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On 3/26/12 12:03 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:48:58 -0700, wrote:

You're backwards from what I've read. It was Martin that was calling
for help and Zimmerman who was doing the straddling.

The guy in the white shirt (hoodie?)was on top. Zimmerman had a red
shirt

Whatever the case, Zimmerman was told to stand down and wait for
officers to arrive.

He was told "we don't NEED you to do that". Not "don't do that" or
even we don't "want" you to do that.

Stand your ground will not be a successful
defense and will get overturned in your state legislature.

Bad, stupid law.

If Zimmerman's story is right, he wasn't standing his ground, he was
trying to get back in his truck. (retreating)
That is why I am waiting to see what the FBI says.
We have had a lot of people using inflammatory rhetoric without
hearing one defense witness or even hearing the defendant's story.
That is not justice. It is a lynching

Zimmerman murdered a kid wearing a hooded sweatshirt and carrying a soft
drink and a bag of candy. There isn't the slightest bit of evidence that
the kid was in any way threatening the shooter. In fact, the evidence to
date indicates the kid was chatting on his cellphone with his girlfriend.

The "stand your ground" law in Florida is nothing more than a payoff to
the NRA, and it leads to homicides in which it is difficult if not
impossible to prosecute the perpetrators.

There is no need for stand your ground laws. If someone breaks into your
house, you can shoot him in Florida. If you can fog a mirror, you can
get a carry permit in Florida. If you are seriously threatened on the
street, and let the prosecutors try to prove you weren't defending
yourself.

It's a stupid law and it needs to be trashed. If we had such a law up
here and a loud-mouthed troublemaker like one of our short posters here
walked into my hard, I could shoot and kill him and claim I felt
threatened, no matter whether I felt that way or not, even if he were
"armed" with nothing more than a can of soda and a bag of chips. That's
not the way a civilized society is supposed to be.