Monsters and Men: The Vile Elixir of Race In Politics and In The Courtroom

[LoneLaugher]

17 is old enough to know right from wrong. He knew better.

Did Zimmerman know better?

 

[AmyNation]

Flipping off the camera is not "something he should know better". Sheesh! You've seriously never done that? Seriously?

 

[AmyNation]

Mr Rogers! You should know better!

 

[TemplarKormac]

Flipping off the camera is not "something he should know better". Sheesh! You've seriously never done that? Seriously?

Nope.

But perhaps you can move past your naivete.

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[AmyNation]

Is that an arrest record? No. It's some FB posts that I can't even verify are real.

 

[OODA_Loop]

Jumping up and down with glee just doesn't work unless you convince yourself that the kid was evil.

Trying to kill or inflict great bodily injury on someone is pretty evil in and of itself.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Alright I've had just about enough. Amy he has no criminal record but he was participating in criminal activity.

Texts and Photos from Trayvon Martin's Cell Phone Released - Madness & Reality

 

[ClosedCaption]

Mr Rogers! You should know better!

I bet you he shot people and did drugs....a lot!

 

[TemplarKormac]

Just a kid my ass.

 

[AmyNation]

Alright I've had just about enough. Amy he has no criminal record but he was participating in criminal activity.

Texts and Photos from Trayvon Martin's Cell Phone Released - Madness & Reality

I never disputed he smoked pot. A lot of teenagers and even adults, smoke pot.

As for the gun

Here's a pic of my nephew holding a gun. I don't think holding a gun makes you a criminal or particularly "scary".

 

[Duped]

The lefts golden goose ( racism ) is played for all it's worth, they can't let a good story get by without milking it.

The right needs to play it as well. After all, their are way more racist blacks killing whites with no defense!

 

[TemplarKormac]

Alright I've had just about enough. Amy he has no criminal record but he was participating in criminal activity.

Texts and Photos from Trayvon Martin's Cell Phone Released - Madness & Reality

I never disputed he smoked pot. A lot of teenagers and even adults, smoke pot.

As for the gun

Here's a pic of my nephew holding a gun. I don't think holding a gun makes you a criminal or particularly "scary".

So stop trying to justify it. Here's a newsflash, Amy, underage possession of a firearm is illegal.

 

[AmyNation]

Total horseshit. I can dig up that thread about the man who posted a photo of his young son holding a gun on Facebook and all that conservative outrage that the police investigated it.

You don't know anything about that gun or when the photo was taken. You can't even tell from the pic if Trayvon is the one holding it or not. Since when is it illegal to teach your children how to shoot?

 

[TemplarKormac]

Total horseshit. I can dig up that thread about the man who posted a photo of his young son holding a gun on Facebook and all that conservative outrage that the police investigated it.

You don't know anything about that gun or when the photo was taken. You can't even tell from the pic if Trayvon is the one holding it or not. Since when is it illegal to teach your children how to shoot?

You forget, Trayvon was trying to illegally obtain a firearm. You don't want to believe the facts. You can call it "total horseshit" as many times as you like. Still doesn't change the facts.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Gun, drug texts feature in new Trayvon Martin shooting evidence - CNN.com

 

[OriginalShroom]

I see Conservatives, even after the trial, trying to paint Trayvon Martin as a "thug", "monster" and "drug addict". There's at least one thread on the front page right now about how the Arizona that Trayvon bought could theoretically be mixed with Robitussin to get high.

Pretending that liberals are the only ones going into this with prejudiced notions is pretty silly.

Two of the three possible ingredients of "lean" or "Drank" is Skittles/Jolly Ranchers, Arizona Watermelon drink / Sprite.

Urban Dictionary: purple drank

1. purple drank
codeine/promethazine cough syrup mixed in with some sprite. serve it up in a white styrafoam cup with some ice and your good to go. you can mix it up with all kinds of sodas or just sip the ish. there is NO alcohol in it and its NOT robitussin. It's thick and purple and comes only by prescription or by your local weedman. not to be sipped by suckas!!!!!

purple drank up in my cup, blowin dank up in my truck


2. purple drank

Purple Drank is an illegal recreational drink popular in the Southern United States rap community, whose main ingredients originally consisted of prescription strength cough syrup, containing codeine and promethazine, and either a carbonated soft drink (generally Sprite) or fruit juice. The purple-ish hue of Purple Drank comes from the dyes in the cough syrup. Recently, the term has expanded to cover mixtures including over-the-counter cough syrup and vodka in place of prescription cough syrup. Other terms for Purple Drank include Barre, Oil, Purple Tonic, Lean (or Southern Lean,) Drank, and Syrup (which is sometimes slangly pronounced as Sizzurp.)

The active ingredient of purple drank is codeine, an opiate medication contained in prescription strength cough syrups due to its antitussive properties. Some prescription cough syrups also contain anti-histamine medications, such as promethazine, which have a mild sedative effect. When taken in large quantities, both medications can lead to sedation and altered levels of consciousness.

Houston producer DJ Screw first popularized the concoction, which is widely attributed as a source of inspiration for the "chopped & screwed" style of hip hop music. Originally, the active ingredient of "Syrup" was cough syrup containing promethazine and codeine. The concoction first gained popularity in the underground Houston, Texas rap scene and later spread to other southern states.

"purple drank made ma bank"

"drank up in ma cup, mayne hold up"

"purple in ma soda"

"barre baby"


3. purple drank



Codeine syrup and sprite wit a few jolly ranchers in it. It is not Robitussin, the Promathazine or however the hell u spell it can only be prescribed by ya doctor...and Purp aint have any Liquor up in it, yall muthafuckers finna kill yaselves

I sip that purple drank when I smoke my blunt, and sometimes I dip my blunt in it and I'm higher than cloud nine!


4. purple drank

purple drank is a combination of hydrocodone promethazine and sprite. you add a couple of ounces to your sprite to where it tastes good. you can also add a jolly rancher. its the shit. it is mainly affiliated with texas and other parts of the deep south. such rappers as slim thugg, mike jones, and paul wall sip purple drank.

joe been sippin that purple drank.



5. purple drank


A recreational leaning drink- an alternative to illegal drugs in pure form- that is common in parties and originated in the south.

It generally consists of around two fluid ounces of promethazine/codeine cough syrup, 8 or more ounces of lemon-lime soda (Sprite, Sierra Mist, 7up, Mountain Dew, Fresca, etc), and jolly ranchers for flavor. It is called 'purple drank' for a) the purple color that the dye in the syrup gives it, and b) the southern pronunciation of the word 'drink'.

It was created around the time when chopped & screwed rap music hit the scene, where the drink went well with the music considering it induced a similar 'slow' and 'leaning' feeling in the consumer. The beverage until recently, however, did not become popular on a wider scale, and originally was almost completely limited and known (for that matter) to the southern regions of the USA.

Purple drank has more street names, the most popular being Lean and Sizzurp.

"Mike Jones keeps purple drank in his cup."

"Dude, that drank got me leanin' last night."

"That drank tastes like shit, but feels like sex."


6. purple drank

Purple Drank is a intoxicating beverage also known by the names lean, sizzurp, and liquid codeine. It is commonly abused by southern rappers and wannabe suburban teenagers. It is a mixture of Promethazine/Codeine cough syrup and sprite, with a few jolly ranchers and/or skittles thrown in. Promethazine with codeine, consumed in such large amounts as is popular with such southern rappers as lil wayne, slim thug, and Big Moe, produces an opiate-like high that is potentiated by the Promethazine. Promethazine by itself will not produce a high. The beverage must be sipped slowly, and not guzzled, in order to avoid unconciousness and/or life threatening overdose.

 

[AmyNation]

I haven't been able to find a link to the exact text messages, only articles that summarize them.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Trayvon Martin?s Own Father Was One of The people texting Trayvon about buying and selling guns ? Researching the Names From Don West Delivered Proffer Hearing?. (multiple francining moments) | The Last Refuge

 

[LoneLaugher]

Did someone ask why someone is trying to justify something?

Heads might explode.

 

[AmyNation]

Trayvon Martin?s Own Father Was One of The people texting Trayvon about buying and selling guns ? Researching the Names From Don West Delivered Proffer Hearing?. (multiple francining moments) | The Last Refuge

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