The media made this a racial issue from day one. This is the cause and or reason why we are aware that people on a national scale cares. I've raised my voice on many issues within my community regardless of race these are issues that we face as a society every day. A young girl shot in her home during a drive by and we know someone from that neighborhood did it but why isn't that issue on the news everyday? Why aren't we made aware on the updates of cases such as this? A young man shoots a child in the face why isn't that the issue on the news every day? Women, men and children from all over the world go missing everyday but a woman who fled before her wedding makes national news? Lets think logically, would you be aware of any issues whether it's a high level crime story and or missing person case if the media didn't put it out there and glamorize it to make it appear to be more than what it is. Its unfortunate that this is what society with the help of the media wants everyone to believe- That we as 'blacks' play the race card. I've contacted my local news and CNN etc about issues that just don't make a story they can run and spin to their advantage. Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis: two young black males gunned down by non black men crying self defense, why? Because they can get away with it. Jordan Davis shot multiple times by Michael David Dunn out of fear. His story like Zimmerman's has changed quite a few times since being arrested. Out of fear on what he presumed was a gun being pointed at him in one response, the other was it appeared that one of the person's in the vehicle was reaching down to retrieve what he could only believe was a gun, so he takes out a gun shoots up the vehicle leave the scene and is now claiming he did it out of protecting himself. There were no weapons of any kind found in the vehicle and or on any of the victims yet the media tried their best to immediately go after what kind of kid Davis was, why is that? They want to label Davis as a disruptive teen because aren't all young black males 'thugs'? The shooters in these cases are pulling the race card because they know how society looks at young black males. Young black males are immediately viewed to society as violent, soon to be locked up degenerates. "They are treated as criminals until proved other wise by our society". Due to the positive comments and history on what type of kid Jordan Davis was, I am curious to find out what will Dunn's defense team come up with to defend their client's actions. They have already stated they will run with the 'self defense and or 'Stand your ground' law. A law that has made a point of defending those that provokes violence out of fear; then cries for the self defense plea to get them an out of jail free card for crimes they have committed. Not denying that black on black crime has become a major issue in our communities. Any crime committed should never be accepted regardless of the race of the individuals involved. With that being said, there is a difference of the level of emotions that are felt amongst "blacks" when a crime is committed whereas the victim is put on display and outcast by society as a 'thug' and the suspect labeled as a victim pleads self defense and his word is taken for it. No evidence, just his word. Maybe as a whole "blacks" come together to stand united when it becomes a trend that we can be shot to death because the color of our skin is an automatic reason for an assailant to plead self defense. Our tweet history along with our text messages not related to the crime committed can be used against us. Our behavior in school can determine who we are and be used against us yet actual criminal charges and arrest records of the defendent is swept under the rug? (ZIMMERMAN'S 2005 ARREST) And society says that's good enough. Society says that's justice. With the racial slurs being tweeted and posted on Facebook it would clearly justify why the 'race card' may be taken into consideration, when crimes such as these are committed. The race card is played, when the victim becomes the suspect due to being labeled as a criminal and died because of that stereotype.
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