Mama Carol

Laurie, several of us have posted about friends, family or ourselves who have been stopped by the police because we looked "out of place". Happens to people regardless of their color. Believe me, with the top up on my hubby's car, you can't see from a distance the color of the person driving. Driving in a nice sports car on Six Flags Drive IS suspicious. Driving in a beat up pick up truck in East Cobb is suspicious. As I said earlier "suspicious" has no color. Yes, there is. My obligation to my family and my clients to take care of what is important to them.

Not if he was in a gated community where he had no business. If he had business there, like visiting a friend or relative and THEY gave him the code to unlock the gate, then he was not committing a crime by being there. However, if he wasn't there visiting someone who gave him the code for the gate, he WAS committing a crime. Did I understand correctly that he "cutting through" the property? Isn't that a little like trespassing? How many people have I seen on here through the years who complain about kids "cutting through" the back part of their land?

I agree with everything you said except that last part. I will be voting for WHOEVER is the Republican candidate because I've seen enough hope and change to last me a lifetime.

AMEN and amen!!

Defending yourself is a MISTAKE? But my question remains, what do you think will happen when the INDEPENDENT investigation proves Mr Zimmerman was well within his rights and was telling the truth? You think the Black Panthers are going to back down and say "oh, we made a mistake and we withdraw the bounty"? This whole story needs to just go away. Let the investigation continue and then release the findings. There should not be a court of public opinion. If Mr Zimmerman acted in an unlawful manner, he should stand trial by an impartial jury and suffer the consequences. However,

but the police department DID investigate. What do you think will happen when the independent investigation PROVES Mr Zimmerman's claim?

At what point do you not feel threatened enough to shoot? After the kid beat him senseless? Thank you LPPT, you have made the point I have been trying to make. Mr Zimmerman felt threatened and shot in self defense. Why? Because this kid was assaulting him, that's why! I agree with whoever said, let's get a more recent picture of the kid and see what he looked like in late February. Mr Zimmerman looks totally different in his more recent picture.

First of all, going to the store should not be a risky venture anywhere in this country, but sadly it is. Happens every day that people are kidnapped, murdered, killed by drunk drivers, etc "going to the store". My 16 year old grandson lives in College Park. Not safe for anyone, male or female, black or white, young or old to be walking to the store by themselves after dark. Hell, my daughter who lives in Austell has been accosted in broad daylight in view of the police department! That's why I got her some pepper spray to carry with her. It should be SAFE for her to walk, too.

As a society we HAVE to stop justifying criminal activity by using race, poverty, childhood abuse or whatever else as an excuse for committing a crime. Where is the personal responsibility? Where is the person saying "hey, I did it because I wanted to do it"? Yeah, pretty much like the search for the Holy Grail, huh? The jails and prisons are FULL of innocent people. Yeah, right. Nobody is guilty because they were a poor, abused minority. Where is the personal responsibility? My comment isn't just about this thread it's also about the Hemy Neumann trial where a cold blooded k

Of course, let's not confuse the issue by presenting facts. Let's just allow a lynch mob to crucify a man who shot another person in self defense. Has it completely escaped your realm of understanding that if the police had ONE tiny shred of evidence that Zimmerman was guilty of ANYTHING that he would have been arrested? He claimed self defense, TWO eyewitnesses backed up that claim (even though one has since changed her story to fit public opinion) and obviously no evidence proves otherwise. One can jump up and down and claim anything they want. Without proof, it's going to be difficult

I'm so glad to know I'm not alone.

Again, let's go through this. One does not get abrasions on the back of the head from FOLLOWING someone. Following means behind, not in front of. One does not get grass stains on the back of their clothes from being the person on top of another. One does not get shot in the chest from being FOLLOWED. Because, FOLLOWING means behind. Here's a definition of the word "follow" To come or go after; proceed behind.

Unfortunately, if the daughter doesn't learn to deal with this herself, she may find herself faced with even worse experiences later in life. SHE has got to stand up for herself.

can we get an AMEN!

I think the person who said this happened at 2 a.m. might have the school vandalism and the Trayvon Martin shooting confused. But then again, maybe not, since I don't seem to be able to find anything that gives a timeline other than a "day of" timeline.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: That's all. I just found it to be HILARIOUS!

In 2009, the most recent year I can find statistics, the US used more oil than China, Japan and India COMBINED. Even if one of them doubled their demand, it would still not be as much as the US uses.

Record high unemployment except during the 1930s during the Great Depression, record foreclosures, bankrupt cities, counties and states and the DEMAND has increased? Do you believe everything you read?

How were world economies last year when the record yearly high average in the US was reached? Pretty sucky, weren't they? And "improving" is a relative term. Anything is an improvement from deep depression.

gog8tors, I think we need to face the fact that people just simply are not supposed to defend themselves. It's, as you say, irresponsible to think otherwise.

But now, the economies of countries across the globe suck and prices are HIGH.

Yes, but in years past when we had a booming economy, we had LOW gas prices. Conversely, in 2011 which we know was not exactly a booming economy, we had a record high yearly average price.

Let's see, I've been listening to and reading reports that are more impartial than the standard news media. And I don't believe anyone has said he had it coming. Just that Zimmerman, ACCORDING TO AN *EYEWITNESS* was defending himself. We're talking EYEWITNESS not the news media telling us what or who to believe. EYEWITNESS. You know--someone actually there who saw it happen, in front of them. I would imagine if it were dark and I was being attacked by a person wearing a black hoodie and I shot them DEFENDING myself, I, too, might be labeled a racist. So, should Zimmerman have asked

But those countries demand on oil has nothing to do with OUR ECONOMY and how that has an effect on gas prices. And how stupid is the state of Georgia to institute an increase in the gas tax when prices go up? Isn't that a time they should be trying to keep gasoline more affordable for the people who pay the tax?

Any idea what gas prices were like during the Reagan administration or the Clinton administration? The economy was sure booming during the late 1990s and during most of the 1980s. Oh to have those days of gas prices like when Ford was in office. I could go ALL week on $10 and that included gas for an 8 cylinder Camaro, which I drove the crap out of, and Big Macs every day at lunch.