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In reply to the discussion: Background on Zimmerman [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)99. The moment Zimmerman started to chase Martin
the SYG law went bye bye and has no place in this trial. It also means Zimmerman meant to prosecute (pursue) Martin in some manner or another, which in this case means he executed a child in cold blood.
Sorry trolls...Zimm is going to do hard time and you will just have to deal with your hatred of justice in some other way.
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Sadly, Martin wasn't a hardened street thug from a broken home so he doesn't fit the narrative
Blue_Tires
Apr 2012
#48
General climates of prolonged struggle and failure lead to what you refer to as his
patrice
Apr 2012
#11
And if it weren't for his justified expectation that the cops would not arrive in time to be
patrice
Apr 2012
#6
Effective against the REAL problems in the area, so that Z would not have felt it necessary to
patrice
Apr 2012
#13
I don't like that. Because, to me, he has rather obvious culpability here, just (possibly) not the
patrice
Apr 2012
#53
not not really. We still do not know the weight of Black/hoodie relative to Z's other motives.
patrice
Apr 2012
#101
Also, "effective", had they come on the scene BEFORE the murder, in determining that nothing
patrice
Apr 2012
#84
In my reference to how maleable perception is, I was trying to pose a different
patrice
Apr 2012
#47
it seems we need to state the obvious over and over and over and over and over
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#27
AND sometimes they are NOT what they appear to be - AND - the difference between those 2 states IS
patrice
Apr 2012
#64
**IF** all racially motivated murders occur between ethnicities, does that NECESSARILY mean that all
patrice
Apr 2012
#76
And THAT'S what George Zimmerman did wrong, which act was hideously exacerbated by a gun.
patrice
Apr 2012
#74
**IF** all ___________ are _ _ _ _ _ _ , does that NECESSARILY mean that all _ _ _ _ _ _ are
patrice
Apr 2012
#70
Agreed. Whether it was Racism or not is a red-herring, since it probably can't be established.
patrice
Apr 2012
#116
So if you are told a white sexual predator has been attacking kids in your neighborhood
dkf
Apr 2012
#14
I didn't know there were black people commiting heinous crimes in Zimmerman's neighborhood
Capt. Obvious
Apr 2012
#124
Amongst other things, the human brain is a hypothesis generator, a theory creator, a pattern tester.
patrice
Apr 2012
#22
Trayvon was black, apparently two black males were breaking in to homes in the area
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#29
Holy Crap! A black kids stole Zimmerman's bike and someones lap top got stolen!
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#21
If it is evil for George Zimmerman to kill Trayvon Martin for what Trayvon could but NOT necessarily
patrice
Apr 2012
#50
We agree that it is a crime. We may not agree about exactly which crime it is - AND - what
patrice
Apr 2012
#60
as far as i know, only the new black panther party has threatened zimmerman's life
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#77
If people place the desire to execute the guy ahead of the desire for the truth, that's the SAME
patrice
Apr 2012
#82
execute or otherwise punish, just guessing here about the relevance of capital punishment in FL. As
patrice
Apr 2012
#113
Exactly and it's going to be that call to 911 that will show Zimmerman as guilty
LynneSin
Apr 2012
#110
were you convinced that OJ was guilty? did that mean you didn't want him to have a trial?
noiretextatique
Apr 2012
#126
Well that certainly means he had a right to shoot & kill any unfamiliar black men he saw
Hugabear
Apr 2012
#91
Okay so Zimmerman shot Trayvon because another supposed Black kid stole his bike.
vaberella
Apr 2012
#159