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In reply to the discussion: How positive are you of Zimmerman's guilt or innocence? [View all]Common Sense Party
(14,139 posts)65. I'm referring to the countless posts here that refer to Trayvon as an "unarmed child".
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I'm referring to the countless posts here that refer to Trayvon as an "unarmed child".
Common Sense Party
Apr 2012
#65
He was a child. He couldn't vote, drink, sign a contract. He was a child, under the care of his
MADem
Apr 2012
#91
We don't know for certain. And it's pretty clear the local cops made sure we wouldn't know. n/t
Ian David
Apr 2012
#2
I am certain he deserves his day in court PRONTO that way he can try to clear his name
Vincardog
Apr 2012
#6
I'm certain he pursued an unarmed person who wasn't breaking any laws and pursued him
WI_DEM
Apr 2012
#11
I'm sick of this topic and I am perfectly content with waiting for the jury to decide the verdict.
Quantess
Apr 2012
#19
I'm certain the police fucked up and there should be a trial. after that.........
slampoet
Apr 2012
#20
I believe that Zimmerman hunted Trayvon just as a hunter tracks down a deer. n/t
RebelOne
Apr 2012
#26
Since Zimmy admitted he killed Trayvon, is he still "innocent until proven guilty"?
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#31
IF Zimmerman initiated the PHYSICAL confrontation, you would be right.
Common Sense Party
Apr 2012
#61
People being stalked have no right to do anything physical until it happens to them? Huh.
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#70
You stalk me. I push you. You shoot me. Gotcha. Thanks for clarifying what you believe is good.
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#80
That's great that you know EXACTLY what happened that night. You were there, I take it?
Common Sense Party
Apr 2012
#95
Good grief. I wasn't talking ONLY about Zimmy/Trayvon and neither were you...
uppityperson
Apr 2012
#96
how does an individual's opinion, which carries zero legal weight and zero legal consequence...?
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#82
I just think we should also presume people are innocent until proven guilty
Common Sense Party
Apr 2012
#86
I don't believe that voicing an honest and sincere opinion is casting stone...
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#89
I think YOU can do what you want, but you have one hell of a nerve telling the rest of us what "we"
MADem
Apr 2012
#93
If Zimmerman hadn't been out racially profiling, Trayvon would have gotten home with his skittles
Liberal_in_LA
Apr 2012
#45
I can't claim to be certain of what happened; that's what a trial is for.
Spider Jerusalem
Apr 2012
#38
75 % sure he's guilty (even under that fucked-up Florida law). 100% sure he should be arrested ...
11 Bravo
Apr 2012
#47
No reasonable doubt in my mind, except whether they can find 12 jurors to convict him in Florida.
Hoyt
Apr 2012
#51
I'm 100% certain I know nothing beyond what the flappy-armed media has screamed at me.
Throd
Apr 2012
#76
99 percent sure he's guilty on multiple crimes, barring some new facts being revealed
Blue_Tires
Apr 2012
#81
I'm certain that what he did was morally wrong and foolish, and that Trayvon should not have died
slackmaster
Apr 2012
#83
I am, for all practical purposes, certain he shot and killed an unarmed juvenile.
LanternWaste
Apr 2012
#85
Have you had false accusations made against you regarding your Zimmerman desires? nt
ZombieHorde
Apr 2012
#99