and im typical of who was on that jury. 55,white, female, have kid, own gun. I would have so put zimmer away for 20, or hung that jury. I shall be sad with you.

17 year old. I hope Zimmerman has that kid's face in his head for the rest of his life.

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.... are loved and that many many white people are sickened by the outcome too.

send me a p.m. and I will come over from Columbus, OH and sit w/you tomorrow night.

Also in Columbus and I heard quite a salvo not long after the verdict. Not uncommon this time of year, but still. I assumed they were connected.

Your offer reminds me that there are good loving people out there. My head knew that an acquittal was possible but my heart truly felt that people couldn't let a cold-blooded murder of an unarmed teen go without some punishment. I think I wanted to believe that we have progressed as a nation to see that black men are not hulking menaces hiding behind every bush.

.... in the long run goodness will win out.

Please get up in the morning and figure a way you can help to help make the
world a better place ..... I saw w/my own eyes and heard w/my own ears the
theft of the Presidential election in Ohio in 2004 and that sucked the life right out
of me for two to three years and that was not a good thing.

I am so sorry for your pain.

That you have to sit there listening to a celebration of bigotry. That is truly disgusting

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But the timing is horrible.

FWIW, I am white and simply stunned by this. The horror that an innocent person - a young person in this case makes it especially bad - can be gunned down like that and "the law" says it is a-ok. I just can't find words ...

The way this whole thing played out. I'm ashamed of so much in this world. I wish I could give you a hug and all the strength I could possibly give you there, but I am many miles away.

Those brutes setting off fireworks in your neighborhood are a disgrace to life itself. There is nothing to celebrate, they should be ashamed.

It's simply cruel and disrespectful.

Near north side. I feel sick.

the end of last July 4th weekend and none before the verdict was announced. It has finally stopped (they must have run out of them). I am just sad and frustrated. I feel that over the years, black lives have been cheap in this country but to have it so blatantly shoved into our faces is scary to deal with. I don't know how we change perceptions in this country.

i've been hearing them for about an hour, off and on. wtf?

Sad and sickening.

I'm hearing the shit too. I was thinking it could not possibly be, who would be so cruel, but apparently there are mother fuckers out there that are.

I live in a mixed suburb of Cleveland. Just before the verdict was read, there were teenagers playing football right in front of my house, both white and black. I guess I have to assume they didn't have a clue as to what was going on beyond that football. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing. Maybe it's a good thing.

Other than that, it's quiet outside now, like it is every Sat night. Not a sound but the night birds.

I hope the celebrating stops and common sense returns so that you can have some peace.

And I'm so sorry.

with hatred that they would celebrate a verdict letting a cold blooded killer off. My son is out of the country tonight and he keeps texting me with questions I really have no answer to. It was so clear to us that the kid was murdered. It seems like it was fixed to let him walk. They had to work pretty hard to lose.

The land where cold blooded plantation owners put black slaves to work hard for the entirety of their lives and got rich on the backs of them. Their descendents aren't much different than them.

Perhaps its something else? Baseball game maybe?

There were some here in Halifax too, but that was awhile before the verdict (and the whole case was less visible here) so I'm chalking those ones up to "someone was bored, had fireworks, and it wasn't raining like the last half-dozen weekends grr argh."

Hearing about a bunch of simultaneous displays across the US right after the verdict? That's just depressing, though. Ugh.

Or celebrating a sports team victory or birthday?

Bastille Day was my first thought, esp. since the one time I was in France for the occasion the small town and do-it-yourself displays were all on the 13th.

This is absolutely abhorrent. How can justice be had in this system? I hope cooler heads prevail and there are no riots, but honestly, if there are, I'd understand. For some, there will simply be no other outlet for feelings associated with this travesty of a trial.

agree with what you said

A block or two over. had to be connected to the verdict given the timing and isolated nature.

Fuckers.

shame

I am so sorry.

I had been out and only found out about the not guilty verdict just now. I feel empty inside.

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and others who hear the fireworks? There are none around here, but I wouldn't expect it in my Minneapolis neighborhood.

Edit: Okay, I checked your profile, Indianapolis.

I'm in Florida.

....In two different directions I can hear fireworks, and I doubt it's a coincidence.

I really think it's just leftovers from the 4th.

Stay safe down there. Indy's a pretty rough place to be right now.

but you are probably right. There were fireworks I could hear around the time of the verdict. I wondered about it at the time. Sure stinks.

Please let it be yahoos shooting off their leftovers from the 4th. If they're celebrating the verdict, I just don't know what I to do or feel. This country is not fit to live in. We have collectively gone insane. My heart to yours, BlueIndyBlue. Stay safe.

going off in this neighborhood too.I was awoken by them and thought they were gunshots,since 4th of july is over.To think racist wastes of skin and teabaggers full of shit
set them off because a black kid was murdered by a monster makes me sick pissed and disgusted.Amputate the right wing it is full of cancer killing this country.

FIREWORKS?! Damn, that is ugly!!! Yes, it's reminding me of Emmett Till too, and Michael Donald and every black man falsely accused or murdered with no justice given. I'm sorry you have to see those ugly fireworks! I have heard that Indiana has plenty KKK. I don't know how true that is these days, but it sounds like there's at least some people there who have those leanings. That is beyond evil. Stay strong and safe, sweetie.

I've never heard fireworks around where I live before but it's got to be. Damn Arizona Right Wingers.

...but a lot of those "pops" are probably gun shots.

I imagine others do the same. The timing is unfortunate, but it might have nothing to do with the verdict.

Unless you're referring to individual assholes lighting off celebratory fireworks. If so, then I say to hell with them. I'll be happy to tell them where to stick their incendiaries.