Reply With QuoteDngrMse (03-25-2012)
more hereSANFORD, Fla. — Members of the New Black Panther Party are offering a $10,000 reward for the "capture" of George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin.
New Black Panther leader Mikhail Muhammad announced the reward during a protest in Sanford on Saturday. And when asked whether he was inciting violence, Muhammad replied defiantly: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth."
The bounty announcement came moments after members of the group called for the mobilization of 10,000 black men to capture Zimmerman, who shot Trayvon in a gated Sanford community on Feb. 26.
Muhammad said members of his group would search for Zimmerman themselves in Maitland — where the 28-year old worked before the shooting, employees there told The Orlando Sentinel. He declined to say when the group would begin their search.
Sanford city officials issued a statement late Saturday, condemning the group's appeal and asking citizens to leave all arrests to the police. The statement was sanctioned by Sanford Police Captain Robert O'Connor, one of two captains now leading the department in the wake of Police Chief Bill Lee's temporary suspension.
"The City is requesting calm heads and no vigilante justice," the statement said. "Attempts by civilians to take any person into custody may result in criminal charges or unnecessary violence."
Former Orange-Osceola County prosecutor Esther Whitehead said the Panthers' bounty opens them up to civil and possibly criminal liability.
"I can't see how anyone can go out and take action as a private citizen without some government action like the issuance of a warrant," she said. "It doesn't make sense. It doesn't sound reasonable."
The New Black Panthers were in Sanford on Saturday for the group's third protest in the past two weeks over the fatal shooting of the Miami Gardens teen.
The group has consistently called for Zimmerman's arrest and threatened to find and detain him if police were not willing to do so. But group members didn't call for the mobilization of thousands until Saturday.
On Saturday, Muhammed led the small group in chanting "Justice for Trayvon!" and "Black Power!"
"If the government won't do the job, we'll do it," Muhammad said, leading his group of eight party members in chants like "freedom or death" and "justice for Trayvon" while making the iconic gesture of raising their fists into the air.
The party members said they are tired of the inaction of government officials — from Sanford city officials up to the governor — and accused them of lying and delaying justice.
Sanford police arrived toward the end of the demonstration Saturday asking onlookers and media to avoid walking into the street in front of The Retreat at Twin Lakes, where Martin was killed.
As the officer walked back to his cruiser, Muhammad berated and pointed angrily at him saying, "If you'd had shown this much concern, Trayvon may still be alive today."
The fiery rhetoric and often profanity-laden diatribes made some visitors to the impromptu memorial uncomfortable.
Pastor Moses Brown, of Tampa, said he was disappointed with the Panthers' approach.
"We believe in a message of justice, not hate," said Brown, who was in town to pray at the memorial and attend the Monday event at Sanford's Civic Center. "We believe justice will come through the court system."
Brown, who is also the chief executive officer of Feed Our Children, said he has been meeting with other Christian ministers to discuss the case.
While the Panthers chanted behind him, Brown said, "I see parallel versions of how we are coping with this as a community. Some in anger and us, in prayer. But we are in America where we have our rights to expression."
Sanford resident James Tucker said the party's message is about vengeance, not justice, and could rouse a "lynch mob" that could spiral out of control into a race riot.
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The same shepherd that protects the flock leads them to the slaughterhouse.
DngrMse (03-25-2012)
Uuuhh...well.
That sucks.
This is troubling. Zimmerman should probably flee to the zionist regime while he has a chance.
Why does so much stupidity come out of Florida?
When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? [Henry David Thoreau]
The black panthers, Obama, Sharpton and other racist scumbags are most likely upset that this was not black on black crime.
BLACK POWER!
Oh, uh, carry on.
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Šñøü†ê® (03-25-2012)
The question that we have to ask is WHO IS FINANCING ALL THE RACIST BULLSHIT? Sharpton and "the black panthers" do not do what they do for free.
jwreck (03-25-2012)
Sharpton's financed by MSNBC now, and the Black Panthers are, like, 15 people now. So they might not be financed.
Really a shame the BPP has to get involved. Ethnic antagonism isn't going to help anyone. Well, except for maybe them.
"All that stuff I was taught about evolution, embryology, Big Bang theory, all that is lies straight from the pit of hell [the bible] teaches us how to run all our public policy and everything in society." Rep. Paul Broun (R)
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Because Florida is the East Coast equivilent of California ? And Cali is f*cked up beyond recovery ... so Florida is well on its way.Originally Posted by Freedom&Liberty
A country which counts Diversity as its strength is defended by an organization which relies on strict Uniformity.
So, are we a strong nation defended by a weak military ... or a weak nation defended by a strong military ?
http://discussanything.com/forums/sh...=135303&page=3
Post #44. Lets wait and see whats happens in 2012 ...
Why hasn't Lulu offered her support of the Black Panthers? She seems to know how this all went down.
jwreck (03-27-2012)
So where's the president in all this, calming things down before somebody triggers a full-blown race riot?
The ambassador died, Obama lied.
Maybe he realized how stupid it was to say something before and has wisely decided to shut his trap for a change.
I represent the angry, gun toting meat eating people. ~ Denis Leary
The same shepherd that protects the flock leads them to the slaughterhouse.
Freak. "Surmise" doesn't mean I know how it all went down. Just was going over what we did know. Why would I be offering support for a bounty put on someone's head? Just asking that the police do their J-O-B.
Obama? Now THAT is something I'd like to see.
The ambassador died, Obama lied.
jwreck (03-27-2012)
You clearly know that the police didn't "do their J-O-B". I mean, Zimmerman hasn'tbeen arrested, so how could they have?
Lets see now... a man with a peaceful Muslim sounding name is offering a bounty on behalf of a black racist group to get a White Latino with a Jewish sounding name who killed a black teenager. This is ridiculous.
Dinar Agapova (03-27-2012), jwreck (03-27-2012)
At last. You did indeed answer your own question on the previous thread. Good work.
The problem with kind of "logic" is that it presupposes an answer. Its conclusory. And fails to take into account the possibility that Zimmerman was not arrested as a result of the investigation.
But of course, as stated previously, YOU are in a better position to make such conclusions, however one-sided and full of supposition they may be.
It's called diversity.
When will the world learn that a million men are of no importance compared with one man? [Henry David Thoreau]
jwreck (03-27-2012), queenlillian1962 (03-28-2012)
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