On 2/26/2014 3:09 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/26/14, 3:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2014 12:01 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 26 Feb 2014 10:14:08 -0500, F*O*A*D wrote:
"One brandished a weapon and both made aggressive movements toward the
homeowner, who fired shots at them in fear of his life."
Aggressive movements in what direction, dopey? Towards the homeowner on
the other side of the door. Home invasion.
I wonder what "the weapon" was. I notice they avoided saying "gun".
Is this another cop shooting someone reaching for his wallet?
One of the reports mentioned a baseball bat.
Is that deadlier than a bag of skittles or a rap song played too loud? 
The skittles really had nothing to do with anything. The fact that
Martin had them was played up by the anti-gun crowd and the prosecution
in an attempt to paint a certain image of him in people's minds,
including the jury.
The most significant issue is the question of Martin being on top of
Zimmerman, beating his head against the concrete. If true, and
apparently the jury felt it was, that is a cause to feel in imminent
danger of death or of serious bodily harm.
I look at it this way: Did *Martin* have a reasonable fear that *his*
life was in danger when he encountered Zimmerman? It matters not what
you think of Zimmerman, his stalking of Martin (if he did) or his
following him and challenging why he was there. None of those are life
threatening activities.
Being punched in the nose, then sat upon while having your head pounded
against a concrete walkway sounds more like a situation of being in fear
of death or serious bodily harm to me.