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Originally posted by SM2
articles.orlandosentinel.com... er-zimmerman
if this is true, then it ends the debate. That is if he was indeed walking back to his vehicle when Mr. Martin approached him and attacked him. Now, if Mr Zimmerman instigated the physical altercation, then the self defense claim is null and void, but to make it null and void he would have had to be the one to instigate. That means he would have had to begin the physical act of the fight. There is nothing illegal about following a suspicious person and asking them a question or two (if that is indeed what Mr.Zimmerman did) If he did after that move to return to his vehicle and Mr.Martin then took off after him and then assaulted him by punching him in the nose, then slamming his head into the ground, well then Mr.Martin is the aggressor from a legal perspective. Which would mean that Mr.Zimmerman had every right to defend himself against his attacker. If there truly is evidence showing wounds or marks on Mr.Zimmerman's head, well then the self defense claim would stand up.
Remember, the prosecution has the burden of proof. They have to prove beyond a shadow of doubt that Mr.Zimmerman acted maliciously and not in self defense. If there is any reasonable doubt, then Mr.Zimmerman is acquitted.
Again, I never said video couldn't be used a evidence in the Supreme Court
Example. Video tape is reliable but it is not allowed to used in the Supreme Court.
Originally posted by pizzanazi75
reply to post by popsmayhem
Nobody is talking to you since you don't know how to have a conversation. Your thoughts are useless until you go back through about 20 pages of replies and start answering some of the questions posed to you.
You won't because you can't.
Originally posted by yeti101
reply to post by pizzanazi75
well video evidence has been used in the supreme court. www.newser.com...
i dont know how the audio tech can be 100% reliable from phone recordings in this situation. I think it would be quite easy for any defense to cloud the issue. You dont even get the full frequency range over a telephone.edit on 2-4-2012 by yeti101 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by pizzanazi75
Originally posted by popsmayhem
Originally posted by Deranged74
Anyways let me ask you this question..
IF it is indeed found out it was Trayvons voice calling out for help will your opinion change?
People already have changed there opinion.
The ones that did change were not the zimmerman folks
it was the treyvon folks who leaned one way
then when more evidence came out and learnt
what we know now weighed the evidence and
came to the only rational explantion
that we have right now, as it stands
there is not enough evidence to charge zimmerman
with murder.. that was the point of this thread,
zimmerman did not commit murder he is innocent of murder.
IF it came out that it was not zimmermans voice
and he was lying i think it will for sure hurt his credibility
with me and other posters, but it is going to take more
then a 50.50 chance with voice analyze. hell we got
a 50.50 guess and with the eye witnesses it
is a possible 100% zimmerman.... i am sticking
with the witnesses for now.
now can you accept that zimmerman is innocent of murder?edit on 1-4-2012 by popsmayhem because: (no reason given)
You really should quit talking about the voice analysis. You lack of understand of how it works is amazing. You look really foolish when you keep bringing up this 50/50 argument.
NO SAMPLE OF TREYVON IS NEEDED TO RULE OUT ZIMMERMAN !!!!!!!!
Originally posted by yeti101
reply to post by pizzanazi75
Again, I never said video couldn't be used a evidence in the Supreme Court
but in a previous post you stated this
Example. Video tape is reliable but it is not allowed to used in the Supreme Court.
edit on 2-4-2012 by yeti101 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by popsmayhem
Originally posted by pizzanazi75
Originally posted by popsmayhem
Originally posted by Deranged74
Anyways let me ask you this question..
IF it is indeed found out it was Trayvons voice calling out for help will your opinion change?
People already have changed there opinion.
The ones that did change were not the zimmerman folks
it was the treyvon folks who leaned one way
then when more evidence came out and learnt
what we know now weighed the evidence and
came to the only rational explantion
that we have right now, as it stands
there is not enough evidence to charge zimmerman
with murder.. that was the point of this thread,
zimmerman did not commit murder he is innocent of murder.
IF it came out that it was not zimmermans voice
and he was lying i think it will for sure hurt his credibility
with me and other posters, but it is going to take more
then a 50.50 chance with voice analyze. hell we got
a 50.50 guess and with the eye witnesses it
is a possible 100% zimmerman.... i am sticking
with the witnesses for now.
now can you accept that zimmerman is innocent of murder?edit on 1-4-2012 by popsmayhem because: (no reason given)
You really should quit talking about the voice analysis. You lack of understand of how it works is amazing. You look really foolish when you keep bringing up this 50/50 argument.
NO SAMPLE OF TREYVON IS NEEDED TO RULE OUT ZIMMERMAN !!!!!!!!
Ok, we can forget about the voice samples for right now
just found it odd they seemed to forget to test it against
treyvons sample, and give us only one result.
Can you accept that zimmerman is innocent of murder
since zimmerman is the only one injured with bruises?
Originally posted by pizzanazi75
Your saying cops routinely touch people with blood on them without gloves on? You must not live in 2012.
that video shows no spots of anything on him and if you think you can shoot someone that is on top of you in the chest and not get significant amounts of that person blood on you are just flat out ignorant.
As it stands now it was minimum manslaughter.
Gutman said the video had been "clarified" by Forensic Protection Inc. Former FBI Special Agent Brad Garrett told ABC that the clearer video shows "marks on the back of Mr. Zimmerman's head."
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by popsmayhem
That "wound" on the back of his head...funny how you only see it in the one shot you posted, and not on any of the other shots of the back of his head in the surveillance video.
And his nose doesn't look "crooked", in fact, if someone broke his nose like the lawyer claims, his shirt and jacket would be bloody...it isn't.
Add to that the FACT that Trayvon's body shows no signes of violence...and you realize that the entire thing stinks to hell.
We also know that the alleged screams from Zimmerman weren't really his. Just too many things don't line up...so pretending as if it seems Zimmerman is innocent here is foolish.edit on 2-4-2012 by MrXYZ because: (no reason given)
Even if his nose didn't bleed from being broken.
Originally posted by popsmayhem
Originally posted by pizzanazi75
Your saying cops routinely touch people with blood on them without gloves on? You must not live in 2012.
that video shows no spots of anything on him and if you think you can shoot someone that is on top of you in the chest and not get significant amounts of that person blood on you are just flat out ignorant.
As it stands now it was minimum manslaughter.
How do you know the cops did not have gloves on?
explain this
Gutman said the video had been "clarified" by Forensic Protection Inc. Former FBI Special Agent Brad Garrett told ABC that the clearer video shows "marks on the back of Mr. Zimmerman's head."
Zimmerman had injuries treyvon had one gun shot no marks or bruises and the witnesses
walking the dog saw no blood on zimmernan when he got up off the ground. It was raining and wet
the bleeding treyvon might not of been much not all gun shot wounds are the same
some bleed very little on the outside. ABC already came out and said they edited the 911 tapes
and that the vidoe they showed is misleading because zimmerman IS injured, he did not have time
to do it to himself with all the people there who came running out of there houses, and the witnesses
who check out with zimmermans story..
Was George Zimmerman the Aggressor?
Jacob Sullum | March 22, 2012
Yesterday I noted that George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, on February 26, needlessly created the situation in which he claims to have feared for his life. By following Martin for no good reason, against the advice of the police dispatcher, he set up the fight that ended with Martin dead. Now the co-authors of Florida's "stand your ground" self-defense statute, which critics blame for the failure to arrest Zimmerman, are saying (as Lucy Steigerwald noted yesterday evening) that Zimmerman's decision to pursue and confront Martin makes him ineligible for the law's protection. Durell Peaden, who sponsored the 2005 law as a Republican state senator, told The Miami Herald Zimmerman should be charged: "They got the goods on him. They need to prosecute whoever shot the kid. He has no protection under my law." reason.com...
Originally posted by MrXYZ
reply to post by pizzanazi75
Even if his nose didn't bleed from being broken.
I Thai box, and I challenge anyone to break someone's nose without making it bleed
Originally posted by pizzanazi75
Originally posted by rebellender
reply to post by pizzanazi75
Have you ever sat on a jury or ever gone through jury selection and been released?
I have!!! and GogoVicMorrow has a good grasp and does not have his head Up or Under anything on the issue.
Get Real!
Have a great day
Neither one of you have a good grasp on this issue. And if you in fact have sat on jury, I sure feel sorry for all those involved.