delta1
6 years ago

Paragraph 2 & 3 I agree Al.

You really think what fox did with the thug was worse that NBC?

Editing a phone call to make the Hispanic sound like a racist white guy till they figured out he was just a stupid idiot, and using a much younger photo of the thug and never talking about the injuries Zim suffered that supported his story.

None of the totally avoidable situation has anything to do with what the jckass did after the legal shooting.

ZRX1200 wrote:



true...especially the part about the totally avoidable incident - Zimmerman was the driving force for what happened, and everyone seems to forget that Martin had rights to be left alone that night, and also to stand his ground when stalked...we'll never agree about "the legal shooting"

as for the media, both are examples of them shaping the news and should not happen...Fox News did not apologize, tho NBC did
teedubbya
6 years ago
I like to jog carrying a TV. The extra weight is a great workout. Am I a legal target?
MACS
6 years ago
I think the point here is this: The media sensationalizes this crap because it sells. Period.

Was he just a jogger? Doesn't look like it. He had a rap sheet and was casing a construction site.

Were the shooters KKK members? Highly doubtful. But they did the wrong thing by taking matters in their own hands.

The bottom line is some dude was doing something he should not have been, and that was followed by 2 more dudes doing something they should not have done and it ended in tragedy.

The media is ramping this up way beyond what it is, purely for clicks and views. It is not black and white, and the brother wasn't being "hunted". The media is purposely divisive on every issue involving a black man being killed by a white one.
delta1
6 years ago
I don't think the shooters would have shot rfenst or Frank, if they left the construction site, jogging empty handed
victor809
6 years ago

I think the point here is this: The media sensationalizes this crap because it sells. Period.

Was he just a jogger? Doesn't look like it. He had a rap sheet and was casing a construction site.

Were the shooters KKK members? Highly doubtful. But they did the wrong thing by taking matters in their own hands.

The bottom line is some dude was doing something he should not have been, and that was followed by 2 more dudes doing something they should not have done and it ended in tragedy.

The media is ramping this up way beyond what it is, purely for clicks and views. It is not black and white, and the brother wasn't being "hunted". The media is purposely divisive on every issue involving a black man being killed by a white one.

MACS wrote:



"Had a rap sheet"? Dude. You may want to dial back on that sensationalized media yourself.
I tried doing a little digging and I found a shoplifting arrest, and an indictment for carrying a gun to a high school event (something most people here would claim to be a patriotic activity.... you know... if the person were white). That's not a "rap sheet". That's something I could have easily had if I had not been born white and been able to easily get out of trouble when cops/administration were involved.
victor809
6 years ago

I don't think the shooters would have shot rfenst or Frank, if they left the construction site, jogging empty handed

delta1 wrote:



I dunno. I think frank is packing.

Better to shoot first than to find out
teedubbya
6 years ago
We don't know but will choose sides anyway.
Speyside
6 years ago
MACS, YOU have a choice. You can make this black and white, you can make this KKK, or you can stop either sides hate from effecting you. The choice I am making is to hope justice and truth prevail. Same goes for EVERYONE here. It has to start somewhere. Why not here? We all need to quit taking sides and letting talking heads influence us. I don't mean we need similar opinions and I do get what you are saying. Throw out everything except the facts. The ONLY fact we know is that he was killed. The only action anyone should care about is that justice be served. And right now I don't know what justice will be.
MACS
6 years ago
If you read my comments throughout this thread... I've pretty much done that. It irritates me that the media does what they do because it works on a lot of people.

As I have said, regardless of the circumstances... the guys who confronted him should not have. If they'd have reported it and left it alone then Arbery would be alive and the guy who killed him would not be in legal trouble.
teedubbya
6 years ago
The media does do that but it’s not just the other guys media and it works on more people than you think.
frankj1
6 years ago
they did call it in, were asked if there was a wrongful act being committed to determine the level needed for police response.
then were told a car would be dispatched.

next call was pretty much we don't know what street we're on, there he is, STOP STOP bang bang.

So maybe what has made this more sensational is that the whole story, featuring dropped charges due to the accused's police connections, is why it has become sensational...months later!

Hardly handled in a mundane way.

And yes, I have noted and totally agreed with your comments about the father son actions.
MACS
6 years ago
I know they called it in, Frankie... but the idiots didn't leave it alone.
teedubbya
6 years ago
It could be all did wrong or one or the other. Something stinks here.
delta1
6 years ago
the shooters are saying they were making a citizen's arrest, which is a circumstance in some states where killing a suspect is justified...

not sure if probable cause to make the citizen's arrest exists here...
HockeyDad
6 years ago
I haven’t looked into all the details but I’m pretty sure he died of COVID.
victor809
6 years ago
You're probably right... I heard in Georgia the Klan is dipping their bullets in coronavirus.
MACS
6 years ago

I haven’t looked into all the details but I’m pretty sure he died of COVID.

HockeyDad wrote:



Post of the week.
Speyside
6 years ago
Mr. Jones
6 years ago
#55 hockeydad

LMMFAO!!!!

LOVED IT...

BWUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

CHECK HIS basement and garage ...and his mom's garage for stolen merch...and multiple kakhi running suitage...
ZRX1200
6 years ago
Well 25 miles from his house?

Long jog for khakis
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