[pbaj12]

Originally Posted by minka1 ↗

THANK YOU!

*Also his feet are one over the other from being turned over. I have seen that from other true crime docus.

Poor kid. All he wanted was to get home. Think about that the next time you are walking home or your kid, brother, cousin, friend is walking home with some candy and something to drink. You your brains and think.

If I was walking home under the same conditions and someone approached me asking what I was doing and said the police were on the way..my first reaction isn't going to punch the guy and start bashing his head into the ground. The bullet wound would have been in my back if anything.

I'd hope someone I knew wouldn't wait for the guy and attack him. Get off the phone with your friend and call the cops about the creepy ass cracker following you.

If I saw someone in my neighborhood walking around in the rain when there's been robberies and this guy looks like the suspects.. I'd try to find out where they are too so when the police show up I can tell them. It would be terrible if you decided just to drive off to avoid confrontation because of what happened to Trayvon..then come home to find your house robbed and family murdered by the guy.

That's using my brain.

[spills]

Looking at the photographs from the CCTV in the shop, I'd say he was right to suspect him. He looks the part. He doesn't look like a "poor kid walking home with some sweeties/candy"! He looks like a fucking ghetto rapist.

[CaptainCunt]

I would shot a guy like Martin for no reason at all.

[pa.pilgram]

Little asshole attacked! Little asshole got shot! Plain and simple! You want thug life? You got it bitch!

[DEWBZ]

Originally Posted by diamondsmiles ↗

Zimmerman, as an adult in a vehicle, should have driven away! The 911 operator told him that!

He could have prevented the entire incident!

If he thought the situation was getting hairy, why the hell should some voice on a phone that he's never met have more right not even being there, be able to tell him what to do?

And to be honest, when trayvon had his hoodie on, he looked much older. Looks older than that gas station clerk who looks to be in his twenties

[basicallyimhawt]

Originally Posted by Gaydolf Shitler ↗

If he thought the situation was getting hairy, why the hell should some voice on a phone that he's never met have more right not even being there, be able to tell him what to do?

And to be honest, when trayvon had his hoodie on, he looked much older. Looks older than that gas station clerk who looks to be in his twenties

^ Agreed! The thing that really irritated me was how they used his much younger pictures in the media to be all "aww this poor kid got shot." 17 = not a juvenile anymore and therefore I don't treat "kids" 17+ as I would say a 13 year old when I apprehend them for shoplifting (closest example I could think of at the moment, hehe).

And plus anyone walking around at night with a hood on and acting suspicious or not in a gated community is going to be followed or watched or whatever the security guards are going to do. I would have followed the guy too for the sake of exact location for the police, and so I wouldnt have to be like "oh, he went ___ way towards __ street." Just because its would have been my job to make sure I knew where he/she went and they didn't go onto someone's property.. Since they had break ins about the same time...more reason to be cautious.

And yes if he would have started attacking me while I was doing my job I would have shot him too. I've been taught to shoot to kill since I was a litte kid.. so anyone who breaks in or attacks me is dead.

I just wish they would stop getting hung on him "shooting an innocent kid who had skittles" or "because he was black." He didn't even mention his race... Yet Martin called him a cracker.

[Arevalosocom]

Originally Posted by invertigo ↗

They most certainly can. They'd need to get an appeal on a federal level. The Supreme Court is the final interpreter of federal constitutional law, Florida laws are pretty much inconsequential by that point
Also, Zimmermans defense never invoked the 'stand your ground' laws. They went with self-defense . Legally, he was never tried for that.

Wrong.

This is a state matter, not federal. No state lines were crossed. Feds can only charge for a civil rights violation, and they have nothing so no.....game over.

Agree with you on the second half. The law is written so SYG is pretty much built it. It's a win-win for gun owers.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

I agree with ^^^.

I'm surprised I've never heard anyone bring up the private property argument. Most gated communities are not public property, and property/business owners have the final say-so on a lot of matters where people try to claim "civil rights." For instance, if the guy who owns the Chevron down the street from me decides to one day up and stop allowing people of a certain race into his store, then that's his right and no one can do a damn thing about it. It could hurt his sales and really fuck up his reputation, but legally nothing could be done to him.

I imagine the same would apply to gated communities. If you don't live there and are dealing with someone who knows such to be the case, then the civil rights argument weighs against your favor. In other words, the rights of the resident (in this case, Zimmerman) trump yours.

People like to rail on and on about their constitutional rights, but those don't always apply when it comes to private property.

[Feirefiz]

I have another question:
Bill Whittle says: (they said it was ice tea)"to avoid the racial stereotype of black people and water melon"
What is he talking about

[pbaj12]

Originally Posted by Feirefiz ↗

I have another question:
Bill Whittle says: (they said it was ice tea)"to avoid the racial stereotype of black people and water melon"
What is he talking about

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermelon_stereotype