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TomClash

(11,344 posts)
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 01:35 PM Mar 2012

A Few Trayvon Martin case questions: I was just wondering . . .

How can you claim to "stand your ground" when you're stalking someone?

How can you claim to "stand your ground" when you started and ended a confrontation far away from where you were "standing your ground?"

Doesn't Neighborhood Watch mean you watch out for criminal activity, report it to the police and not try to stop it?

Is it really strange to see a teenager outside with a hoodie when it's raining?

What kind of burglar wanders around a neighborhood in full view of anyone who cares to look and then stares at a potential witness to his upcoming crime?

In listening to the gunshot 911 call, there are several pleas for help. One is almost simultaneous with the shot. Why would someone yell for help a split second before firing his gun at "the aggressor?" Isn't that odd?

Why didn't John Doe provide the details he later gave to the police when he called the 911 dispatcher, instead of only saying "there are two guys wrestling near my porch?"

Where's the rest of the evidence?

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A Few Trayvon Martin case questions: I was just wondering . . . (Original Post) TomClash Mar 2012 OP
I heard that "Stand Your Ground" doesn't apply when you are instigating the confrontation ... zbdent Mar 2012 #1
Did you see the TV channel reporter interview "John" HockeyMom Mar 2012 #2
Didn't see it TomClash Mar 2012 #3
It is on YouTube HockeyMom Mar 2012 #4
"Where's the rest of the evidence? " ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #5

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
1. I heard that "Stand Your Ground" doesn't apply when you are instigating the confrontation ...
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 01:39 PM
Mar 2012

if Trayvon had done the "Stand Your Ground" ... we'd be hearing about how he's coming up for trial, and that the results of the drug tests were actually being suppressed (instead of "results were negative&quot .

 

HockeyMom

(14,337 posts)
2. Did you see the TV channel reporter interview "John"
Tue Mar 27, 2012, 01:41 PM
Mar 2012

through the crack in his door? He said on the interview that the man in the red sweater was on top at first and then the kid was on the bottom. No, right to fight back if someone has you on the ground? Actually, wouldn't he then have the right to "shoot first"?

I think it was an Orlando station and from a few weeks ago.

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