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[Mr Uncle Leroy]

San Francisco Live Video: ABC7 News at 6 p.m.

During MSNBC's 11 am hour, above a chyron that read, "More Marches, Protests Planned in Coming Days, Weeks," MSNBC anchor Al Sharpton said that he and his National Action Network are "mobilizing" protests in 100 cities. Sharpton made clear that the protests were meant to pressure the Justice Department into taking legal action against George Zimmerman:

Well, I certainly think it is going to be on those that now feel that this verdict makes a lot of people vulnerable. The reason that people in the civil rights community, including [Sharpton's] National Action Network, is talking about these hundred cities that we're mobilizing this weekend, is not just questioning a verdict but, saying a precedent is now set where the Justice Department must come in[.]

NBC's Sharpton was one of the first people to turn the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin into a national news story back in March of last year. In the run up to the trial this year, Sharpton has used his primetime MSNBC program, "Politics Nation," to demand Zimmerman be convicted.
Sharpton achieved national fame in 1987 as the face of the fraudulent Tawana Brawley case and during the Crown Heights Riots, where his role as an agitator is believed by many to have resulted in the mob violence behind the stabbing death of a Jewish scholar visiting from Australia.

NBC's Sharpton Plans Protests In 100 Cities

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

Live Video « CBS Los Angeles

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

police saying their trying to protect them
there is no coordinator at the rallies
they have a right to free assembly
policies trying to stay away, they to be discipline
if folks dont comply, they might be arrested

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

youngsters blowing off steam?
youngster might be putting themselves in danger?

 

[LionofJudah]

shyt is starting to turn up...I'd rather them not because I know the police and DHS got some crazy shyt waiting for them. I hope they stay safe is all I can say...and fukk LOOTING (that ain't what this is about).

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

CHAOS on Third Night of Trayvon Martin Protests in Oakland, L.A. (LIVE UPDATES) | Video | TheBlaze.com

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

With Racial Roles Reversed, Three Self-Defense Cases That Went The Other Way | ThinkProgress



Marissa Alexander:

In the middle of a domestic violence incident, believing that her husband was threatening her, Marissa Alexander fired a warning shot into the wall to ward him off. In court, Alexander tried to use a claim of self defense — specifically, Stand Your Ground, the same law that let Zimmerman walk free on the night he shot Martin before later being arrested. As ThinkProgress’s Nicole Flatow previously pointed out, “Alexander would not have needed a Stand Your Ground law to defend her action. While that law goes so far as to authorize unfettered deadly force in self-defense without a duty to retreat, Alexander used significantly lesser force that would fall under a typical self-defense claim.” Ultimately, though, it didn’t matter; her defense wasn’t as successful. Alexander, who had no prior record, was sentenced to 20 years in jail — a mandatory minimum for the crime.


John McNeil:

On one fateful night in December of 2005, a black businessman named John McNeil got a call from his son that someone was “lurking” around the backyard. That person turned out to be white 19-year old Brian Epp, a hired contractor for McNeil who had past disagreements with McNeil’s son. When McNeil got home, he told Epp, who was weilding a box cutter, to leave the property several times. After Epp repeatedly refused, McNeil fired a warning shot, which caused Epp to run. As witnesses attest, McNeil then shot Epp in self-defense, killing him. A court rejected McNeil’s self-defense claim, sentencing him to life in prison — but McNeil was lucky; his case drew a ton of media attention, and with it, calls from powerful politicians and the NAACP to reconsider the case. After six years in jail, McNeil’s charge was reduced to manslaughter and he was let free — with many caveats: He must serve out 13 years of probation, during which time he cannot leave the state of North Carolina, and he must pay $75 a month as part of his probation. Unlike Zimmerman, he will be forced to carry the charge permanently on his criminal record. And more than anything else, McNeil can’t get those lost years back; while he was sitting in prison, his mother and wife died.


John White:

The case of John White is similar to the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman story, but with racial roles reversed. In 2006, black 54-year-old John White shot dead white 17-year-old Daniel Cicciaro after an altercation at White’s home. White reported that Cicciaro and several other white teens showed up at his door looking to beat up his son. White greeted the group of boys at his driveway, holding a pistol. He reported that Ciccairo “lunged” for the gun, and it accidentally discharged, striking the teenager. When the case went to trial, White characterized the group of white teenagers as a “lynch mob” and insisted he was only trying to defend his family. The jury — made up of 12 people, 11 white and one black — found him guilty of manslaughter. He served just five months in jail before his sentence was commuted by then-New York Gov. David Paterson (D).

With Racial Roles Reversed, Three Self-Defense Cases That Went The Other Way | ThinkProgress

 

[ExodusNirvana]

Wanna let a murderer go free? Cool. Now you reap that whirlwind. I just hope they don't hurt innocents.

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

WOW

Live blog: Zimmerman protesters clash with LAPD - latimes.com

 

[LucaBrasi]

I'm happy, I hope all these riots escalate until justice has been served

We gotta fight fire with fire, CACs been showing us black lives dont mean shxt

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

Zimmerman protesters raid LA store, stop freeway

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

George Zimmerman's Brother Cancels on Piers Morgan Over Twitter Flame-War - Yahoo! TV

 

[Mr Uncle Leroy]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izUpLlUxKY0"]Trayvon Martin Protest in Houston, Texas shuts down the highway! July 15, 2013 pt.1 - YouTube[/ame]

protester said, "get out the car, sister" wow

 

[newarkhiphop]

Keep on marching......

 

[blackzeus]

With Racial Roles Reversed, Three Self-Defense Cases That Went The Other Way | ThinkProgress



Marissa Alexander:

In the middle of a domestic violence incident, believing that her husband was threatening her, Marissa Alexander fired a warning shot into the wall to ward him off. In court, Alexander tried to use a claim of self defense — specifically, Stand Your Ground, the same law that let Zimmerman walk free on the night he shot Martin before later being arrested. As ThinkProgress’s Nicole Flatow previously pointed out, “Alexander would not have needed a Stand Your Ground law to defend her action. While that law goes so far as to authorize unfettered deadly force in self-defense without a duty to retreat, Alexander used significantly lesser force that would fall under a typical self-defense claim.” Ultimately, though, it didn’t matter; her defense wasn’t as successful. Alexander, who had no prior record, was sentenced to 20 years in jail — a mandatory minimum for the crime.


John McNeil:

On one fateful night in December of 2005, a black businessman named John McNeil got a call from his son that someone was “lurking” around the backyard. That person turned out to be white 19-year old Brian Epp, a hired contractor for McNeil who had past disagreements with McNeil’s son. When McNeil got home, he told Epp, who was weilding a box cutter, to leave the property several times. After Epp repeatedly refused, McNeil fired a warning shot, which caused Epp to run. As witnesses attest, McNeil then shot Epp in self-defense, killing him. A court rejected McNeil’s self-defense claim, sentencing him to life in prison — but McNeil was lucky; his case drew a ton of media attention, and with it, calls from powerful politicians and the NAACP to reconsider the case. After six years in jail, McNeil’s charge was reduced to manslaughter and he was let free — with many caveats: He must serve out 13 years of probation, during which time he cannot leave the state of North Carolina, and he must pay $75 a month as part of his probation. Unlike Zimmerman, he will be forced to carry the charge permanently on his criminal record. And more than anything else, McNeil can’t get those lost years back; while he was sitting in prison, his mother and wife died.


John White:

The case of John White is similar to the Trayvon Martin/ George Zimmerman story, but with racial roles reversed. In 2006, black 54-year-old John White shot dead white 17-year-old Daniel Cicciaro after an altercation at White’s home. White reported that Cicciaro and several other white teens showed up at his door looking to beat up his son. White greeted the group of boys at his driveway, holding a pistol. He reported that Ciccairo “lunged” for the gun, and it accidentally discharged, striking the teenager. When the case went to trial, White characterized the group of white teenagers as a “lynch mob” and insisted he was only trying to defend his family. The jury — made up of 12 people, 11 white and one black — found him guilty of manslaughter. He served just five months in jail before his sentence was commuted by then-New York Gov. David Paterson (D).

With Racial Roles Reversed, Three Self-Defense Cases That Went The Other Way | ThinkProgress

Black man shoots guy trying to get at his son on his front porch and it's murder? I remember this story, it was all over a b*tch who claimed the black dude raped her, and later it was found out it was all a lie, the guido died for nothing, defending some whore's honor. Interesting how a similar jury came up with a different verdict when the man was on his own property. But yet this has nothing to do with race @DiamondHog, @AJSoprano, please explain this one