Charles Barkley on Zimmerman Verdict

[CrimsonTider]

All I'm saying is that it's a bad look for racists to cry racism. If you're a racist yourself, and judge people, how can you bytch when people do the same exact shyt? If you hate racism, and you want to put an end to it, at some point you're gonna have to not be a racist! So why waste time hating on people?

Black people can't be racist.

 

[big bun]

Sir Charles needs to stick to giving his opinions on basketball...his eagerness to be accepted outside of that realm makes me cringe sometimes.

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

Black people can't be racist.

Anyone can be racist. Black people aren't outraged by the Zimmerman case because Zimmerman is not black. There outraged because a grown man racially profiled a black kid and killed him and a white jury found him not guilty. Do you really think the white community was gonna demand the arrest and prosecution of Zimmerman . Keep bringing up useless arguments though your doing a good job

 

[JahBuhLun]

Him buying candy is totally irrelevant. Totally. Okay, since he didn't want to run home, why didn't he call 911 or his pops? So you believe George Zimmerman chased the young athletic Martin down on foot? Unlikely, but okay. Zimmerman chases him down they would immediately start fighting ain't gonna be no talking is you chasing a nikka down. Then they get to fighting and then what Zimmerman pulls out the hammer and drops Trayvon? Not exactly unlikely, and probably the most plausible but that was never the argument.

Not chase down, but he definitely ran to try to catch up with him, remember, according to zimmerman, Trayvon Martin started to "run" He didn't call his pops because his father wasn't even at home at the time. But what you are not acknowledging, and what the prosecution failed to show was that Trayvon Martin had every right to stand his ground. He didn't have to run home, or call 911 or call his father because he had a right to defend himself because he was the one being pursued. But there are people wanting a scared and nervous 17 year old kid to make a rational adult judgement call when he is being followed by a stranger.

And we will never know the truth about who started the altercation, we just have one side of the story. As the saying goes, "the only way to keep a secret between 3 people is if 2 of them are dead. I wished that Trayvon Martin would've stayed on the phone, but I also wished that zimmerman would've acted like a mature adult and asked Trayvon what he was doing in the neighborhood, because he was neighborhood watch and he was concerned about break ins. And he had ample opportunities to do so. zimmerman was the adult and could've proven that by talking to Trayvon Martin before he ever got out of his truck. He chose to let a gun speak for him and that's unfortunate.

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Barkley is a piece of shyt and I hope he rots in hell for his c00nery. Honestly the only good thing about this trial is that all the c00ns are coming out.

 

[focusloco]

man this whole debate is classic bait and switch by the fox news/ rush limbaugh crowd....i see them racist motherfukkers trying to switch the narrative they aint aint slick to people with a brain breh....they constantly berate the pro-trayvon commentators for not caring about black on black crime and why they should focus on that issue more instead of george zimmerman....MAN fukk that...fox news knows DAMN fukking well that they could give 2 fukks about black on black crime....they devoted a whole year of their tv coverage to a missing white bytch in aruba....how much to the issue of black on black crime though?....but now all of a sudden fox news cares about nikkas killing each other because it fits their narrative to denounce a black president...fukk FOX NEWS AND CHARLES BARKLEY

 

[Bilz]

First of all, lil nikka, explain to me what you disagree with. The fact that I said Zimmerman should be in jail? The fact that I believe there is an image agenda in this case?

If you can't articulate yourself well enough to come up with a smart reply and all else fails, then....

.....come see me, Dallas ain't hard to find. I've never lost a fight in my life and you damn sure won't be the first.

 

[Born2BKing]

I looked at this like everyother case... like first 48 hours... not enough evidence to prove he was guilty... they couldnt prove that it wasnt self defense.. mr.goods testimony killed the procecuters.

How many times do nikkas claim self defense on the first 48 and no fukks are given by the police or jury? Pretty damn often. nikkas on there be getting shot at and shyt but get capital murder charges for busting back.

 

[Bilz]

People keep saying this BS about Trayvon needing to run away and that everything would have been solved if he just ran away. Couldn't the same thing be said about Zimmerman? After all, who had the gun? Who was following who? It feels like some twilight zone shyt hearing some people talking about Trayvon somehow being more to blame in all of this than Zimmerman.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Anyone can be racist. Black people aren't outraged by the Zimmerman case because Zimmerman is not black. There outraged because a grown man racially profiled a black kid and killed him and a white jury found him not guilty. Do you really think the white community was gonna demand the arrest and prosecution of Zimmerman . Keep bringing up useless arguments though your doing a good job

How is that racism?

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

How is that racism?

Let me see. Blaming the victim and calling him a thug while the guy who shot him has a lengthy criminal record of assaulting a police officer and his wife. Claiming that a trial and arrest of Zimmerman was not necessarily and to just take his word for it. Than bringing up useless arguments like black on black crime when white on white crime is just as prevalent.

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

Let me see. Blaming the victim and calling him a thug while the guy who shot him has a lengthy criminal record of assaulting a police officer and his wife. Claiming that a trial and arrest of Zimmerman was not necessarily and to just take his word for it. Than bringing up useless arguments like black on black crime when white on white crime is just as prevalent.

 

[ProfessorEdee]

I like how Trayvon's (no criminal record) background can be used against him, but people are unwilling to use Zimmerman's (history of violence) background against him...

The only violent criminal there was Zimmerman....

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Wow, I never knew so many bootlickers posted on the coli...

 

[Mic-Nificent]

How many times do nikkas claim self defense on the first 48 and no fukks are given by the police or jury? Pretty damn often. nikkas on there be getting shot out and shyt but get capital murder charges for busting back.

Lets also not forget the fact that the police initially didn't even arrest Zimmerman. How you gonna shoot somebody that's unarmed that you admitted to following them be allowed to walk away. Especially in a state where other people REGULARLY get arrested despite self defense claims which have WAY more evidence in their favor.