Trayvon Martin
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- IRNlun60
Video just released showing Zimmerman at the police station with no visible signs of injury.
- I'd post the video but apparently it keeps getting blocked here...IRNlun6
- http://abcnews.go.co…IRNlun6
- Glitterati_Duane0
@ Utopian. Geraldo does have a good point. My parents used to warn me about not dressing "professionally" at work when I was kid because of the way black people are perceived. I still stick to that today. I wear a tie a lot in an industry where most of my colleagues dress far more casually. Part of the reason for that is because I like to dress that way but another part is that sadly my race lessons my credibility and I'm aware of that. On the other side, I grew up listening to hip hop and tend to dress like that in my down time. When I'm relaxing I should be able to wear whatever I want the same as anyone else. This shit has got to stop. I'm not breaking any laws so I refuse to change who I am because "society" is afraid of my race.
- <locustsloth
- A very fair and balanced response, unfortunately both sides play against it or use it their advantage when needed. Sad but true.utopian
- http://www.npr.org/2…melq
- locustsloth0
Who wouldn't want to extricate themselves form the immediate area? You'd have to be suicidal not to. It's about self-preservation, regardless of the status of his guilt. Saying he should have stayed where he was is to ask him to turn himself over to a lynch mob. And if you'd like to see him lynched, then you are no better than the guilty person you think he is.
- think? ...who are you addressing btw?ohhhhhsnap
- you, saying you knew he'd skip townlocustsloth
- BTW i also think he should be charged, at least with manslaughter, as he created the situation (carried gun, left car)locustsloth
- by saying 'think' i'm owning up to the fact that i don't KNOW the status of his guiltlocustsloth
- ETM0
What I more meant to say is we are ultimately arguing whether there was ANY justification in the taking of a life, regardless of the personal character of either party.
- albums0
I'm going to start a fight with someone, then shoot them when I lose control of the situation. < This is what happened
- ETM0
It's not true to say there are no witnesses. There are several witnesses but they only have accounts of what they heard. However, they have an affidavit from Trayvon's friend/girlfriend he was on the phone with as Zimmerman was following him.
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“He said this man was watching him. So he put his hoodie on, said he lost the man.”She went on to say:
“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.”She said the man caught up with Trayvon and said:
“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 headset just fell.”
---Add to it that the 911 dispatcher asked Zimmerman not to follow, and not to leave his vehicle. I don't get how he is not being charged.
- monkeyshine0
Wow. I didn't even realize he got cuffed and brought in.
- ArmandoEstrada0
If Zimmerman was black he wouldn't be asking a white kid what he was doing there, pursuing him and threatening him....
- He might have actually. He was a town watchman. We just don't know so dont assume he's racist.CygnusZero4
- xpxhxoxexnxixx0
Lol i just saw a post on Drudge about Zimmerman's dad speaking out..then i read the comments under the video...almost everyone was talking about democrats vs republicans..and how the democrats hate blacks and republicans freed the slaves, how Obama is a tool...um..let me tell you something, in case you didnt know...IF you think that our government, or ANY of its bodies, are ANYTHING like what they were, or stood for, in the early years of this countries founding, you need a wake up call...Obama and the dems didnt play a part in this asshole shooting a kid...and now that its politicized by the media and republicans, we bring everything but the kitchen sink into it...when Casey Anthony murdered her kid, and was acquitted, no one said, well this is because republicans are rednecks and do this sort of stuff all the time...such bs...
- Southpark's depiction of a crowd is entirely and perfectly accurate. People are fucking tools in big groups, and always were.mikotondria3
- so...you're ranting against Drudge comments on QBN?futuremongolian
- Drudge doesn't have a commenting system. I think he was referring to where the vid was posted.DrBombay
- NEVER read comments on videos. Or anywhere. Comment sections are the latrines of the internetlocustsloth
- The Republicans at one time were the Democrats and vice versa.
http://en.wikipedia.…utopian - the comments werent on drudge, they were on youtube. but i guess you get what you ask for by reading igonorant comments on youtube.
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- ohhhhhsnap0
we've gotta stop saying that we don't see color... it is BS!
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/dear…
- monkeyshine0
His "former" attorneys insinuated that he is no longer in Florida. What a tool...if he doesn't kill himself first he's going to jail.
- CygnusZero40
He isnt going to jail because from the evidence that exists right now, there's nothing to charge him with.
And his lawyers said they are only quitting because they've lost contact with him. They said if he gets in touch with them and needs them, then they will be there, but they said he doesnt need them right now because he isnt being charged with anything.
- I call B.S. on that. I think there is plenty to charge him with and a jury should decide his fate.monkeyshine
- He will be charged ... Or will kill himself ...Ramanisky2
- randommail0
So in Florida, as long as there are no eye witnesses, you can kill anyone you want. And later claim self-defense.
Is this law in every state?
- monkeyshine0
I once had an altercation with a security guard with a wanna-be but for whatever reason couldn't be cop complex. He grabbed my arm. I pushed him. I'm glad he didn't shoot me. Imagine what they would have unearthed:
- caught carried pot seeds in 3rd grade. Suspended for 3 days
- driven home by cops in 5th grade after breaking into an abandoned house and setting up day camp with my friends (and spanked upon delivery to my mom)
- suspended in 6th grade for fighting
- suspended in 7th grade for skipping school
- almost kicked out of a private school for leaving grounds with a boyI'm sure I would have deserved to get shot by the power tripping security guard.
- lambsy0
Zimmerman's account of what happened:
- Josev0
"He will easily get off. Wait and see. You cant put someone in prison when none of the witnesses actually saw anything. He's innocent unless there is hardcore proof he had intent to kill. Where are they going to find that?"
I just sat on a trial two weeks ago and did send someone to prison, even though none of the witnesses saw the actual crime happen (a stabbing). The defendant claimed that there was reasonable doubt but there was enough evidence that we could use inference in deciding that he was guilty.
- Ramanisky20
shouldnt there be photos, clear Hi Res photos of Zimmermans injuries
Is the police responsible for these?I
- melq0
The City Manager released a written statement today stating why Zimmerman hasn't been arrested, but, to me, this just doesn't pass the sniff test.
Additionally, a permit to legally carry a concealed firearm doesn't suddenly allow you to start behaving like a law enforcement officer. You can't search out and start trouble, then claim self defense. That's just not how it works.
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Link to Stanford City Manager statement (.PDF):
http://www.sanfordfl.gov/investi…