BoatBanter.com - Standing Your Ground in Rural Maryland

On 2/26/2014 5:14 PM, F*O*A*D wrote:
On 2/26/14, 3:58 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 2/26/2014 3:46 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
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.

Zimmerman is a violent tempered woman beating punk. He walks around
armed
so he can shoot people with whom he starts fights.

For how many years has Zimmerman owned and carried a gun?
How many people has he shot?

The answers define whether your accusation that he walks around armed so
he can shoot people with whom he starts fights is accurate or not.

Your accusation of him being a woman beating punk also has never been
proven.

The punk has gotten into bar fights, several women have had
"altercations" with him, abuse charges have been threatened and I think
withdrawn twice, he shot a kid dead... He's a hot-headed punk. One of
these days he is going to start something with the wrong guy, he'll be
disarmed, and he'll have the living crap beat out of him.

I agree that he seems to be hot headed and I am not defending his
personality. All I am saying is (and as the evidence in the trial
indicated) Zimmerman was justifiably in fear for his life or serious
bodily harm. Nothing else ... his background ... Martin's background
.... skittles or no skittles matters. The jury came to the same conclusion.