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Barack Obama

Lugnut

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2. That question gnaws at me.

Reply to Cha (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 23, 2013, 02:02 AM

Jul 2013

Nobody knows what Trayvon would've become and they never will. A racist and paranoid cop wanna be made sure of that. I appreciated hearing the President speak frankly even though I knew the right-wingers would clobber him for it. He had me in tears both for him and for Trayvon.

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"Who’s to know what Trayvon would’ve become?" Cha Jul 2013 #1

That question gnaws at me. Lugnut Jul 2013 #2

Powerful stuff there. IrishAyes Jul 2013 #3