Obama continues to race bait over Zimmerman case

Zimmerman is 5'7 Trayvon was 6'1

Trayvon was 6'1

Is there any proof that Zimmerman approached Trayvon or even followed him after he was told by the dispatcher that he didn't need to follow him.

It was a Zimmerman's who had a wet back

Look the fact is the witness saw Trayvon mounted on top of Zimmerman mma style. The fact is Zimmerman was the one with the injuries. It was a Zimmerman's who had a wet back clearly from where he was on his back.

Brave of him to speak. Applaud it. And oh yh, you Zimmerman lovers that are hating on obama for speaking out, the spokesman for Zimmerman also thanks Obama for speaking. Imagine that.

So you began by making a sweeping generalisation of all "blacks", now you're saying that it's just the vocal ones? You do realise that the vocal ones don't necessarily represent the majority, right?

If you want examples of "vocal" black people who supported the verdict, I can find them.

The thing is that Zimmerman thought him to be a threat, so provoked. If a complete stranger started chasing me and pointing a gun at me, I would freak the hell out as well.

The pathetic laws in place simply allowed Zimmerman to turn that offense into his own defense, and that is absolutely wrong.

He went after Martin instead of leaving it to the police.

Tell me what I've said that isn't true.

Black people are rioting throughout the US.

You only use the word 'generalization' whenever we speak of black people anyway.

Which just conforms you cannot handle the subject, so you base the opinion on what your feelings tell you.

???? Errr....yeah....he killed him?? And judging from the ballistics and post-mortem report it happened at close range?? Also, the dispatcher tells him to stand down over the radio. ??? Not sure what you're trying to prove, but hope this answers questions.

It is completely irresponsible for him to heighten race tensions in this way.

Zimmerman was found not guilty, Obama initially said people should accept the verdict. Making bizarre "I could have been Trayvon 35 years ago" statements are certainly not going to help race relations. Presidents should not be dividing the country in a harmful way with their comments.

Yeah I forget that little kids dying in another part of the world are less important than Americans....

I suggest you actually read the statement in full before coming to stupid conclusions and making scaremongering statements that actually haven't happend.

I find people like abhorrentabale.

I suggest you actually read the statement in full before coming to stupid conclusions and making scaremongering statements that actually haven't happend.

I find people like abhorrentabale.

“Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago."

That's what he said. My post wasn't inaccurate. (I was quoting from memory, so got the word order wrong, but it's essentially the same.)

I've read other comments from his speech as well. Which conclusions of mine are "stupid"?

You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot, I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African-American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it's important to recognize that the African-American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away.

There are very few African-American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me.

And there are very few African-American men who haven't had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me, at least before I was a senator. There are very few African Americans who haven't had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off. That happens often.

Loooool!

You don't get it?