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The girl relayed the conversation in an interview with a lawyer: He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man...I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run. Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man said, 'What are you doing here.' Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn't answer the phone.
Three changed their stories in ways that may damage Zimmerman. A fourth abandoned her initial story, that she saw one person chasing another. Now, she says, she saw a single figure running.
Originally posted by hellbjorn012
Originally posted by winofiend
Originally posted by eNumbra
Not saying he didn't bring it on himself, but stop calling him an adult.
For all intent and purpose, he had a manly stature. It's hogwash to claim he was a child and therefore his death is any more unjust than it was, simply due to the pedantic legalities defining the age of an adult.
And it's a cop out, plain and simple. Everyone can see it is.
Once again showing how weak the American male population has become, ANYONE who thinks 160 lbs treyvon had a intimidating manly statue needs to hit the gym,
Stop playing COD and watching reality shows 24/7 boys. Thinking Travs build is anything scary tells me you must be a pretty weak male.edit on 5-12-2012 by hellbjorn012 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by rmoss20
Can we answer these questions?
-The stand your ground law allows you to use deadly force if you believe that your life is in danger. Does that include life threatening situations that you alone put yourself in?
Originally posted by rmoss20
-When Zimmerman first walked up how did he identify himself? "I'm from the neighborhood watch"? , "I'm a cop"? or just "Stop, what are your doing out here"?
Originally posted by rmoss20
-Was the gun drawn when Zimmerman walked up? Was the gun in a holster? Was it completely concealed?
Originally posted by rmoss20
-If Martin was approached, on a darkly lit street, by a man with a gun not announcing he is the neighborhood watch or the police did he himself invoke the stand your ground law by attacking Zimmerman? In that case he must have felt punching Zimmerman was a safer option than running away.
Originally posted by rmoss20
-If Zimmerman walked up, letting Martin know that he was the neighborhood watch, and wanted to know what he was up to, while having the gun completely concealed, would have been able to invoke the stand your ground law after being attack.
Originally posted by kerazeesicko
Holy crap the cowardice in this thread is phenomenal...
I cannot believe the amount of men in this thread who believe getting your butt handed to you is a reason to kill. Obviously they would be considered useless without a weapon. Poor families. You get punched..shoot...you get roughed up...shoot..you get startled..shoot..hell they make you cry...shoot...
By the way why is the GF story not been taken into account here.
Trayvon Martin’s Girlfriend: ‘I Told Him to Run’ Seconds Before He Was Shot
The girl relayed the conversation in an interview with a lawyer: He said this man was watching him, so he put his hoodie on. He said he lost the man...I asked Trayvon to run, and he said he was going to walk fast. I told him to run but he said he was not going to run. Trayvon said, 'What, are you following me for,' and the man said, 'What are you doing here.' Next thing I hear is somebody pushing, and somebody pushed Trayvon because the head set just fell. I called him again and he didn't answer the phone.
Originally posted by kimish
reply to post by LadyGreenEyes
Pay no attention to that poster. S/He and a few others are merely trolling the thread. Notice the subtlety in how they are hiding their racism.
TM is dead because he was a punk. He was killed by a wanna be cop with a hot head to happened to feel threatened for his life. Self preservation by any means.
Originally posted by Cobra.EXE
and yes, zimmerman was breaking the law by stalking somebody
and had pre-determined thoughts of making this young boys life a living hell
and knew he would have the publics favor because of the color of tray's skin
if they want riots in the streets then thats exactly what they will get
Originally posted by Cordycepz
Sorry but if I'm minding my own business walking down the street and some idiot tries stalking me I'd probably do worse than Trayvon did to him. The cop told him not to pursue, he did. The guy is an obvious racist and bully and should have been the one that got shot. If someone tries chasing after me when I didn't do anything I would try to knock him out too. Any coward that stalks a kid when he isn't doing anything, calls the cops for no real reason, gets told to not do anything, chases after him anyway disregarding police direction, gets hit for being a creeper and then kills him out of retaliation is completely pathetic and so is anyone defending him
Originally posted by hellbjorn012
Originally posted by Strictsum
reply to post by Trustfund
. I'm 6ft 3" by the way.
Strict
I love how people think height = size/muscularity.
Originally posted by Cordycepz
reply to post by Cordycepz
and I listened to the call awhile back and he called him a coon or something along those lines. He deserves worse than a bloody nose just for being an ignorant racist. IMO