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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA very bad idea: New Black Panthers offer $10,000 bounty for capture of shooter George Zimmerman
( not to mention illegal)
2:54 p.m. EST, March 24, 2012|By Arelis R. Hernandez, Orlando Sentinel
SANFORD Members of the New Black Panther Party are offering a $10,000 reward for the "capture" of George Zimmerman, leader Mikhail Muhammad announced during a protest in Sanford today.
When asked whether he was inciting violence, Muhammad replied defiantly saying: "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 5,000 black men to capture George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin last month.
Muhammad said members of his group would search for Zimmerman themselves in Maitland and Jacksonville -- where the 28-year old worked before the shooting, employees there told the Orlando Sentinel. But he declined to say when they will begin their hunt.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-24/news/os-trayvon-martin-new-black-panthers-protest-20120324_1_black-men-justice-new-black-panthers
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A very bad idea: New Black Panthers offer $10,000 bounty for capture of shooter George Zimmerman (Original Post)
cali
Mar 2012
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. I hope they realize this gives Zimmerman a blank check to shoot any black male in his proximity
As if the SYG didn't basically do that anyway.
Stupid move.
Jumping John
(930 posts)6. Zimmermen has a blank check already, right? nt
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)2. i suggest about 30 more catapults of this bullshit over the next hour.
cali
(114,904 posts)3. yeah? well blame it on the NBPP
Uncle Joe
(58,459 posts)4. Kicked and recommended.
Thanks for the thread, cali.
slackmaster
(60,567 posts)5. You can't fix stupid
And that is indeed stupid.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)7. that can't be legal
can it?
annm4peace
(6,119 posts)8. the New Black Panthers is no the original Black Panthers
please don't confuse the two.
And with 100's of extremist white groups why wouldn't you think there would be some black extremist or other ethnic groups ?
100's of thousands of whites say hateful and violent comments... why give these people any credibility.
that New Black Panther is a tiny group. All over this country are black men groups and diverse justice groups that deserve much more attention.
libertypirate
(2,677 posts)9. This is as predictable as your response /nt
cali
(114,904 posts)12. as my response to what, might I ask?
Kennah
(14,339 posts)11. If anyone is stupid enough to try and capture George Zimmerman ...
... they will be turning him into a victim.
Don't dishonor Trayvon Martin and his family's opportunity for justice.