George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty
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Again from a legal stand point, if you had truly escaped the situation to where your pursuer had given up pursuit & was leaving, then it would no longer be self defense. This is why the defense needs to be allowed to bring up your "victim's" past. Because sometimes you just know someone is bad news, but you can't prove it based on the physical evidence.
Actually based on the place Z claimed to lose sight of him and where M's girlfriend said M said he was & where he was actually shot, M would have had to backtrack. But again that is all hearsay and not actual proof one way or the other. There is even a map on line that shows their respective routes based on ALL witness statements.
As to the fight injuries, anyone who has been in many fights will tell you that 99 times out of 100, the guy that throws the first punch WILL throw the last punch. My own misspent youth (which included some bouncing at clubs & frat parties) has taught me to always try to throw the first punch, the last punch & get gone before the cops show up.
As to the fight injuries, anyone who has been in many fights will tell you that 99 times out of 100, the guy that throws the first punch WILL throw the last punch. My own misspent youth (which included some bouncing at clubs & frat parties) has taught me to always try to throw the first punch, the last punch & get gone before the cops show up.
What is really sad is all the violence that has come out of this mess. I just saw on Facebook that two teens were murdered in a restaurant parking lot just because they had a "free Zimmerman " sticker on their bumper 
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Another incident involved a grandmother who was just trying to get her sick hrs daughter to the hospital ... I will be so glad when this dies down.
. Another incident involved a grandmother who was just trying to get her sick hrs daughter to the hospital ... I will be so glad when this dies down.
Do you have news sources on the murder.
I have seen the Houston thing and while, yeah, not cool to block the highway, some reports are saying she was "beat" when all the video shows is a guy reaching in (NOT that that is ok either)
Most "news" on these are forums and fanatical pages that seem to be twisting things
(I also want to know what she was yelling as she was hanging out the window...again, NOT that it excuses the behavior but just thinking this story is probably more than meets the eye)
I have seen the Houston thing and while, yeah, not cool to block the highway, some reports are saying she was "beat" when all the video shows is a guy reaching in (NOT that that is ok either)
Most "news" on these are forums and fanatical pages that seem to be twisting things
(I also want to know what she was yelling as she was hanging out the window...again, NOT that it excuses the behavior but just thinking this story is probably more than meets the eye)
The link I read of from was from a news site (not that they're any better) but if said she was leaning it the window asking them to let her by because her grand daughter was in the back seat having some kind of allergic reaction to something she ate I believe.
The murder of the two boys no one really knows much of it only it was in the back of a Golden Corral I think they were approached by a group of black men, police are calling it an "armed robbery" but won't say anything more about the case I guess for fear of inciting more violence.
The murder of the two boys no one really knows much of it only it was in the back of a Golden Corral I think they were approached by a group of black men, police are calling it an "armed robbery" but won't say anything more about the case I guess for fear of inciting more violence.
I haven't even read through this post yet, but I just had to comment- how does truancy, vandalism and petty theft = "felon in the making"? I did much worse than that when I was younger- and I am certainly not a "felon". YOUR post sounds racially fueled, just saying.
Are you serious? Wow. WOW, is all. WOW.
Are you serious? Wow. WOW, is all. WOW.
Yeah, I saw that. Doesn't make me any less angry about it, or any less motivated to comment
I think that the jury followed the law- which is what they were supposed to do. However, I have some serious issues with the legal system- and I think the system failed TM and his parents.
I am seriously freaked out by some of the gun-happy comments in this thread. I am all for gun rights, but I am really concerned about the mindset of some of the more "hardcore" gun enthusiasts- which is "kill first, ask questions later"- Shooting someone has to be a LAST RESORT, not a first instinct.
I think that the jury followed the law- which is what they were supposed to do. However, I have some serious issues with the legal system- and I think the system failed TM and his parents.
I am seriously freaked out by some of the gun-happy comments in this thread. I am all for gun rights, but I am really concerned about the mindset of some of the more "hardcore" gun enthusiasts- which is "kill first, ask questions later"- Shooting someone has to be a LAST RESORT, not a first instinct.
From the testimony I heard, it WAS a last resort. If someone has you on the ground and is pounding your head into the concrete, ignoring your screams, with no one coming to your rescue, are you telling me you wouldn't try to make him stop by any means possible, including a gun if you had it in your possession?
The fact that this is becoming a federal witch hunt disgusts me.
The fact that this is becoming a federal witch hunt disgusts me.
Yes I didn't mean it to sound racially fueled ... I really didn't mean it that way ... That's not what I was feeling when I wrote it, my feelings were more along the lines of "I dislike punk teenagers" fueled (which I am not sure is any better ).
My deal was other people (mostly on FB ) are making it about race ... When I don't believe the original incident was about race. Lets pretend for a moment, What if Zimmerman had been a woman & the scenario had played out exactly the same? Would people's views towards the shooter have been any different?
).My deal was other people (mostly on FB ) are making it about race ... When I don't believe the original incident was about race. Lets pretend for a moment, What if Zimmerman had been a woman & the scenario had played out exactly the same? Would people's views towards the shooter have been any different?
Reason why people are reacting to this so strongly
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...ve-obamas-right-about-being-black-in-america/
Now, again, I agree IN THIS CASE, Zimmerman could not have been found criminally guilty. But for right or wrong,it has turned into a symbol of the greater tragedy that has been going on, well really since this country has been around.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/20...ve-obamas-right-about-being-black-in-america/
Now, again, I agree IN THIS CASE, Zimmerman could not have been found criminally guilty. But for right or wrong,it has turned into a symbol of the greater tragedy that has been going on, well really since this country has been around.