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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (136889)	9/4/2013 11:36:55 AM
From: tejek	1 Recommendation Recommended By Metacomet Respond to of 149317

I looked up the Chris Cervini case. Lot of similarities to the Trayvon Martin case. You'll find it interesting and eye openning. Not really. There were 3 teens; not one. It was 4 AM.....a time when burglars do their best work. Mr. Scott, the man who shot the teen, was sleeping and was awoken by the three teens. The teens were seen going thru cars. Mr. Scott showed he had a gun from the get go. He told his wife to call 911. Hardly similar at all.......oh wait........a black man shot a white teen. Now I can see why wingers want to make it similar. Sorry, I ain't buying it.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (136889)	9/5/2013 4:02:09 PM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 149317

What a lame response that was to that excellent article you posted. Ironic NYS has much more stricter gun control laws than FL nor does it have stand your ground either It would be scary if most people in the real world are thinking like that these days. Blinded by some rigid ideology with no sense of reality. Meanwhile Zimmerman the new hero of the far right had yet another encounter with police this week. News of the day. Did you see Donald Rumsfeld on CNN today actually thinks it is only a fringe of American society today that think Iraq was a mistake based on faulty intelligence....

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (136889)	10/29/2013 4:05:45 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

“Get Those Crackers”: Violent Assault Fails to Lead to Hate Crimes Charges A group of 10 black youths blocked a white couple’s car in the New York borough of Brooklyn, brutally beating the husband and slamming the wife’s head into the pavement by her hair as they shouted racial epithets, officials said. Ronald Russo, 30, and his wife, Alanna, 30, were stopped at a red light Monday night when the group crossed Avenue U at East 58th Street, the New York Daily News reported. Mr. Russo honked his horn when the light turned green to get the youths out of the way, but they then began kicking the car, according to the criminal complaint. Mr. Russo got out to check if the vandals had damaged his car, but he soon was dragged to the ground and severely beaten. Court papers documented the youths, ages 12 to 18, as screaming, “Get those crackers,” and “Get that white whore.” Mrs. Russo was calling 911 when a 12-year-old girl pulled her by the hair and threw her to the ground, the Daily News reported. The victim’s head slammed into the concrete, and she suffered a black eye and bleeding. Mr. Russo suffered a fractured nose, a broken septum, a blood clot and abrasions to his shoulder, the report said. His iPhone also was stolen in the attack No surprise. These attacks easily translate into muggings. It’s part of why they happen. Kashawn Kirton, 18, of the Brooklyn neighborhood of East Flatbush was arrested with Daehrell Finch, 17, of Brooklyn’s Gravesend section, at a nearby Lowe’s parking lot minutes afterward. Mr. Finch was charged with gang assault, assault, menacing and harassment but does not face hate-crime charges. Why would he? But if the races were reversed, this would be another Yusuf Hawkins case. The New York Times practically became the Yusuf Hawkins paper for a while to help Dinkins get elected. We’ve still got a cottage industry for Yusuf Hawkins in New York. There was a 20 year commemoration recently. But it doesn’t work the other way around. Kirton, however, denied the charges to the New York Daily News, saying he was only arrested because he was wearing the same shirt as one of the attackers. “I have relatives who are white. Cousins and stuff,” he added. “My school is mainly white. More than half my friends are white. I wouldn’t use words like that.” We truly are in a post-racial society now. frontpagemag.com Where is the outrage and why doesn't the media cover this?