that happened.
“We’re kind of on the ground floor to this as far as looking into it exactly what occurred, why it occurred.”
The experience brought back painful memories to Jean who was raised in the Congo.
“There, they put me down with the gun to my head. Here, the same.”
Neighborhood watchmen charged in arrest mix-up By Jeff Dore
Jean Kalonji, the homeowner that was arrested
NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. —
Charges
have been dropped against a couple who got tossed in jail after
visiting their son's new house, but not before they faced gun-wielding
neighbors. Now, the neighbors are the ones behind bars.
Jean and
Angelica Kalonji's son closed on a Newton County home Thursday and, on
the agent's advice, they went over to change the locks.
Neighbors then showed up with guns drawn.
"(I was) told to put my hands up and to get out, otherwise he shot us,” Jean Kalonji said.
The
Kalonjis said they were so glad when Newton County sheriff's deputies
arrived to straighten things out, but the deputies took them to jail and
charged them with loitering and prowling.
"For me to get out, we had to pay bond," Kalonji said.
Channel
2’s Jeff Dore talked with a spokesman for the Newton County sheriff,
who said they have now dropped charges. The father-son pair of
neighborhood watchmen in the confrontation turned themselves in to the
Sheriff's Office Monday evening. Robert, 45, and Branden Canoles, 18,
were charged with false imprisonment, aggravated assault and criminal
trespass.
As for the deputies who arrested innocent new residents, they were not on administrative leave at this time.
“They
just spontaneously arrested him, arrested his wife, threw them in jail,
made no phone calls, made no effort to verify the truthfulness of what
they were saying and told the people with the guns in essence, ‘Thank
you for your good service,’” Kalonji family attorney Don Samuel said.
The deputies are facing an internal investigation within the Newton County Sheriff's Department.
"The
case is still fluid. We're still investigating the case. And also our
Office of Professional Standards, there's an internal investigation as
well," Lt. Mark Mitchell of the Newton County Sheriff's Department said.
Matthew Owens was allegedly beaten by a vicious mob, after
which someone uttered the words, "Now that's justice for Trayvon."
I'm not one to judge this incident as a hate crime. I seen the website where this man was featured. There's a charge of domestic violence on this person a year ago. That doesn't matter though! But what matters is those who attack this man should be arrested. What matters is the ongoing conflict that circulates around the Trayvon Martin shooting. What matters is the conservatives trying to crank up fake outrage to an incident.
One could wonder if the gentleman Matt Owens said something offensive provoking an attack!
Right now, the conservatives are riled up about this! They're online foaming at the mouths screaming about how President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are ignoring this possible "hate crime".
I can see that every conservative word salad will always include: A racial slur. Ways to say a racial slur without it being flagged. Obama-related themes. Mentions of Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, the SPLC or the NAACP. Trayvon Martin. Firearm rhetoric. Political hot potatoes. MSNBC. CNN. Chants of liberal media.
The Blaze, The Daily Caller, Michelle Malkin, The Drudge Report, Twitchy, and The Gateway Pundit are already circling the wagons with this story.
While a news reporter was getting ready for her report, an angry parent goes towards the cameras. The Black woman demands the reporter tell the truth about this gentleman and acknowledge that he provoked the incident by threatening them with knives and shouting racial slurs at the teenagers.
First things first. We are a polarizing nation. This Trayvon Martin controversy has a major split between race, gender, and political standings. Those who view this case in favor of Trayvon Martin felt this teenager was wrongfully targeted and killed for what was perceived to be a racially profiling incident. Those who view this in favor of Trayvon Martin, feels that systematic incidents in which Blacks are killed by an offender that is non-black are given leniency while those who are Black face harsher penalties for the very crimes committed. Those who view this case in favor of George Zimmerman felt the young man was wrongfully accused by the media for defending himself from a teenager who was roaming the neighborhood without mentioning he lives there. Those who view this in favor of George Zimmerman felt that even though this tragedy could have been avoided, Zimmerman had no choice but to shoot the the teenager because he felt his life was in danger.
Remember the Chris Rock rule: "There's some [Blacks] who push forward. There's some [Blacks] who send us back!"
Today's actions sets us back! In no way, Americans should act like this. No matter what the outcome, we all as Americans must practice peace and restraint. Being violent isn't going to solve problems. It's only going to kill someone and land those who committed the act in prison.
Why on earth would his brother go to a conservative radio show to rant off about an apparent utter of slain teenager "Trayvon Martin" by an assailant?
Just like every [White and even Black] conservative man! When there's an incident that involves a White person, they're screaming: "See. This is what the liberal media isn't telling you! They talk about Trayvon Martin but void the fact these 'Obama supporters' are violent towards white citizens and Eric Holder isn't concerned about us but his 'borthas'!"
Matthew Owens mugshot from 2011.
See it's reasons why they're considered the extremists for their reactionary, racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophoic, ignorant, condescending, overreaching, idiotic, pain inducing rants.
I urge you conservatives to put away your hate, ignorance and stupidity. Cause you may feel comfortable in the presence of a home computer, but you realize that if you want to rile up people with this, try harder! Take it to the streets.
Go to the cities and their neighborhoods you claim are crime ridden Democratic strongholds. Go into these neighborhoods with your tea party rhetoric, Obama Derangement syndrome-themed rants and see if someone will notice!
They'll probably call the police on you! Hopefully [urban dwellers] avoid whooping a conservative's ass for the ranting and raving!
The story courtesy of WKRG-TV 5 CBS and the Associated Press.
MOBILE, Alabama -- Wednesday 12:45 a.m.Mobile police did not
make an arrest before the end of the day as they expected. But police
are in the process of serving warrants.
Neighbors say Matthew
Owens chased off a group of black kids with kitchen knives after the
boys lost a basketball in his sister's yard. He was attacked by as many
as 20 people with chairs, pipes and paint cans a short time later.
Based
on the accusations forom angry neighbors, News 5 did some digging and
learned Owens has a violent track record. The Mobile County Metro Jail
log shows police have arrested Owens numerous times over the past 12
years for things like domestic violence, assault and sex abuse. His
first arrest was November 4, 1990 for assault. The last time officers
transported Owens to jail was last March on a domestic violence charge.
Regardless
of what happened Saturday night leading up to the beating, police and
most people would agree that it is not an excuse to put Owens in the
ICU. Tuesday 8:35 p.m.Mobile police tell News 5 they still hope to make an arrest in the Matthew Owens case before the end of the night.
Owens
was beaten Saturday night in front of his home on Delmar Drive.
Witnesses, including Owens sister, say 20 black people attacked Owens
with pipes, paint cans and chairs. Owens is still in ICU at USA Medical
Center. Weaving in and out of consciousness, Owens told his brother
Lloyd, "Don't let me die."
Police
continue to downplay the Trayvon Martin connection to the beating. But a
neighbor confirms what his sister told News 5. The neighbor, too scared
to go on camera, told News 5's Lauren Vargas that they heard one of the
suspects say "This is justice for Trayvon" as she drove away.
Tonight, an angry mother who lives on the street told News 5's Blake Brown that the kids who live on Delmar Drive are the real victims.
"Every
single day it's a problem with Mr. Owens concerning our kids," Lemica
Whisenhunt. "All these kids do is shoot basketball. We keep 'em in the
yard. They don't bother anybody. We'd rather them play basketball than
to be around here vandalizing, breaking into people's homes. We try to
bring our kids up the right way and show people that all black kids are
not bad." Tuesday 7:30 p.m.Tensions are running high on Delmar Drive.
Before Lauren Vargas' live shot on News 5 at 5:00, a black woman who lives on the street started yelling at Lauren saying the kids are the real victims. Tuesday 6:00 p.m.
From his hospital bed and weaving in and out of consciousness, Matthew Owens told his brother Lloyd, "Don't let me die."
Lloyd taked to The Schnitt Show about Saturday's attack on Delmar Drive that landed him in the ICU. Click here to listen to that interview.
Earlier today, Todd Schnitt interviewed News 5's Blake Brown. Tuesday 3:10 p.m.Mayor Sam Jones is urging the public not to jump to conclusions and to wait until the investigation is finished.
“Police
will certainly explore a racial motive if the evidence supports it,”
said Jones. “This type of mob violence will not be tolerated. If people
think we are going to tolerate that to bring attention to some national
event, they are sorely mistaken. They will be arrested and prosecuted
for assault or whatever the appropriate charge may be," he said. Tuesday 3:05 p.m.News
5's Lauren Vargas spoke with a neighbor who also heard a member of the
mob that beat Matthew Owens say "Now thats justice for Trayvon."
That
backs up what Owens' sister, who witnessed the attack from her house
across the street, told News 5. Ashey Parker calls it "the scariest
thing I have ever witnessed."
Owens' brother, who does not want
to be named because he fears for his safety, told News 5 the mob showed
up in 3-4 cars full of people.
Tuesday 2:55 p.m.
The Matthew Owens beating case is the focus of The Schnitt Show, a nationally syndicated radio show. Listen live
News 5's Blake Brown was interviewed by Laura Ingraham on her nationally syndicated radio show. Click here to listen to the interview.
Tuesday 12:35 p.m.
Mobile police expect to make arrests in the Matthew Owens beating case today.
Owens
is in critical condition at USA Medical Center, three days after police
say he was beaten by "multiple people" armed with chairs, pipes and
paint cans Saturday night in front of his house on Delmar Drive.
Police
are downplaying the Trayvon Martin comment, but the family insists one
of the attackers said "Now thats justice for Trayvon" after the attack.
Trayvon Martin is the unarmed teenager police say was shot and killed
February 26 by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Samford,
Florida.
Monday 6:55 p.m.
Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he's in critical condition.
According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in
the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night. They say the kids
left and a group of adults returned, armed with everything but the
kitchen sink.
Police tell News 5 the suspects used chairs, pipes and paint cans to beat Owens.
Owens' sister, Ashley Parker, saw the attack. "It was the scariest
thing I have ever witnessed." Parker says 20 people, all African
American, attacked her brother on the front porch of his home, using
"brass buckles, paint cans and anything they could get their hands on."
Police will only say "multiple people" are involved.
What Parker says happened next could make the fallout from the brutal
beating even worse. As the attackers walked away, leaving Owen bleeding
on the ground, Parker says one of them said "Now thats justice for
Trayvon." Trayvon Martin is the unarmed teenager police say was shot and
killed February 26 by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in
Samford, Florida.
I want to say that this asshole is entitled to his opinion. He has a right to speak his mind. But unfortunately, all these things that come up may show that George Zimmerman may have profiled Trayvon Martin based on his race.
