When "Neighborhood Watch" Gets Out of Hand

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

BTW, the media is doing a disservice by continuing along this "racial bias" mania.

Except when you listen to the entirety of the phone call (not just selected news excepts) the guy made to the police, it's clear he was only worried about the kid because he was black.

It's not the media worried about the kids color. It's the shooter. And it's outrageous.

This country still has a significant racism and inequality problem, it was revealed by the election of the first mixed-race president, and it's ugly and ever present in our political discourse right now concerning blacks, Hispanics, women, etc.

[Rudeboyelvis]

Originally Posted by Riot

Except when you listen to the entirety of the phone call (not just selected news excepts) the guy made to the police, it's clear he was only worried about the kid because he was black.

It's not the media worried about the kids color. It's the shooter. And it's outrageous.

This country still has a significant racism and inequality problem, it was revealed by the election of the first mixed-race president, and it's ugly and ever present in our political discourse right now concerning blacks, Hispanics, women, etc.

As usual, the facts never get in the way of you trying to argue an indefensible point... Please reread the post. No one is arguing whether this jackass shot the kid because he was black, it's pretty clear (based on the 911 tapes) that race played a role in his state of mind and course of action at the time.
The uproar is over the fact that if the shoe was on the other foot, and a black man had shot a white kid, he would have been arrested on the spot - hence the racial bias. That (unfortunately) is not the way the law is written - until the crime is investigated, as evidenced by exactly the case I referenced.

He will be arrested, sentenced, and be spending a lovely time in prison with plenty of folks that scare the sh1t out of him because of their skin pigment.

And deservedly so. But in the interim, the media is doing a disservice by inciting racial discourse due to their ignorance of the law. That was the point I made, and thought I made it clear. I'll type more slowly for you next time.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Rudeboyelvis

As usual, the facts never get in the way of you trying to argue an indefensible point...

Stop your ridiculousness. The story is all about race. It's not just another murder story.

And yes, even with the flaws in the law, I, as well and many others, think that if the shoe was on the other foot, you bet an arrest would have been made. The locals wouldn't have been so worried about being sued under the limitations of the law. The limitations of the law have been covered well in the "media" that you are accusing of ignoring it.

That's an opinion, not a "fact", so back off because someone dare disagree with you about quality of media coverage.

13 arrests in Florida under this law, and only 1 victim was armed.

Yes, the law makes local arrest difficult to impossible, thus making the feds have to step in, and they can only do that under the federal hate crime prosecution laws