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In reply to the discussion: I'll never forget the look in their eyes, they were terrified of me... [View all]The Magistrate
(95,237 posts)13. Like Nailing Jello To The Wall, Ma'am, This One....
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I'll never forget the look in their eyes, they were terrified of me... [View all]
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
OP
No evidence TM was on the bottom. Can we go with the assumption TM yelling for help while on top?
dkf
Jul 2013
#20
I heard GZ say his head was hit once on the concrete, then he was able to shimmy onto the grass.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#66
His legal team said it. He was hit about 12 times. Bashed in the head on the concrete. And he has
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#77
I was asking a question: where/when did GZ say his head was hit on concrete 10-30 times?
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#134
Well, I gather from the responses to my question that GZ did not say his head was bashed
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#135
The witness who says the Martin kid was on top did NOT see any blows strike anyone.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#137
He wasn't injured other than the fatal shot, of course. Injured as in a fight.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#138
GZ Weighed 204, TM weighed 158. Yes, GZ Was 3 Inches Shorter. So, Who Is Smaller? n/t
DallasNE
Jul 2013
#155
the person with the gun gets out of his vehicle and pursues someone with no weapon
yurbud
Jul 2013
#141
Which, of course, explains their belief that it was Z who was screaming and not Martin
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#5
Go out for a jog and try to scream while you are running. You can't be exerting yourself
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#87
That's what you feel. Thank goodness trials are based on evidence and not feelings.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#67
What a condescending little post from a very little man, sir. Maybe some hormones...
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#136
No, The Magistrate got it absolutely right, this is all about guns for you.
Ikonoklast
Jul 2013
#160
You mean the lack of any DNA of Z's under Martin's fingernails or on his clothes or hands? One
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#81
Except Z didn't suffer any life threatening injuries, just a few superficial ones from the struggle
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#16
What about, "You're going to die tonight" Everyone says that when they are going into
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#89
Trayvon's hands, forensically, suggest to me that he never put up a serious fight
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#58
But that would put the lie to Zimmerman's claim of how the attack went.
AtheistCrusader
Jul 2013
#162
He should have never called the cops in the first place and just gone about HIS own business
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#63
I wasn't impressed with the jury pool -- shallow, lacking depth, from a gun culture.
pacalo
Jul 2013
#43
i'm a female and i find guys who follow like zimmerman creepy , i relate with Trayvon
JI7
Jul 2013
#69
I'm a woman and they look superficial to me. If your kid came home with those cuts on
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#88
sorry but you don't speak for all of us females. To me the only fact that matters is that
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#158
If it had been Zimmerman screaming, he wouldn't have abruptly stopped after the shooting.
pacalo
Jul 2013
#36
"I can't get into the idea that the guy without injuries was the one screaming for help".
notadmblnd
Jul 2013
#29
But GZ did have injuries. Bloody seemingly broken or dislodged nose, bloody spot back of head.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#65
I didn't get into all that. I merely pointed out...GZ was injured, TM was not.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#139
The guy with the injuries was Trevon Martin. Namely a bullet through his heart.
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#76
For another point of view, I worked in a nearby city with an African American gentleman who
hedgehog
Jul 2013
#30
Around the same time as that sideswiping incident, I rode my bike to Eastland Mall
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#34
"..aren't ALL young Black males just itching to attack any unsuspecting White citizen(s)..."
Spitfire of ATJ
Jul 2013
#39
Clearly the media and societal and community portrayal of dark skins that does set up....
Sheepshank
Jul 2013
#40
It really shocked me to see that level of rudeness in Detroit by those people
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#48
And of course none of these guys would ever have the stones to say any of this
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#148
If I had written my narrative in such a way, the way you just did, of course it would sound racist
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#111
What you did was re-write it in such a way to fit your own unrealistic supposition
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#115
By changing what you did, you revised the entire tenor and implications of the narrative
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#118
The funny thing is that guy never gave me the opportunity to do such a thing...
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#114
Doesn't it drive you nuts that you can't talk common sense into people like that, Mr. Scorpio?
MrMickeysMom
Jul 2013
#99
Given Zimmerman's history of aggressive behavior - domestic violence, assaulting a cop -
nomorenomore08
Jul 2013
#150
The fault is in their minds, their upbringing and their culture. NOT YOUR SKIN COLOUR!
TheMadMonk
Jul 2013
#130
you forgot the part where his first reaction was to see if THEY were okay? of course you did.
bettyellen
Jul 2013
#144
Well, at least they gave you the common courtesy of actually talking to you, did they not?
MrScorpio
Jul 2013
#153