[Vision2020] Martin was 17. 17. He was a kid and Zimmerman, man enough to police the neighborhood, shot an unarmed kid in an effort to what -- save himself? -YES!!!

Mon Jul 22 06:35:51 PDT 2013

Which also pretty much sums up why Zimmerman is quick and Mahaney is dead.
Also "painfully obvious," no?

I guess it's better to draw an obvious conclusion slowly and painfully then
not at all.

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On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Another painfully obvious difference between these youths and George
> Zimmerman . . .
>
> George Zimmeman, the neighborhood *watch*, HAD A GUN!
>
> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
>
> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
> http://www.MoscowCares.com
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "There's room at the top they are telling you still
> But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
> If you want to be like the folks on the hill."
>
> - John Lennon
>
>
>
> On Jul 21, 2013, at 10:36 PM, Joe Campbell <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Give me a break! There is no outrage for some very simple reasons.
>
> 1/ Tell me why 1 in 5 blacks from age x to y are in prison? What is your
> explanation? Either they are more prone to violence or there is
> institutional racism. Which explanation do you give? And please be specific.
>
> 2/ Some of the culprits were found guilty. So you're not even telling the
> whole story.
>
> If you want the Trayvon Martin stuff to go away than just shut up for a
> week or two and stop posting crap like this. Have some respect and let
> folks vent.
>
> On Jul 21, 2013, at 10:06 PM, Wayne Price <bear at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> And where is all the "national attention" for Pat Mahaney? Where is the
> outrage? Where  are the marches and rallies? When does the President of
> "ALL THE PEOPLE" say he could have been Pat Mahaney? Were is the Department
> of Justice probe?
>
>
> An autopsy has been completed on the North College Hill man who died
> Friday, nearly a year after he was severely beaten in what police said was
> an unprovoked, vicious attack by six teen boys.
>
> The cause of death for Pat Mahaney, 46, will not be released until all
> test results, including toxicology, are back, a process expected to take at
> least several weeks, said a spokesman for the Hamilton County Coroner’s
> Office.
>
> Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters asked for the autopsy Friday after
> Mahaney died at University of Cincinnati Medical Center.Mahaney’s family
> said he became sick with a sudden illness Wednesday.
>
> “This whole incident has been a tragic event for the Mahaney family,”
> North College Hill Police Chief Gary Foust said today. “The North College
> Hill Police Department is in consultation with the Hamilton County
> Prosecutor's Office pending the results of the autopsy.”
>
> Mahaney was so traumatized over the attack, he neglected his own health,
> became a recluse, his family said. He even refused to talk to probation
> officers seeking his input as they prepared sentencing recommendations on
> two of the six teens for Hamilton County Juvenile Court Judge Tracie Hunter.
>
> When the two boys, both 14, were sentenced last month to probation, work
> details and community service, Mahaney also declined to appear in the
> courtroom to face them and tell them how the beating impacted his life.
>
> He only gave one media interview, to The Enquirer, last summer, the day
> after he was released from the hospital. He refused all other requests then
> and ever since.
>
> His family said over the weekend the August 2012 beating “took him over
> the edge” and he wouldn’t even leave his house to go to the doctor.
>
> Three other teens also have pleaded guilty to felonious assault and face
> sentencing. Their cases have been delayed. The boys’ lawyers have asked
> Hunter to close the proceedings to the public or, at the very least,
> restrict parts related to the teens' psychological evaluations. They also
> asked her to bar reporters from the hearing.
>
> Hunter said she would review psychological reports on two of the teens,
> both 13, privately chambers and then make her decision later this month.She
> also wants an expert to weigh in on whether media coverage of the case is
> mentally damaging the teens.
>
> A sixth teen is fighting the charges and is expected to go to trial at
> some point. Now, attorneys representing all the teens are wondering how
> Mahaney’s death might affect their clients’ cases.
>
> If Hamilton County Coroner Dr. Lakshmi Kode Sammarco rules Mahaney’s
> death to be related to the beating, that could affect criminal prosecutions
> of the accused attackers.
>
> The case has been controversial since the start. The attack drew national
> attention because of its severity and because the six boys told police that
> they ambushed Mahaney from behind merely because they were “bored.” Outrage
> spawned protests and counter-protests.
>
> According to a police report, the boys - who were all 13 at the time -
> jumped Mahaney from behind as he walked home from a convenience store after
> buying a six-pack of beer at 8:40 p.m. Aug. 11, 2012.
>
> They punched him in the back of the head, causing him to fall to the
> ground in the 2000 block of Dallas Avenue- just down the street from his
> mother’s house, where he was living.
>
> Mahaney stayed on the ground and said he was knocked unconscious almost
> immediately.
>
> The teens repeatedly punched and kicked him in the face and head. One of
> the teens also hurled an unopened can of beer at Mahaney’s head.
>
> The boys told police they only stopped beating Mahaney when a neighbor
> started to yell at them and threatened to call the police.
>
> When officers caught up with the boys and asked them why they attacked the
> unemployed factory worker, “they stated that they were just bored and were
> looking for something to do,” a police report states.
>
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