News:

MysticWicks endorsement: "At least Satanists HAVE a worldview. After reading this thread, I'm convinced that discordians not only don't, but will actively mock anyone who does."

Main Menu

Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest

Started by Freeky, March 11, 2012, 04:52:45 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

Freeky

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/08/us-crime-florida-neighborhoodwatch-idUSBRE82709M20120308

Quote(Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants to see the captain arrested, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday.



Well, the kid was legally black in a gated community, so obviously the Neighborhood watch captain had no choice.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

Quote from: The Freeky of SCIENCE! on March 11, 2012, 04:52:45 AM
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/08/us-crime-florida-neighborhoodwatch-idUSBRE82709M20120308

Quote(Reuters) - The family of a 17-year-old African-American boy shot to death last month in his gated Florida community by a white Neighborhood Watch captain wants to see the captain arrested, the family's lawyer said on Wednesday.



Well, the kid was legally black in a gated community, so obviously the Neighborhood watch captain had no choice.

Holy fucking shit.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."


Oysters Rockefeller

Fuckin' neighborhood watch. That's the worst kind of turkey bacon.

If this guy honestly hasn't been arrested already, I have very little faith left in the world. I mean, does the neighborhood watch have special legal stuff going on? I always thought they were just random schmucks.
Well, my gynecologist committed suicide...
----------------------
I'm nothing if not kind of ridiculous and a little hard to take seriously.
----------------------
Moar liek Oysters Cockefeller, amirite?!

Doktor Howl

Good thing we have all that racism cleaned up, here in America.
Molon Lube

navkat

Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2012, 02:29:17 AM
Good thing we have all that racism cleaned up, here in America.

The things you say are like getting fucked in the eyeball with a giant, thick peen. I mean, yeah, it's satisfying and it fills you up and all but dude, it's a peen in the eyeball.

Deepthroat Chopra

Quote from: Oysters Rockefeller on March 11, 2012, 06:02:36 PM
Fuckin' neighborhood watch. That's the worst kind of turkey bacon.

If this guy honestly hasn't been arrested already, I have very little faith left in the world. I mean, does the neighborhood watch have special legal stuff going on? I always thought they were just random schmucks.

I checked the manual -

http://www.tempe.gov/cpu/docs/NWMANUAL.pdf

and there's no provisions for a license to kill in there.

"On his way home, a Neighborhood Watch loose cannon shot and killed him."

Ummm...captain? Do they give them red beret's? What the fuck is an org like this doing handing out ranks?
Chainsaw-Wielding Fistula Detector

Freeky

1. It wasn't in Tempe.  Lrn to reading.
2. Since when has that mattered?  Kid was legally black, man.

Doktor Howl

Quote from: navkat on March 12, 2012, 04:13:13 AM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2012, 02:29:17 AM
Good thing we have all that racism cleaned up, here in America.

The things you say are like getting fucked in the eyeball with a giant, thick peen. I mean, yeah, it's satisfying and it fills you up and all but dude, it's a peen in the eyeball.

SCIENCE!
Molon Lube

Oysters Rockefeller

Quote from: Deepthroat Chopra on March 12, 2012, 05:50:41 AM
Quote from: Oysters Rockefeller on March 11, 2012, 06:02:36 PM
Fuckin' neighborhood watch. That's the worst kind of turkey bacon.

If this guy honestly hasn't been arrested already, I have very little faith left in the world. I mean, does the neighborhood watch have special legal stuff going on? I always thought they were just random schmucks.

I checked the manual -

http://www.tempe.gov/cpu/docs/NWMANUAL.pdf

and there's no provisions for a license to kill in there.

"On his way home, a Neighborhood Watch loose cannon shot and killed him."

Ummm...captain? Do they give them red beret's? What the fuck is an org like this doing handing out ranks?

"That's it! This is the last time. Hand over your badge and gun."

"Dammit Captain, these streets might be deadly, but they're mine. And somebody has to clean up the scum. Also, I brought the gun from home."

Yeah, I didn't particularly feel like Neighborhood watch could just shoot somebody and go home. I mean, obviously I was wrong, but still. Maybe Captain Zimmerman has a long, prestigious history of domestic bullshittery, so they give him more leeway.
Well, my gynecologist committed suicide...
----------------------
I'm nothing if not kind of ridiculous and a little hard to take seriously.
----------------------
Moar liek Oysters Cockefeller, amirite?!

Bebek Sincap Ratatosk

That's completely absurd. What possible defense could this guy have? And why the hell wasn't he arrested at the scene?!
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

"Back in my day, crazy meant something. Now everyone is crazy" - Charlie Manson

Doktor Howl

Quote from: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on March 12, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
That's completely absurd. What possible defense could this guy have? And why the hell wasn't he arrested at the scene?!

A gated community in Florida?  I'm surprised the locals didn't pin a medal on him.

Florida, I believe, has the honor of the last public lynching of a Black man.
Molon Lube

Bebek Sincap Ratatosk

Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2012, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on March 12, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
That's completely absurd. What possible defense could this guy have? And why the hell wasn't he arrested at the scene?!

A gated community in Florida?  I'm surprised the locals didn't pin a medal on him.

Florida, I believe, has the honor of the last public lynching of a Black man.

... and still having the death penalty for first degree murder.
- I don't see race. I just see cars going around in a circle.

"Back in my day, crazy meant something. Now everyone is crazy" - Charlie Manson

Oysters Rockefeller

Plus we actually voted Rick Scott into office.

AGH, what kind of idiots?
Well, my gynecologist committed suicide...
----------------------
I'm nothing if not kind of ridiculous and a little hard to take seriously.
----------------------
Moar liek Oysters Cockefeller, amirite?!

navkat

Quote from: Doktor Howl on March 12, 2012, 03:26:10 PM
Quote from: Bebek Sincap Ratatosk on March 12, 2012, 03:17:33 PM
That's completely absurd. What possible defense could this guy have? And why the hell wasn't he arrested at the scene?!

A gated community in Florida?  I'm surprised the locals didn't pin a medal on him.

Florida, I believe, has the honor of the last public lynching of a Black man.

Nope. That honour is allllll ours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Donald

Bruno

Formerly something else...