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He said the police never walked him through the crime scene.
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Do you have a link to her website? I looked at the article again and see no retraction which seems to me to be the proper place to RETRACT a false story. But, who am I to say?
So which Sunday did this happen?
In a statement, the National Sheriffs' Association said its Neighborhood Watch Program is to act as the "eyes and ears" within the community, reported the Washington Post. "The alleged action of a 'self-appointed neighborhood watchman' last month in Sanford, Fla., significantly contradicts the principles" of the program. "NSA has no information indicating the community where the incident occurred has ever even registered with the NSA Neighborhood Watch program," said the organization.
SIMMONS: Bill Cosby weighs in on Trayvon Martin case
By Deborah Simmons
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The Washington Times
1:27 p.m., Saturday, April 7, 2012
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ANALYSIS/OPINION:
The gun.
Those two simple words flowed easily from the mouth of social commentator Bill Cosby during an exclusive interview Friday regarding the Trayvon Martin case, arguably the most high-profile, citizen-on-citizen U.S. slaying facing the Obama administration.
Trayvon was killed Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, who told police that a confrontation with the unarmed 17-year-old led him to shoot in self-defense.
Mr. Cosby, a Navy veteran, said the gun empowered Mr. Zimmerman, whose actions have stirred a firestorm of debate, protests and remarks from President Obama.
Weve got to get the gun out of the hands of people who are supposed to be on neighborhood watch, said Mr. Cosby, whose remarks were the first he has made publicly about the case.
Without a gun, I dont see Mr. Zimmerman approaching Trayvon by himself, Mr. Cosby explained. The power-of-the-gun mentality had him unafraid to confront someone. Even police call for backup in similar situations.
When you carry a gun, you mean to harm somebody, kill somebody, he said.
http://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/apr/7/simmons-bill-cosby-weighs-trayvon-martin-case/
Sounds like last Sunday but i didn't hear a confirmation!
If there is a case they have a right to hold things close to the vest and let it come out when the right time is. and not in the public eye. With the amount of misinformation, and bias information, it would be best to keep tempers down and keep the case close to the vest till the investigation dictates differently.
BUT you are right I do think there may be a few lost jobs.
IMHO it should have been an investigation from the very start.
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I have removed all references to the "retraction" that apparently wasn't?
Best I can tell this all came from some Facebook???
PLEASE NO SOCIAL MEDIA!
It is hard enough to follow the MSM reports. Absolutely no Facebook references.
If anyone can find a legit link to the retraction, please post it. Otherwise, disregard, okay?
< mod snip >The media portrayal of George as a racist could not be further from the truth." He describes George as "a Spanish-speaking minority." George's mother is Peruvian and he also reportedly has black relatives.
I guess the point that puzzles me is, the SPD had already made the decision that he was innocent when they let him go with no charges. The only reason this situation has escalated to the point it has is because there is a public perception of guilt because of virtually no corroborating evidence of his story, which is borderline incredulous to many.
There would be no justice department investigation if anyone had shown tangible, believable evidence of a broken nose.
There would be no special prosecutor if there were pictures of the back of his head looking like it went through a meat grinder.
He was at the police station 36 minutes after he pulled the trigger looking fresh as a daisy to many!
If his story is true, why wouldn't the SPD want to diffuse this craziness that's swirling around their town when all it would take to start is some kind of reasonable evidence of his claims being true?
Do these people realize that their stonewalling the public of the truth, which ever way it lies, has brought all of this down on themselves?
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IMO, JHMO, MOO, etc.
I posted this link last evening and asked you to please indicate where the "cut-through street" is you keep referencing in your posts. Could you please take a moment and point it out to me. TIA.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...on-martin.html?scp=2&sq=trayvon martin&st=cse
~jmo~
That was my bad.. The reporter had a link on her FB and then that link had been deleted... I called it a "retraction" in the sense that the link was retracted from her page.. Didn't realize it would cause such melee.. but then again I should have known...
So sorry to cause the mods a problem unnecessarily...
I love Bill Cosby! I still watch The Cosby Show!
MY FAVORITE COSBY EPISODE:
Season 4 Episode 02 - Call of the Wild - YouTube
Wish we still had television like this!
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Dispatcher: Ok you said it is 1111 Retreat View Circle or 111?
GZ: That's the club house
Dispatcher: He's near the club house right now?
Pink (*Indicates where a left would have been)
GZ: ....Yep, when you come to the club house you come straight in and make a left ...
Blue (*The first left is a through street, but he's trying to direct him to the street he's on, which is also a left, but not really - it cuts through and straightens out)
GZ: ...actually, you would go past the club house. (*still directing near club house)
Dispatcher: Oh, you say it's on the left hand side from the club house?
GZ: No, you go in, straight through the entrance and then you make a left, ummm, yeah you go straight in, don't turn and make a left.
*my notes
Please continue here.
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We will no longer allow discussion of Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson,the Black Panther, or the Neo Nazi's protest(s). There are way too many <modsnips> and timeouts to continue this discussion. We will allow MSM links to such protests, but no discussion.