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I transcribed the first video above at the Blackbutterfly7 blog. Here it is:
Part 1 of Joy Reid’s interview with Jonathan Manalo:
I just finished transcribing Part 2 of the Joy Reid interview with Jonathan Manalo:
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And Angela Corey is going to personally prosecute Michael Dunning who murdered Jordan Davis. We’re supposed to think that is a good thing.
Comment in wrong place, was supposed to be reply to SG2’s comment about Angela Corey.
The Ghost of George Zimmerman Haunts a Gun Debate in Sanford, Florida
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/06/the-ghost-of-george-zimmerman-haunts-a-gun-debate-in-sanford-florida.html
Yet the shadow of George Zimmerman, and lessons learned from his February 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, loomed large as members of the Florida community where the incident took place met with police chief Cecil E.Smith last night to help set their broken Neighborhood Watch operation back on the tracks.
Part of an ongoing crime-fighting overhaul being led by Smith, who came to the post seven months ago after his predecessor was fired for mishandling the Zimmerman case, the revamping of Sanford’s Neighborhood Watch is heavy with symbolism even if the chief would prefer it not to be so.
“When people hear the term ‘Neighborhood Watch captain,’ I think they just think of George Zimmerman straight away,” says Patti Parker, herself a Neighborhood Watch captain, chatting in a hallway after the meeting at Sanford City Hall. “But we need to move past that, move forward. George Zimmerman doesn’t define Neighborhood Watch.”
Were this any other city in America, a meeting between residents and police to discuss a parochial crime-busting initiative would pass as unremarkable. “But we’ve been in the spotlight for such a long time because of this case, that it seems like someone only has to trip over a curb and bump their head in this city and it’s back on us all over again,” laments Smith, speaking prior to the meeting.
On this initiative, the spotlight has shone all the brighter because of Smith’s decision to confront one of the most volatile issues inherent in the Trayvon Martin tragedy: the right to bear arms.
Whereas Zimmerman carried a pistol, from which he fired a bullet through Martin’s heart during a fight that began after he wrongly deemed the black teen to be “up to no good” and followed him, Smith’s Neighborhood Watch volunteers will be encouraged to leave their firearms at home.
The chief has backed off a plan to issue an outright ban on volunteers carrying guns, mindful of the potential legal backlash and that he would have been “essentially pissing people off.” His new instructions are carefully worded.
Couple sue Spike Lee over George Zimmerman tweet
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-spike-lee-tweet-20131108,0,2956891.story
A Sanford couple have sued movie director Spike Lee for a tweet he posted that falsely claimed that their address was where George Zimmerman lived.
After Lee disseminated the tweet last year to his more than 240,000 Twitter followers, Elaine McClain said she began receiving hate mail and she and her husband, David, had to temporarily move out of their home because they were being harassed.
Sanford Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in the February 2012 killing. A jury in July found him not guilty.
The McClains settled with Lee on March 29, 2012. Lee also tweeted an apology.
However, the lawsuit contends that other people continued to tweet and retweet the address afterward, causing them “substantial injury.” Lee, the suit claims, negligently encouraged “a dangerous mob mentality among his Twitter followers” and the public.
The lawsuit claims the couple still have trouble sleeping and are anxious and fearful. It also alleges that the market value of their home has dropped because of the publicity.
They are seeking more than $15,000, the standard in cases filed Circuit Court, where the suit was filed in September. The case was transferred in October to federal court.
The couple also reserve their right to seek punitive damages, the lawsuit states.
So FogenPhoole see’s the UPS delivery guy is at someone else’s place, pulls his trusty old Kel – Tek because the truck…….and maybe the driver ain’t white ??
racerrodig,
I was wondering, too, if the UPS guy was Black.
I hope the DOJ hears about this UPS incident.
Hi Racer!
All of this information coming out after the trial makes me literally sick. The State deliberately threw the case. They had no intention of fully prosecuting the case. OMG! How could they? I don’t even want to look at Angela Corey or Bernie De la Rionda’s face. They didn’t give a damn about seeking justice for Trayvon.
Co-sign.
All who wanted to see justice for Trayvon were played. Angela Corey and Bernie saw the protests breaking out across the country and they put on a show pretending to seek justice in order to keep folks calm. The SYG law was at stake and they weren’t about to dismantle it over some black kid getting killed. I loathe Angela Corey. May God judge her for what she did.