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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman is PRESUMED innocent.... [View all]pennylane100
(3,425 posts)43. When you do turn on your computer, I hope you will read this.
It was never about whether he was innocent or guilty, it was that he almost got away without answering that very question. It is interesting that you suggest this is the time to stand up for human rights. Unfortunately, you are a day late and a dollar short. The time to have done that would have been when law enforcement was busy trying to bury the rights of the victim because the person who killed him had an influential family.
I am not sure why you need to remind us of the crimes of the Bush/Cheney administration. You are just quoting another example of how the law can be abused by those in power. That is the whole point of the outrage in this case.
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It's a shame that Trayvon Martin didn't have that choice of being innocent until proven guilty..
HipChick
Apr 2012
#2
Points for saying something unpopular, although I don't regret expressing my own opinion on it. nt
TheWraith
Apr 2012
#3
becuase I have all these things to do, but I keep clikcing on the latest too. wanting more.
robinlynne
Apr 2012
#32
Isn't it sad when you go to the greatest page after two or three hours and there are no new ops?
robinlynne
Apr 2012
#58
to killing an innocent, and unarmed, kid, as well as instigating the confrontation
got root
Apr 2012
#37
No you are right. Innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. I will be honest though I at one
Justice wanted
Apr 2012
#18
Only PRESUMED innocent in a court of law. Since he said he shot/killed Trayvon, he is guilty of
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#24
Innocent or not the disparate treatment that has been shown cannot be overlooked or denied.
live love laugh
Apr 2012
#28
By not having brought charges, George Zimmerman had been presumed not guilty of a crime
indepat
Apr 2012
#39
You are correct. I want for him what I'd want for everyone: presumption of innocence.
Honeycombe8
Apr 2012
#50
George Zimmerman didn't presume Trayvon Martin to be innocent until proven guilty.
DrewFlorida
Apr 2012
#54
Maybe of murder but he clearly saw blacks as suspicious and his stupid fucking mistakes
Quixote1818
Apr 2012
#59
And all the Martin family and their supporters have been asking is for an ARREST
csziggy
Apr 2012
#60
He is presumed innocent, and you presume us guilty of not understanding that. hmmm n/t
Gore1FL
Apr 2012
#71
The judge and jury at his trial have to give him a presumption of innocence. The rest of us don't.
backscatter712
Apr 2012
#72
Amen. The saintly and the scum of the earth deserve the same protection under our Constitution. n/t
RufusTFirefly
Apr 2012
#73
I don't understand the distinction for us, those of us posting on a messge board
DisgustipatedinCA
Apr 2012
#78
Presumed innocent in a court of law, the court of public opinion can think however it wants.
Daniel537
Apr 2012
#82
No one in this matter have lost any enumerated rights at all (except for Trayvon...)
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#84