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Originally posted by Euphony
If Zimmerman doesn't get out of his car that night, TM is still alive.
Zimmerman is the aggressor.
Zimmerman killed an innocent kid.
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Oh, brother! Now Geraldo is on, describing Martin as someone who, "just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time." Then he tries to say politics shouldn't be mixed into these cases? Wow.....
He is trying to play this off as some tragic accident, instead of a case of self defense when criminally assaulted.
Originally posted by jhn7537
I wonder if the same people who are freaking out right now were as mad when Casey Anthony got off?
Originally posted by votan
Originally posted by PLASIFISK
Originally posted by LadyGreenEyes
Originally posted by PLASIFISK
Originally posted by TKDRL
reply to post by PLASIFISK
Apparently not, at least not in the jury's mind.
How so. He claimed self defense.
It was self defense.
That's why he was found not guilty, in addition to not enough evidence to prove otherwise.
With that being said........ Follow, confront, fight, kill is legal!
Yes or no?
Irrelevant, as that isn't what happened. He observed, reported, and was behaving responsibly. Martin hid, then confronted, attacked, and thus committed a felony assault.
Well, as I have just returned from having a smoke out front my house, armed....why you ask.
I wanted to smoke!
Never do that armed but being as though my wife told me to take my fire arm with me just in case someone rolls up on me and asks why am I here.
She now fears that someone can roll up on me,, confront me , fight me, then kill me.
My friggin family is scared and thinks its now open season on black males!
Lol
Sooooooo, what am I to do?
Just as I have to be prepared for it seeing that this case proves it can happen.
I must also understand that there could be someone who is looking to try this out on me.
What it boils down to is who can pull there firearm the fastest.
Point blank.
The police report will always read self defense for fear of losing my life.
It is very relevant. I look very suspiciouse. I'm black.
well bud just as long as you don't attack the person asking you who are you and what you are a doing you will be fine.
normal people don't attack people when asked questions.
Please tell me where you live so i never stop and ask you questions.. you will pull a treyvon and attack me.. but you will have a gun
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
reply to post by juniperberry
They did charge him with Manslaughter as well for a choice of a lesser charge. That was this business at the end and where I think the prosecution came off looking disorganized and utterly insecure with their OWN case. It's the same thing as Marsha Clark did in the OJ case. All the worst decisions to blow whatever case may have existed, if one ever did here.
The Jury says not though and that is the end point of our system, for this level anyway. The NAACP head is saying something about pushing for Civil Rights charges. Maybe like the Rodney King cops for the 2nd run on the same thing?
Originally posted by rickymouse
Zimmerman started the confrontation and the teen got mad. This is what I see. I guess if you start a conflict it is not against the law anymore. The boy also had a right to stand his ground and was not in the wrong for punching a jerk that was harrassing him by the same law. Yet Zimmerman goes free when he killed this teen that was standing his ground, with the same rights we all have.
I see a major riot brewing, worse than we have ever seen in this country. Our country is so polarized I feel that this will collapse it. It is the governments fault, they intentionally polarized us so we will not stick together. It is a regular tactic of governments but when it goes wrong, it really goes wrong.