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In reply to the discussion: Zimmerman apologists completely and absolutely disgust me [View all]Chico Man
(3,001 posts)108. So why no verdict?
What's taking so long? Are those jurists uncivilized too?
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It really doesn't seem like this case is as complicated as it is being made out to be
Horse with no Name
Jul 2013
#2
Do you have some names to give us? I have not seen one post of anyone who decided at the outset
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#6
Nope. I see posts that link to "example" posts occasionally. There's no problem w/that.
Honeycombe8
Jul 2013
#30
This poster is all over the place, doin' the 'What Me, Gloatin'?' It's disgusting, dark, puerile.
byronius
Jul 2013
#249
Why are you bringing this up now? Are you trying to gloat? Not a good time. nm
rhett o rick
Jul 2013
#188
I have been in a few fights, but only once where I knew the guy was trying to kill me.
reusrename
Jul 2013
#91
Yeah, nobody on DU has a clue, as the trial was secret and behind closed and locked doors.
RC
Jul 2013
#241
Obviously a large number of people here did not have a clue, and still don't really understand
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#261
It is too much to ask that people needing a decompression pick a dozen threads and vent there?
BlueStreak
Jul 2013
#255
It almost seems like there is a vigilante fantasy that's being threatened by this trial.
arcane1
Jul 2013
#13
But apparently not so disgusted by Zimmerman who killed a child before the facts came out
Bjorn Against
Jul 2013
#18
Only an uncivilized person goes around killing people w/o getting the facts.
LiberalFighter
Jul 2013
#33
There was so much prosecutors couldn't bring up because they couldn't call Zimmerman to the stand.
SleeplessinSoCal
Jul 2013
#254
neither would a fireman but if going against their request cases death that's manslaughter
uponit7771
Jul 2013
#32
FACT: Children are TAUGHT to fight when an adult stranger gets close enough to grab them
blm
Jul 2013
#46
Right - so until Zimmy apologists tell us what they teach their children in their town they
blm
Jul 2013
#75
However, you do admit that Zimmerman followed Trayvon. And if that's so, your bullshit
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#96
Well I make the observation that there must be door prize for the last word,
WCLinolVir
Jul 2013
#190
You would have more credibility if you would answer the question that has been posed to you
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#37
The "lynch mob" Fox News talking point is nothing more than offensive bullshit.
Just Saying
Jul 2013
#41
But you only give the murderer the benefit of the doubt, not the murdered kid. It's disgusting!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#105
It's the defendant that needs the benefit of the doubt, because it's his fate that is being decided.
freedom fighter jh
Jul 2013
#150
If you haven't followed the case closely, how can you be so sure. The dead boy doesn't
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#151
I'm saying only that Zimmerman deserves the same standard of proof as any other criminal defendant.
freedom fighter jh
Jul 2013
#161
Some here do not understand the concept of "guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." (n/t)
spin
Jul 2013
#70
if Trayvon had punched Zimmerman's bloody nose there would have been blood on Trayvon's hands
ZRT2209
Jul 2013
#29
It's interesting, isn't it? All the gun nuts want EVERYONE armed...everyone except...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#101
I think he just posted a pic of that gun. He wasn't holding it if I recall.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#144
I'm pretty sure it was just a picture of a gun that Trayvon either tweeted or posted on FB...
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2013
#162
I don't think it's his age. There are wingnuts in all age groups including senior citizens.
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#235
I enjoy that fact people translate having an opinion into you're part of a lynch mob
Johonny
Jul 2013
#39
LOL, but the people who know Zimmerman is a "racist" who "chased down" and "executed" Martin
Azathoth
Jul 2013
#54
BS. He didn't need to be a racist to be asshole, he didn't need to chase him down, but what
WCLinolVir
Jul 2013
#199
I hope they win and stick Z for so much $$$ that he will have to grub away for the rest of his life
CTyankee
Jul 2013
#215
If Zimmy loses a civil suit there will be plenty of wingnuts and gun nuts
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#236
I don't know the man but I do feel he made some bad choices that he'll have to pay for...
BlueJazz
Jul 2013
#136
Yes, just because somebody had a lobotomy that does not necessarily make them a bad person
Bjorn Against
Jul 2013
#119
Not necessarilly, they could be debating between murder 2 and manslaughter
Bjorn Against
Jul 2013
#158
Am I a "Zimmerman apologist"? I think that Zimmerman is a disgusting person,
Nye Bevan
Jul 2013
#137
I couldn't agree with you more!! Those people, and the jury make me sick. This shows
Pisces
Jul 2013
#182
Now lets turn that disgust into action. We need to lobby the Justice Department
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#238
A man should not be convicted of 2nd degree murder because he exhibited signs of racism
wisteria
Jul 2013
#200
i think he murdered him because he's racist, yeah. he stalked him for no reason, he called him
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#203
"not handled correctly on both sides" = oh, so there's a 'correct' way to handle a fucking stalker?
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#247
I wish the mods would just ban them all tonight. I can't stand to read the trolls with their fake
HiPointDem
Jul 2013
#202
I do not condone any sort of violence in response to this verdict and the Martin family
totodeinhere
Jul 2013
#239
I just put a post up about how I think the guilty verdict happened. Please check it out.
Maraya1969
Jul 2013
#217
imagine the tune they'd be singing if it was their loved one Zimmerman stalked and murdered
Skittles
Jul 2013
#248