Obama chimes in

[Matthitjah]

Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking?

No, not at all. I know plenty of black people with common sense. Take Charles Barkley's comments today for example.

[Steve_S]

Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking?

 

The thing is that he's the president of ALL americans. He made it about race with his statements. That's what this boils down to. 

[Gandalf]

Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking?

 

The thing is that he's the president of ALL americans. He made it about race with his statements. That's what this boils down to.

Perhaps he felt it needed saying?

There have been some highly malignant comments about Martin on Worthy; I wonder if they are typical of parts of American society, or whether most people in fact take a more balanced and respectful view of this young man who has been killed?

[The_Patriot21]

yes, he felt it needed saying, obviously, not because poor martin was this innocent hapless soul, but because it furthered Obamas agenda. If Obama had honestly cared, he would have either not saying anything at all, or urging people not to riot and to respect the law. the law said zimmerman was innocent-its time to move on.

[Steve_S]

 

 

Hasn't Obama just articulated what millions of black Americans are thinking?

 

The thing is that he's the president of ALL americans. He made it about race with his statements. That's what this boils down to.

 

Perhaps he felt it needed saying?

There have been some highly malignant comments about Martin on Worthy; I wonder if they are typical of parts of American society, or whether most people in fact take a more balanced and respectful view of this young man who has been killed?

 

 

The president is the representative of the american people, not just a 12 percent swath of it that is delineated only by race. Obviously, he felt it needed saying, but all he was doing was intimating that Zimmerman racially profiled Martin, which is counterintuitive. Obama cannot possibly know Zimmerman's motives for following him, just like none of the rest of us can. What he did was engage in generalizations, i.e. since some white people are suspicious of some black people then every time a white person (even though Zimmerman is half hispanic, go figure) is suspicious of a black person it's entirely racially motivated.

[JDavis]

and it gets worse...

 

"If a white male teen would have been involved in this scenario," he said, "both the outcome and the aftermath might have been different."

 

He is right about one thing, had it been a white male teen that was shot both the outcome and the aftermath would have be very different.

 

First there would have been no national story.

Second, there would not have been an arrest or a trial.

Third, had there been a trial with the same outcome, there would not have been riots and protest.

[ayin jade]

Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama addressed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin for the first time since 2012, when he declared that if he had a son, he’d look like Martin. This time, Obama said, “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.”

Obama added that he had experienced racial profiling personally: "There are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of being followed in a department store — that includes me."

 

 

Story here

 

 

Ive been followed in department stores too. I am not black.

[JDavis]

 

Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama addressed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin for the first time since 2012, when he declared that if he had a son, he’d look like Martin. This time, Obama said, “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.”

Obama added that he had experienced racial profiling personally: "There are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of being followed in a department store — that includes me."

 

 

Story here

 

 

Ive been followed in department stores too. I am not black.

 

 

during my time as a WalMart manager I have followed many a person, the majority of them were not black.

[JDavis]

so, has anyone seen any national level coverage of this story?

 

or protest about the not-guilty verdict?

 

http://themartialist.net/?p=306

[ayin jade]

Didnt hear anythign about that. I feel sad for the family that lost their son, but I feel sad for Mr Scott too. He will have to live with the last words that kid spoke. And live with the knowledge that he killed someone. Knowing you took a life, no matter how right or wrong it was, has to affect anyone except the meanest sociopath.