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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow long will Lawrence lead with Trayvon?
I've overdosed.
It's a horrible story and an inexcusable travesty of justice. But as long as Florida's laws are ass-backwards and this murdering liar is in hiding - there's not much any of us can do about it.
Lawrence you had to fill time on Monday by interviewing a chair.
What's going on in politics? What sneaky crap are Republicans up to during this media fixation?
Tell us something we don't know.
Taverner
(55,476 posts)You just don't get it
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)I would imagine.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)..
Blythe way he's covered other stuff as well
uponit7771
(90,346 posts)Spazito
(50,349 posts)all too often the media moves on too soon and injustice prevails. Not this time I hope.
aquart
(69,014 posts)I'm sorry you don't understand the significance.
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...for expressing exactly the viewpoint that the other side wants us to have.
If the news media didn't cover the Vietnam the way they did (back when we had an actual news media) we might still be there. The same goes for the Civil Rights movement and Watergate.
If you were a parent,especially the parent of a young African American as I am, you would be seing your son's face every time this travesty were mentioned and you would feel an absolute purple rage that would be abated by nothing short zimmerman's very long imprisonment.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)also wish he would focus attention on the Muslim woman Beaten to death and a note saying Go back to your country at the scene.
NOLALady
(4,003 posts)Somehow it gives me hope.
The Midway Rebel
(2,191 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)babylonsister
(171,066 posts)You're here now to complain?