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I don't claim to know who started the physical altercation, but saying that someone following you or talking to you is grounds for attacking them is silly.
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
If a guy that has been following me starts to pull his gun...I'm gonna go for it too.
And that's the problem. I don't know if he pulled the gun before he was getting his head smashed on the concrete. If he did he most definitely should be arrested, charged and jailed. I would go for the gun too if someone randomly followed me/pulled one.
i'm scary to some people...if i got sprayed...who's fault is it?
dispatchers work for the police department, don't they? my mistake if they don't.
that he was being followed...i thought was firmly established...
but in florida...a human life is worth a broken window or door and electronics.
Originally posted by dthwraith
In the soon to follow riots I hope all the blacks remember to attack any random mexican they see. Leave us whites outta this one!!!
Which is why he should be arrested and held on suspected manslaughter at the very least and let the courts figure it out.
Originally posted by Domo1
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
Which is why he should be arrested and held on suspected manslaughter at the very least and let the courts figure it out.
I agree with that. The thing I find controversial is that the media turned this into a race issue and people seem to have completely forgotten innocent until proven guilty. I also grow tired of people who think following someone is grounds for them to be assaulted. Hell I'm not even claiming Zimmerman didn't take the first swing, I don't know, wasn't there. Just saying if someone is beating your head against the ground (don't know if that happened either) you should be allowed to shoot them.
i don't feel like getting maced. i fell back to avoid the situation...whether right or wrong. my mistake...i thought dispatchers were cops...not good enough to be on the street, but cops.
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If someone is following me and confronts me and takes the first swing...I don't deserve to be shot and killed for defending myself.
Originally posted by dthwraith
In the soon to follow riots I hope all the blacks remember to attack any random mexican they see. Leave us whites outta this one!!!
no one is under any compunction to explain themselves to some random person under any circumstance...
Originally posted by The Old American
No, you are missing the whole point. If Trayvon struck first, he was the physical aggressor and Zimmerman had every right to defend himself from being harmed. Following someone is not touching them.
Originally posted by conspiracy nut george zimmerman should be considered innocent until proven guilty and he should be tried for the death of trayvon martin. the outrage has to do with the fact that zimmerman has not been charged yet.
Originally posted by FreedomXisntXFree
reply to post by BIGPoJo
Zimmerman should not have followed him. He followed him because he profiled Martin. Following him resulted into scaring a kid doing nothing wrong. Zimmerman shot him because he was getting his *** beat by a scared kid defending himself from a man with a gun.
Zimmerman was looking for trouble and now he most certainly has it. Enough said.
edit on 26-3-2012 by FreedomXisntXFree because: (no reason given)