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Why is their no outrage for the young black men killed in gang activity every month?

They were profiled by other young black men as targets... they were shot... but the media and the emotional masses overlook that... its more important to "get" Zimmerman ...

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  • 8 years ago

    Because they don't make the front page. It's just like Amanda Todd, she wasn't the first person to commit suicide, and certainly not the last. It's really all about who makes the front page of the news or social media sites. Of course the other young black men deserve as much attention and outrage, they don't get it. All the other cases should be treated as the Zimmerman case, but they aren't. And that's not going to change. Of course it's shitty, but that's they way things and the media work.

  • 8 years ago

    Everything is out to be racist. So if a black guy kills another black guy or a white guy kills another white guy and so on, no one is going to make a fuss about it. If a black guy killed a white person, no one is going to make a fuss about it. But if a black guy is killed by a white guy, or Spanish then yeah there's going to be an uproar.

    And like one person said. Its like a pick and choose which story will get more attention.

    Pretty girl who commits suicide (Amanda Todd)? Yeah she's getting attention. Nerdy, considered ugly guy with face full of pimples committing suicide? Nope, not getting attention.

    A half white, half Spanish guy killing a black kid? Yep! Most def. getting attention!

    Two black guys killing white girl in a robbery? Na, can't be racist because the one who was killed was white so no media attention for her.

  • Kojak
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    Told you the only media story that sells is a "Black on White" crime.....they had two black teenagers shoot a nine month old white baby in the face....TWICE.....one small story....no follow up

    the police did not arrest Zimmerman....the MEDIA did

  • 8 years ago

    Heck, when people by the millions "celebrate" the murder of Trayvon and chant that he was a "thug" who deserved to die, why should their attitude be any different>? That said, President Obama, The Reverend Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson PLUS every "white" Commentator on MSNBC and people such as Dan Rather, all have raised their voices in protest and prayer, all have called for an end to gun violence, oh and that includes Michelle Obama. That said, I have never heard anything said by Rush Limbaugh or the rest of the GOP Tea Party Posse in support of an end to gun violence especially when it concernss "black" males.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    No money in enraging the masses with black on black crime.

  • 8 years ago

    That's not part of the liberal agenda.

    The King has to divide this country as much as he possibly can in order to completely ruin it.

    And he's doing a pretty good job of it.

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