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In reply to the discussion: Georgia gun rights group wants suit over stand-your-ground law dismissed [View all]TPaine7
(4,286 posts)69. He didn't say that Trayvon was high or armed, he said things designed to give the impression
that he was probably high or armed or otherwise up to no good. He conveyed the idea that he thought Trayvon was high, armed, etc.
"I see a man walking" is not a rational reason to call the police. Either he actually thought there was something wrong with Trayvon being therehigh, armed, up to no good, black?or he was a fool harrassing the police dispatcher.
If he actually believed what he wanted the dispatcher to believe he should have left him to the police.
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Georgia gun rights group wants suit over stand-your-ground law dismissed [View all]
jpak
Apr 2012
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His mother said it was her son yelling for help - after being hunted down by an armed racist
jpak
Apr 2012
#34
See my post 50. If the transcript I relied on is accurate, Zimmerman's words give him away. n/t
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#56
Why is a teenager "suspicious" or "no good'" and "on something" walking back home with candy?
jpak
Apr 2012
#39
Youv'e edited out the portion where the police asked for identifying information.
PavePusher
Apr 2012
#59
I think you are misreading my point. It is a different one from the fake point made by editing on TV
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#62
He didn't say that Trayvon was high or armed, he said things designed to give the impression
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#69
I grant that it's not necessarily as definitive as I first thought after reading it.
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#72
That was said AFTER the dispatcher asked him the race of the guy he was following
shadowrider
Apr 2012
#64
Yes it was said after. Quite a while after the issue of race had been addressed.
TPaine7
Apr 2012
#68
People often repeat themselves when making reports to police. Stress does that to people.
PavePusher
Apr 2012
#76
I need a good laugh and watching you and Hoyt on the same thread is fascinating entertainment
shadowrider
Apr 2012
#5
You're right. How about this racist vigilante incident that you have yet to weigh in on
shadowrider
Apr 2012
#29
I see. So a guy is executed, did not stand his ground, did not fight, and no outrage from you.
shadowrider
Apr 2012
#48