The Martin/Zimmerman incident is not as cut-and-dry as the media depicts it. There were many people on both sides who wanted to politicize it and tainted the evidence pool. It was a situation of a series of errors in judgement on both sides. It definitely was not racially motivated.
We have only the word of Zimmerman for what went down that night. It makes much more sense that a young black man, used to being racially profiled and perhaps threatened on more than one occasion because of his skin color, felt threatened that rainy night by a non-black man carrying a gun. Zimmerman, pumped up on adrenaline and given courage by a gun and its cop-killer bullets, took the initiative at every turn. I think he’d been looking for an occasion to use that gun one day and Trayvon granted his wish. And you KNOW that if the situation and their roles had been reversed, dark-skinned Trayvon Martin would be sitting on Death Row.
Race/Religion/Culture/Class continue to divide neighbors and prevent objective, civil, and respectful discussion on important issues. The cannibalistic two party oligarchy driving our nation like us to be at odds with one another. The media likes to focus on stories that give most views at lowest cost and the corporations who own them have their own agenda as well. It’s a good cartoon. A black youth is more likely to die young, usually due to other blacks, but that does not make the cartoon wrong. They often have worse schools, less job opportunity, and more. Generally speaking, police, store clerks, and others look at blacks differently than they do whites or even latinos. It’s better, but it needs a lot more.Read Griffen’s Black Like Me for more perspective.Respectfully,C.
Looks like we won’t soon be out of racists. I think it’s a small-minded way to look at things. I know that someday we will all be multicolored. Does anyone remember the star trek episode where all the people were literally half-black and half-white OR half-white and half-black? The ones who were half-white discriminated against the ones who werehalf-black. I hope you can see the insanity of that situation.
“Way to go Lucko—increase the race card bait.”Hey, here’s a guess, I’m betting that you’re white. Seems that white people, who are more or less responsible for the racist attitudes in this country, are the first ones to get annoyed when someone (other than them) plays the race card.
It wasn’t solely about race, it was about some puffed-up little man with a gun out to prove what a big tough dude he was, rounding up the evil black kids and making the world safe for democracy and the American way.Zimmerman was a stupid tool with a deadly tool, which is always a lousy combination.
To ansonia: Facts have never been a consideration for Luckovich. Take the left’s talking points, which also ignore facts or rational thought, give them to Luck and watch the drivel he comes up with.
Where is the outrage? 3 black men murdered a white woman walking home from work. No national outrage about this.<<http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/schererville/men-charged-in-schererville-killing/article_0b73017e-7f96-5e49-bc75-d8158c122eb9.html>>Marley Lion was a seventeen year old white kid. He got lost driving home from a party. He pulled into a parking lot in a black neighborhood and was immediately attacked. Where was the national outrage???<<http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/08/03/the-thrill-kill-thugs-who-shot-marley-lion-arrested/>>
Obama is half white but that rarely EVER gets mentioned, if at all. George Zimmerman is half Hispanic. Oh excuse me, White Hispanic. I guess we have a new race in this country? White Hispanic? I guess that makes Mr. Obama a White Black? Anything the media can do to fuel the fire. I am curious, do any of our Half Hispanic Half White posters consider themselves “White Hispanic” or proudly claim their “Hispanic” heritage and consider themselves Hispanic?
“Ice Cold Troll”? I think that explains the brain freeze. Were you homeschooled by dropouts? Just because your sentences are all in the same language doesn’t mean they make any sense.
INDEED! Finally, a voice of reason! I am not a racist, one of my best friends is a Black American, and she Wholeheartedly agrees with the verdict. You look at the FACTS PRESENTED and go from there! AND SINCE NONE OF THESE RIOT MONGERS WERE IN THE COURTROOM OR PART OF THE JURY, why don’t you just SHUT YOUR YAPS!
Uh, “cop killer” bullets are teflon coated, or simply armor piercing rounds. “Hollow point” bullets are used to actually REDUCE the potential of bystanders being hit by through and through" rounds. Ignorance is bliss, and anyone who thinks Martin started this situation, is full of “bliss”.
Would you deny that, at such close range Zimmerman could have fired a non-lethal shot, such as to Martin’s knee or hip or shoulder? Unquestionably that would have taken the fight out of Martin, but Zimmerman went for the “kill shot,” which makes him, if not guilty, a gutless and venal coward.Is he guilty of murder? A Florida jury says “No,” so it’s official.Is he a self-important, gutless buffoon?I think the jury will bring in a “yes” vote on that one.
Aw, you don’t understand the concept of sarcasm, either. How cute. Someday, a grownup will teach you. :)Calling someone ‘delusional’ is very different than abject name-calling. Too bad you don’t understand THAT concept, either.I am truly sorry for your shortcomings and need for compensation, though. THAT much I’m not being sarcastic about. It must be debilitating.
thegreatack over 10 years ago
The Martin/Zimmerman incident is not as cut-and-dry as the media depicts it. There were many people on both sides who wanted to politicize it and tainted the evidence pool. It was a situation of a series of errors in judgement on both sides. It definitely was not racially motivated.
Vermont Premium Member over 10 years ago
We have only the word of Zimmerman for what went down that night. It makes much more sense that a young black man, used to being racially profiled and perhaps threatened on more than one occasion because of his skin color, felt threatened that rainy night by a non-black man carrying a gun. Zimmerman, pumped up on adrenaline and given courage by a gun and its cop-killer bullets, took the initiative at every turn. I think he’d been looking for an occasion to use that gun one day and Trayvon granted his wish. And you KNOW that if the situation and their roles had been reversed, dark-skinned Trayvon Martin would be sitting on Death Row.
chazandru over 10 years ago
Race/Religion/Culture/Class continue to divide neighbors and prevent objective, civil, and respectful discussion on important issues. The cannibalistic two party oligarchy driving our nation like us to be at odds with one another. The media likes to focus on stories that give most views at lowest cost and the corporations who own them have their own agenda as well. It’s a good cartoon. A black youth is more likely to die young, usually due to other blacks, but that does not make the cartoon wrong. They often have worse schools, less job opportunity, and more. Generally speaking, police, store clerks, and others look at blacks differently than they do whites or even latinos. It’s better, but it needs a lot more.Read Griffen’s Black Like Me for more perspective.Respectfully,C.
zeimetr over 10 years ago
Great cartoon. It sums up the basic attitude in this nation regarding young black men. The profiling is pathetic.
Tuner38 over 10 years ago
Physiological differences have nothing to do with individual character. Get over this America.
goweeder over 10 years ago
Looks like we won’t soon be out of racists. I think it’s a small-minded way to look at things. I know that someday we will all be multicolored. Does anyone remember the star trek episode where all the people were literally half-black and half-white OR half-white and half-black? The ones who were half-white discriminated against the ones who werehalf-black. I hope you can see the insanity of that situation.
Ivan Araque over 10 years ago
The thing is, I feel like crying with this mother. Good work, Mike, perhaps a bit too incisive.
McSpook over 10 years ago
“Way to go Lucko—increase the race card bait.”Hey, here’s a guess, I’m betting that you’re white. Seems that white people, who are more or less responsible for the racist attitudes in this country, are the first ones to get annoyed when someone (other than them) plays the race card.
McSpook over 10 years ago
It wasn’t solely about race, it was about some puffed-up little man with a gun out to prove what a big tough dude he was, rounding up the evil black kids and making the world safe for democracy and the American way.Zimmerman was a stupid tool with a deadly tool, which is always a lousy combination.
wayne30523 over 10 years ago
To ansonia: Facts have never been a consideration for Luckovich. Take the left’s talking points, which also ignore facts or rational thought, give them to Luck and watch the drivel he comes up with.
tryoung71 over 10 years ago
Where is the outrage? 3 black men murdered a white woman walking home from work. No national outrage about this.<<http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/schererville/men-charged-in-schererville-killing/article_0b73017e-7f96-5e49-bc75-d8158c122eb9.html>>Marley Lion was a seventeen year old white kid. He got lost driving home from a party. He pulled into a parking lot in a black neighborhood and was immediately attacked. Where was the national outrage???<<http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/08/03/the-thrill-kill-thugs-who-shot-marley-lion-arrested/>>
tryoung71 over 10 years ago
Any anti-gunner will tell you that hollow point ammo is evil. I just didn’t realize that it was also considered “cop-killer” ammo. They are a joke.
Vermont Premium Member over 10 years ago
Hollow-point bullets are universally known as cop-killer bullets.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 10 years ago
Obama is half white but that rarely EVER gets mentioned, if at all. George Zimmerman is half Hispanic. Oh excuse me, White Hispanic. I guess we have a new race in this country? White Hispanic? I guess that makes Mr. Obama a White Black? Anything the media can do to fuel the fire. I am curious, do any of our Half Hispanic Half White posters consider themselves “White Hispanic” or proudly claim their “Hispanic” heritage and consider themselves Hispanic?
gbrucewilson over 10 years ago
Lots of black youth being killed in the south. South Chicago. I know, don’t confuse you with facts.
Vermont Premium Member over 10 years ago
“Ice Cold Troll”? I think that explains the brain freeze. Were you homeschooled by dropouts? Just because your sentences are all in the same language doesn’t mean they make any sense.
tryoung71 over 10 years ago
That’s it! Confuse ‘em with facts! They’ll still try to squirm out of it, though.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 10 years ago
INDEED! Finally, a voice of reason! I am not a racist, one of my best friends is a Black American, and she Wholeheartedly agrees with the verdict. You look at the FACTS PRESENTED and go from there! AND SINCE NONE OF THESE RIOT MONGERS WERE IN THE COURTROOM OR PART OF THE JURY, why don’t you just SHUT YOUR YAPS!
Dtroutma over 10 years ago
Uh, “cop killer” bullets are teflon coated, or simply armor piercing rounds. “Hollow point” bullets are used to actually REDUCE the potential of bystanders being hit by through and through" rounds. Ignorance is bliss, and anyone who thinks Martin started this situation, is full of “bliss”.
McSpook over 10 years ago
Would you deny that, at such close range Zimmerman could have fired a non-lethal shot, such as to Martin’s knee or hip or shoulder? Unquestionably that would have taken the fight out of Martin, but Zimmerman went for the “kill shot,” which makes him, if not guilty, a gutless and venal coward.Is he guilty of murder? A Florida jury says “No,” so it’s official.Is he a self-important, gutless buffoon?I think the jury will bring in a “yes” vote on that one.
tryoung71 over 10 years ago
I’ll believe you when you show us the police report.
tryoung71 over 10 years ago
Aw, you don’t understand the concept of sarcasm, either. How cute. Someday, a grownup will teach you. :)Calling someone ‘delusional’ is very different than abject name-calling. Too bad you don’t understand THAT concept, either.I am truly sorry for your shortcomings and need for compensation, though. THAT much I’m not being sarcastic about. It must be debilitating.
tryoung71 over 10 years ago
Wow, Tigger. Way to bust his happy, little bubble. Now he will call YOU names instead of me. :)
parkerfields over 10 years ago
Apparently Mike Luckovich is color blind. He can’t see truth if it supports the actions of a white person or hispanic person.