If Obama had a son, would he look like Shawn Tyson?

If Zimmerman had been arrested that same night and charged with manslaughter, murder or whatever it would probably never have even got to the point whereby Obama was commenting about it. It probably wouldn't have even made the national news.

The Huge uproar is mainly because Zimmerman was not immediately arrested and still has not been arrested. Shawn Tyson has been tried and convicted. There is no controversy there he deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. Zimmerman stalks a kid minding his own business at night, gets into a confrontation with him, shoots him, claims self defense and the prosecutor just takes his word for it.

If Shawn Tyson had claimed self defense and was released don't you think there would be an uproar?

 

I'd say seppuku is too noble, perhaps just a lifetime of crippling obesity suits just fine.

 

obama probably should have not commented but people are making way too big a deal out of it. he is allowed to have an opinion, just like the rest of us.

 

No, you're not saying that, but Obama is basically saying that. He had no business sticking his nose into an ongoing investigation and making such comments.

Why did he do this? Because he wanted to inject himself into a situation that has gained wide national attention for the benefit of himself. At the very least he could have tried to ease racial tensions, call for calm and allow the ongoing process to run its course. He did none of that I am aware of to this point.

He should be "presidential" enough to not make such comments on ongoing cases and it seems he's made a trend of it, unfortunately. The guy is as much a divider of people as those he claims to fight against.

 

Is it your belief that President Obama is the first president to ever make comments on cases such as this?

 

It's my belief a President should keep his powder dry on cases such as this and not make themselves a part of the story. I could care less about the political affiliation of the President on this matter, so feel free to cite every Republican (or otherwise) President to stick their nose into cases similar to Trayvon Martin.

 

The problem is...Obama could not "keep his powder dry". Being the first "Black" President, an high profile case where race is a HUGE factor will generate questions from the press and calls for reaction from Black leaders. He was in no man's land. Black leaders were complaining that he hadn't said anything about it and the press kept asking the WH for comment. He did a measured response. He learned his lesson from the whole law professor/cop thing in Boston that ended up with the "Beer Summit".

 

No, he obviously didn't learn anything from that at all.

 

The US Justice System is comparable to a tournament? He placed guilt on someone who has yet to have been proven guilty by a court of law. As the President, it is his duty to reflect the principles of this nation. Innocent until proven guilty is one of the basic principles of our judicial system and he did not respect that in this instance because he seized the political moment to gain momentum in an election year.

That doesn't mean I don't think Zimmerman is guilty of killing Trayvon. I just think public trials are not helpful, especially when all the facts have not yet been confirmed. Make your judgements once the defense and prosecutors have both agreed on the evidence. Not because some media headline tells you "everything you need to know" only hours after the event.

 

It's time to balance the scale

The Treyvon Martin case is a prime example of how the left is dividing Americans because of their twisted ideology and power grab. I hope my conservative friends will join me in this thread. Each week I will try to post the story of a black conservative American of note. We must take America back and make it a place where Americans will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

Neurosurgeon Dr Ben Carson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Carson

 

That's not even remotely what he did.

Yeah, he just basically lynched him......

Your argument basically implies that we have to assume that Trayvon Martin, despite the overwhelming amount of evidence to the contrary and the fact that he was shot down dead in the street adn can't defend himself, was in fact a dangerous bloodthirsty thug and not an innocent homicide victim, in order to protect the accused...how silly is that?

 

why is OP posting stories of black men who commit crimes and how they are convicted/indicted of their crimes?

wtf does this have to do with Obama, or Trayvon Martin?

why does the reaction to the Martin story drive people to point out that black people commit crimes too?


talk about classless.