Comments by "RiC David" (@RiC_David) on "Hoodie At Fault For Trayvon Martin Shooting - Geraldo Rivera" video.

  1. Here's the problem: Geraldo and others are looking at it as "Here are some ways the victim could have avoided being victimised". Why not just say "don't go out if you're black"? If he stayed in he'd still be alive. Is his dark skin as responsible as the murderer? The kid killer was not a force of nature - this ain't "don't hide under trees in a storm", victims aren't supposed to work around murderers - murderers are **100%** responsible. Being scared of blacks is NEVER an excuse for murder FFS
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  2. Thank you. Damn new YouTube system - I didn't realise someone had already corrected this guy. I'm getting fed up of people who can't see the problem in saying "Now what could the victim have done to avoid angering the person who murdered them?". It's writing off the kid killer's actions as 'to be expected'. "Well if that guy didn't dress nicely, he wouldn't have been robbed" - it's blaming the innocent for the behavior of the guilty.
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  3. Let me put that more succinctly: Yes, rightly or wrongly, wearing a hoodie if you're black will cause some people to feel fear. What people DO because of that fear is *one hundred percent* THEIR responsibility. What led them to feeling fear is irrelevant to the discussion. What's relevant is how they *reacted* to the fear they felt. None of that is on the victim, it's *society's* job to make the streets safe for people to not have to deal with guys like Zimmerman who murder out of paranoia.
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  4. The reaction of fear is not the problem, it's the reaction to that. I don't blame anyone for a reaction they can't help, but what Geraldo and other idiots are doing is saying that the hoodie + dark skin are responsible for the murderous *reaction* as well. That's what's fucked up about it.
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