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A "first hand witness" is an eye witness. There ARE no eyewitnesses you twit.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by rebellender
Nice deflection.
You are making Steve McQueen look bad, trolling in his image is a damn shame.
Originally posted by steve95988
Well its all going to come down to this country, our beliefs in the system and the justice that may prevail... all i know is, that if my crap was constantly being broke into and stolen, in my community, i will take all necessary means to ensure my family... MY things.. MY community is safe from thugs and people who are thief's... now whether or not he was out there up to nooo good, that is the next question... let The people and the system figure this out.... I on the other hand would have followed zimmermans footsteps to the T No one is gonna f with my things
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by seabag
Yes, but this as an abuse of that law because Zimmerman wasn't standing his ground he pursued confrontation rather than avoiding it.
Doesn't work.
Look at the Jorge Saavedra case for an actual instance of someone standing their ground and getting off because of the law (and rightfully so).
Originally posted by atlguy
Let me break it down for the numbskulls:
1. Martin was freaked out by being followed by Zimmerman. This is evidenced by a phone call made to his girl-friend.
2. Zimmerman called the police and was explicitly told "do not follow him"
3. Zimmerman ignored a direct order from the police and approached Martin
Now, put yourself in Martin's shoes.
If someone were following me, harassing me and putting me in-fear, I sure as hell would confront this person. Armed or not. I'd want to know what the f-k was going on and why some goon was tailing me. If Zimmerman had done what he was told and left the kid alone - two things would change:
1. He wouldn't have gotten his ass kicked by Martin, thereby making him feel that he had to pull his gun
2. He wouldn't have shot Martin
So essentially, we have MARTIN as the one defending himself against being stalked - and getting shot by the stalker.
Period.edit on 3/24/2012 by atlguy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by atlguy
So essentially, we have MARTIN as the one defending himself against being stalked - and getting shot by the stalker.
1. Martin was freaked out by being followed by Zimmerman. This is evidenced by a phone call made to his girl-friend.
2. Zimmerman called the police and was explicitly told "do not follow him"
3. Zimmerman ignored a direct order from the police and approached Martin
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The law says that people who have a reasonable belief that their life is in imminent danger can use deadly force, no matter where they are, and they have no duty to see if they can escape the situation safely
Originally posted by rebellender
Originally posted by atlguy
Let me break it down for the numbskulls:
1. Martin was freaked out by being followed by Zimmerman. This is evidenced by a phone call made to his girl-friend.
2. Zimmerman called the police and was explicitly told "do not follow him"
3. Zimmerman ignored a direct order from the police and approached Martin
Now, put yourself in Martin's shoes.
If someone were following me, harassing me and putting me in-fear, I sure as hell would confront this person. Armed or not. I'd want to know what the f-k was going on and why some goon was tailing me. If Zimmerman had done what he was told and left the kid alone - two things would change:
1. He wouldn't have gotten his ass kicked by Martin, thereby making him feel that he had to pull his gun
2. He wouldn't have shot Martin
So essentially, we have MARTIN as the one defending himself against being stalked - and getting shot by the stalker.
Period.edit on 3/24/2012 by atlguy because: (no reason given)
this again....lets break it down for even you,
911 isnt the Police
Martin wasnt a little 12 year old, he was 6'3" and 170
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by rebellender
So it's ok to stalk someone if they are tall?
Originally posted by atlguy
Let me break it down for the numbskulls:
1. Martin was freaked out by being followed by Zimmerman. This is evidenced by a phone call made to his girl-friend.
2. Zimmerman called the police and was explicitly told "do not follow him"
3. Zimmerman ignored a direct order from the police and approached Martin
Now, put yourself in Martin's shoes.
If someone were following me, harassing me and putting me in-fear, I sure as hell would confront this person. Armed or not. I'd want to know what the f-k was going on and why some goon was tailing me. If Zimmerman had done what he was told and left the kid alone - two things would change:
1. He wouldn't have gotten his ass kicked by Martin, thereby making him feel that he had to pull his gun
2. He wouldn't have shot Martin
So essentially, we have MARTIN as the one defending himself against being stalked - and getting shot by the stalker.
Period.edit on 3/24/2012 by atlguy because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by sonnny1
No.. The reason Obama got involved with this case is because it is an election year and he needed to remind black voters that he is in fact black (which, subliminally, is why Martin is what his son would look like).
I'm not saying they aren't exploiting this one like crazy, I am just saying this Zimmerman guy messed up and he should probably have been arrested and investigated. Honestly I think he is guilty.
Originally posted by GogoVicMorrow
reply to post by rebellender
So it's ok to stalk someone if they are tall?