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In reply to the discussion: Documents Show Cops Believed Trayvon Martin Killing Was ‘Ultimately Avoidable’ [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)46. Look at who in Florida has failed to get SYG immunity
The mother who was beaten by her abusive husband, shot a warning shot into the ceiling and was convicted and sent to prison for 'endangering' her children. The woman who was attacked by a man who she had allowed to live rent free in a trailer she owned and who took three years to be cleared of murder charges. Both were black.
Even if Trayvon had been old enough to have a concealed carry permit and had shot Zimmerman in self defense, the chances are he would have been shot by police when they arrived on the scene, simply because he was a young black man with a weapon on the scene of a shooting.
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Documents Show Cops Believed Trayvon Martin Killing Was ‘Ultimately Avoidable’ [View all]
kpete
May 2012
OP
I think the charge of Second Degree murder is accurate. If Zimmerman had listened to the 911
teddy51
May 2012
#1
You can find mistakes or errors from any profession under the sun, but Florida isn't Denver
Uncle Joe
May 2012
#10
Yeah, this is comparable because it's obvious that Trayvon would've smashed the window
deutsey
May 2012
#36
Ah, yes. Florida is an NRA paradise. Lots of fear, stupidity, racism, and poverty.
onehandle
May 2012
#4
I was stating that the police report was reasonable in its conclusion
ProgressiveProfessor
May 2012
#24
IIRC he wasn't making much in the way of income and his house was upside down.
ProgressiveProfessor
May 2012
#25
Anyway it turns out, I think Zimmerman's life is pretty much toast, he will be
crunch60
May 2012
#41
Got my right wing hat on. The pro zimmerman side will claim he wasn't ordered not to follow...
DLine
May 2012
#3
Zimmerman claimed Trayvon Martin 'circled' his vehicle while Zimmerman was on the phone
csziggy
Jun 2012
#47
Wouldn't Zimmerman be absolutely covered in Trayvon's blood if he had been lying beneath him
FedUpWithIt All
May 2012
#23
But there would be some type of spray. There is a full body shot at this link
FedUpWithIt All
May 2012
#31