Come on, it's quite clear what the message is. We should all be outraged -- that people are ignorant enough to manufacture like this and that a LEO was ignorant enough to buy them. What.A.Jerk.
To the poster who thinks he may get his job back: This is what drives me NUTS about unions. They'll no doubt file a grievance on his behalf. Who knows the outcome?
Ok, well, again, to me they it doesn't look like a trayvon martin shooting target. I can very well be: a hooded shooting target. And just that. But I am making a chain reply, so the responses are valid for all, especially the last one.
You are sick and blind if you cannot tell that target is meant to resemble trayvon martin.
It's absolutely disgusting that people choose to buy targets that symbollically represent a teenager.
No, it's not obvious to me from the picture that the picture is meant to resemble trayvon martin. I can very well pass on as any hooded shooting target.
In other words, if I were to walk down the street and somebody would say: Hey, check out this shooting target I made. Does it look like something in particular?
I would only say: Nope.
Whoa clam down guy. I just posted that for everyone's reference, I'm not arguing for or against Zimmerman or Martin.
ok. Well, I wasn't aiming at you per se. It's a general opinion.
http://the-american-journal.com/sale-trayvon-martin-gun-range-targets/
The guy who created them advertised them as Trayvon Martin shooting targets. They sold out in two days. We now know this Sgt. may have been one of the buyers:lol:
Trayvon Martin shooting targets sell out in 2 days -- kwch.com
Ok. Well this is new information for me. If indeed, the man who advertised them did so by specifically calling them: Trayvon Martin shooting targets; then fine. I cede the point that the man who made them was probably a malicious asshole who had a stroke of business genius on how to make profit.
Now, for the record, as I have said, this entire case is stupid and it should never have gotten national media attention, let alone captivate the keen interest of the public. It is a common crime, no different than any other of the 12k murders that are done for all sorts of reasons.
But since it has, there have been countless people taking advantage from it. Either financially, politically, PR-wise, anything. People who wanted to be famous and whatever. Even the family of the victim has profitted from it with 1mil green ones. The media got to fill its air time with BS and this kids' death was a massive benefit for all who knew how to benefit from it, except of course, zimmerman and needless to say, the victim... he's dead...
So is this outrageous? Yes. Was the police (as an institution or just that individual, that sergeant) in the wrong to acquire them? hell yes. Is it to be amazed by... no. Crazy has been following this case like a fat man follows the smell of burgers.
