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George Zimmerman Acquitted In Death of Trayvon Martin
theodp writes "Following nearly three weeks of testimony, a jury of six women in the George Zimmerman trial has found the former neighborhood watch volunteer not guilty of second-degree murder. He was also found not guilty of the lesser offense of manslaughter, which the jury also weighed."
He who has the gun, has the power and the right to do whatever the fuck he wants.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
No. They actually declined to use that in his defense as the circumstances didn't warrant it. A simple "Self Defense" approach was all that was needed, because that was exactly what happened.
Whether or not Zimmerman started the altercation by confronting Martin, at a certain point it became a deadly fight for survival, and by the available evidence it seems that Martin is the one that crossed that line first. At that point Zimmerman was justified in using any means at his disposal to defend himself. Clearly, the Jury agreed.
Justice has prevailed, despite the Media's attempt to convict Zimmerman in the "Court of Public Opinion" and by playing the "race card" so many times one thought that was the only card in their deck.
Trayvon Martin is dead because he was a punk who thought he could give an armed man a beat down ganster style, not because he was black.
George Zimmerman is free because he effectively defended himself against a deadly attacker, not because he is white (hispanic).
End of story.
They'll never get charges to stick to a Jew, for killing a black man.
Really? Is this what Slashdot has become? Race-baiting and demagoguery?
And this trial proves it. If he didn't have the gun, he would never have been stalking the victim.
Since when you an you follow someone and badger them into a fight, then shoot them when you start losing?
Yea, even when those people they "defended" themselves from were just defending themselves in the first place. It is like a cruel joke. By defending himself against Zimmerman he opened the door to Zimmerman to be able to get off on murdering him.
When you cant win, ad hominem.
it's all about Zimmerman's reason for shooting and killing Trayvon.
he said it was 'self defense'
but his *life was not in danger*
see that? his life wasn't in danger so 'self defense' is no defense
he has *absolutely* no reason, given the reported facts, to think his life was in danger...
just because he may be sub-moronic enough to *think* his life was in danger, or that in 2013 jurors are dumb enough to be convinced of the same means nothing to the question...
given the reported facts, his life was not in danger and he had no reason to think so
Thank you Dave Raggett
It's a menacing act, and in any sane jurisdiction it would constitute reasonable grounds to believe an attack was likely.
You wouldn't like it if someone was doing it to you.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Zimmerman was NOT the aggressor. Walking on a sidewalk and following someone is NOT an act of aggression.
Stalking someone is aggression. Following someone menacingly is agggression. Zimmerman indicated it was "suspicious" behavior for Martin to be walking in the rain the way he was, yet he got out of his car in the rain and aggressively walked toward the scared and innovent Martin.
Trayvon physically assaulting Zimmernman was an act of aggression and since Trayvon initiated the fight and Zimmerman was unable to flee, under EVERY SINGLE STATE'S self defense laws, Zimmerman was 100% within the law to use deadly force to defend himself.
Fine, I'll pick a fight. I'll hit you. And if you hit me back, I'll shoot you, then claim self defense.
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Drug use is an indicator of being a lowlife. If the kid was white I'm sure it would have been brought up, and no one would have questioned it based on "American history"
From the Wikipedia link you just submitted:
"Stalking can be defined as the willful and repeated following, watching and/or harassing of another person. Unlike other crimes, which usually involve one act, stalking is a series of actions that occur over a period of time."