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plaidvillain wrote: Pine, the officers did their jobs - means or proves nothing about their personal opinions on race. The real shame, and in my opinion - racism, of the situation is regarding how the administration over-ruled the lead investigator, in a rather unusual manner, and insisted upon not prosecuting Zimmerman and instead release him to let the slaying simply fade away.
You seem to take personal offense to me pointing out the incompetence and likely racist motivation to the Sanford PD's poor handling of this situation. If you think my attitude about this situation reflects my overall attitudes toward police, you would be making an incorrect assumption. I have great respect for police, and actually have a few family members in law enforcement...all of whom agree it appears Sanford PD did a very poor investigation, and a disservice to the deceased.
It is true we don't have the full story. It is entirely possible that I am completely wrong about this situation. It is true that without people speaking up and demanding more explanation, this case would have drifted away. Why you would jump to defend the PD who has already admitted they handled the situation poorly and lost control is beyond me, but it's certainly your right.
You may have whatever opinion of me you want - respect my view or not - it is irrelevant to the issue.
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plaidvillain wrote: Pine, the officers did their jobs - means or proves nothing about their personal opinions on race. The real shame, and in my opinion - racism, of the situation is regarding how the administration over-ruled the lead investigator, in a rather unusual manner, and insisted upon not prosecuting Zimmerman and instead release him to let the slaying simply fade away.
You seem to take personal offense to me pointing out the incompetence and likely racist motivation to the Sanford PD's poor handling of this situation. If you think my attitude about this situation reflects my overall attitudes toward police, you would be making an incorrect assumption. I have great respect for police, and actually have a few family members in law enforcement...all of whom agree it appears Sanford PD did a very poor investigation, and a disservice to the deceased.
It is true we don't have the full story. It is entirely possible that I am completely wrong about this situation. It is true that without people speaking up and demanding more explanation, this case would have drifted away. Why you would jump to defend the PD who has already admitted they handled the situation poorly and lost control is beyond me, but it's certainly your right.
You may have whatever opinion of me you want - respect my view or not - it is irrelevant to the issue.
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homeagain wrote:
plaidvillain wrote: Pine, the officers did their jobs - means or proves nothing about their personal opinions on race. The real shame, and in my opinion - racism, of the situation is regarding how the administration over-ruled the lead investigator, in a rather unusual manner, and insisted upon not prosecuting Zimmerman and instead release him to let the slaying simply fade away.
You seem to take personal offense to me pointing out the incompetence and likely racist motivation to the Sanford PD's poor handling of this situation. If you think my attitude about this situation reflects my overall attitudes toward police, you would be making an incorrect assumption. I have great respect for police, and actually have a few family members in law enforcement...all of whom agree it appears Sanford PD did a very poor investigation, and a disservice to the deceased.
It is true we don't have the full story. It is entirely possible that I am completely wrong about this situation. It is true that without people speaking up and demanding more explanation, this case would have drifted away. Why you would jump to defend the PD who has already admitted they handled the situation poorly and lost control is beyond me, but it's certainly your right.
You may have whatever opinion of me you want - respect my view or not - it is irrelevant to the issue.
THANK YOU......as with most everything in life.....when you take a stand AGAINST injustice,illegal practices,apathy.......YOU become
the target and are slandered. I believe PlaidVillian has created a MUCH NEEDED dialogue and I thank her/him for the OP.
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plaidvillain wrote: We all have opinions here - without them, there'd be no conversations.
Sanford PD's chief stepped down a few weeks ago stating he had lost control of the situation and could not explain some of the basic oversights in the investigation.
So now, nobody may express personal opinions here?...well then, at least that'll shut you up too.
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towermonkey wrote: Wow, that's a lot of pages with people trying to justify what appears to be a murder. Having lived in Florida, I can believe the allegations of racial motivation, but I don't know what lives in anyone else's heart but my own. This one will be hard to take to trial because of the laws there.
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FredHayek wrote: Could it be less about racism and more about Zimmerman being related to a judge? That is the impression I got.
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Photo-fish wrote:
FredHayek wrote: Could it be less about racism and more about Zimmerman being related to a judge? That is the impression I got.
I agree with that approach.
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The Liberals GOP Twin wrote:
Photo-fish wrote:
FredHayek wrote: Could it be less about racism and more about Zimmerman being related to a judge? That is the impression I got.
I agree with that approach.
That's possible. There is a good chance he's guilty of at least manslaughter. But these incessant claims that the whole incident was motivated by racism is not being born out by the facts. There is nothing to suggest racism motivated this possible crime. But the race baiters and the political opportunists on the left tried to use this to their own advantage. But all it's accomplished is to make these race obsessed clowns look foolish as the narrative falls apart.
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