"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 6/28/13 6:55 PM, Eisboch wrote:


"F.O.A.D." wrote in message
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On 6/28/13 6:27 PM, Eisboch wrote:
Rev. Al's having a bad day. The Zimmerman trial isn't going his
way.

If Zimmerman gets off, it won't be the first time white guys in
Florida
committed racially motivated murder against a black kid and got away
with it. It has happened hundreds of times. They used to lynch the
kids.
Now they just tail them through a housing development, start a fight
and
shoot them.

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I don't know if that's true or not. But my layman opinions a

Zimmerman shouldn't be carrying a gun. He thinks he's a cop or has
a
cop complex. He shouldn't have engaged Martin. He should have
just
called 911 if he thought any suspicious activity was going on. It
would be a different story if he were ambushed or jumped by Martin.
However, based on the testimony to date, he was not in violation of
the
stand your ground statute, IMO. In the court system, that's all
that
matters.



It's a typical gun-nut state law. Zimmerman started an altercation
with
a black teen-ager who was doing nothing illegal, and when Zimmerman
lost
control of his temper (what did he say, that "they always get away
with
it" or something like that), he escalated and then ended it by
shooting
the kid. He was "standing his ground" in someone else's face and using
his pistol to bail himself out of it. And Florida's stand your ground
law lets him do it.

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I think the testimony of the Physician's Assistant indicated that
Zimmerman is 5' 7" tall. He might have a bit of "little man"
complex as well as wanting to be a cop or act like one. Given all
the info that has been provided, I agree that if Zimmerman had been
minding his own business .... or had simply called 911 if he thought
it was his duty, none of this would have happened. All the
scuttlebutt about Martin's character and Zimmerman's previous run ins
with the police doesn't matter. It's all about what specifically
happened that night. A simple fist fight doesn't warrant deadly
force. However, all Zimmerman has to claim is that *he felt* that his
life was in immediate danger (part of his prior testimony in
depositions includes his claim that Martin saw his gun and tried to
take it) in order for him to be acquitted. It's going to be very
interesting what the jury thinks.