Thoughts?
George Zimmerman Found Not Guilty
- Thread starter Straight Shooter
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My thoughts don't matter. The jury found him not guilty by self defense. The jury found that the defense presented their case thoroughly. The problem for the prosecution was they were painting Zimmerman has a man intent to murder someone because he was mad about the burglaries in his hood. The problem with that was there was no evidence to support it. In my opinion, the jury saw Zimmerman approach Trayvon, Trayvon gave him attitude, he ran, Zimmerman follwed, Trayvon stopped running to confront Zimmerman, He punched Zimmerman in the face, Zimmerman got scared so he brandished the firearm, Trayvon is now scared cause he sees a gun, he fights with Zimmerman, they roll on the ground, Trayvon is on top trying to get the gun, while he is screaming for help (and yes I do believe Trayvon is the one on the 911 call screaming for help) Zimmerman gets a hold of the gun and BLAM! shoots Trayvon in the chest. I believe the jury didn't think Zimmerman's intention were to kill somebody, even when he confronted Trayvon in the first place. Trayvon, cause he's a teenager gave Zimmerman an attitude, which I do understand, what kid wouldn't give you an attitude when you're follow him and asking all the questions. In the end, to the jury, Zimmerman did confront the teen, but his intention were not to kill him, and when he did confront him, the kid fought him..... the evidence pointed to self defense.
You don't know his intentions but he had a gun and he was stalking a kid after he was told not too. If that doesn't say "intent to kill", what does? There's a law that self-defense only counts if you were hit first so I have no doubt that that was what Zimmerman was waiting for. That's a ridculous law but Florida isn't exactly the land of rational laws given it's "stand your ground" law just opened a loop-hole for anybody to shoot someone and lie about being scared for their life. It's already happened plenty of times and will continue to. My thoughts are that a man just got away with murder.
Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
Now we await the ignorant riots.
I'm sorry, but he wasn't stalking the kid. Perhaps following him, but that isn't stalking. I agree with you, he shouldn't had followed him, but he did and just because Zimmerman was following him doesn't mean he had intention to kill him. He just wanted to see what the kid was up to. If Zimmerman was waiting for the kid to hit him first, still, Trayvon didn't have to hit him. He could have just ran all the way home. But, he didn't. Trayvon wanted to know why he was being followed, which he has every right to know why, but instead of asking with words, he used his fist. In the end, the jury saw that it was self defense whether you like it or not. The state couldn't produce any evidence that Zimmerman's intention were to kill Trayvon. Just because I carry my firearm out in public doesn't mean I'm going to "intent to kill" It means, I'm going to defend myself if anything pops off.
Whatever! He was told to stay away and he didn't. An armed man ignores dispatch to follow a kid that was doing nothing wrong. Gimme a break. Trayvon was obviously scared and didn't want to wait for this grown man who's following him, to attack him. Thanks to Zimmerman, Trayvon's not alive to tell us what he though Zimmerman was doing and why. The state could provide evidence that Zimmerman was told to not follow Trayvon and now Trayvon is dead. Let's keep ignoring that really important fact. So, WITH your gun. Do you intend to racially profile a kid and follow him after being told not to by the police?
No shit. I saw the verdict. Plenty of guilty people have been found not-guilty thanks to idiotic laws. I should've known you'd be on that murdering bastard's side.
I won't pretend to know Zimmerman's exact intentions or if he had motivations related to his own prejudices. Hell, I haven't really been following the case very closely. However, based on the generally agreed upon way that the event transpired, Zimmerman is entirely at fault. He got out of his car, chased the kid down and confronted him. I don't know what his intentions were, but if he hadnt done all of that (against what the police told him), none of this would have happened.
A dispatcher told him not to follow him. He didn't chase him down, that kid could of out ran him easily if he wanted.
He got out of his car because he's a neighborhood watch guy. There had been a rash of burglaries in that neighborhood. Why WOULDN'T he follow someone he deemed suspicious? And a 911 dispatcher saying "We don't need you to do that" isn't a lawful order. According to Zimmerman (the only firsthand eyewitness account) Trayvon came back and confronted him. Regardless. If Martin had continued walking home, none of this would have happened either.
You're right, he was told not to follow him, but that still doesn't mean he had intentions to kill him. In my opinion, if Zimmerman had intentions to kill Trayvon, he would have shot at Trayvon as soon has he saw him and then drove off. That is what a murderer does, kills, and not stick around. You're also right about Trayvon not waiting for some "cracker-ass" to attack him, but even then, Trayvon had a choice; attack or run home. He decided to attack and that is grounds for the other person to claim self defense, when technically it is self defense for Zimmerman. I'm all with you that Zimmerman started the confrontation first by following Trayvon, but Zimmerman's intention were not to kill the boy. Everything got switched when Trayvon took it to the next level, and paid with his life. As for me? I have asked kids who were out walking late at night if everything was alright and a majority of them tell me everything is fine. A couple of times the children gave me attitudes and told me it was none of my fucking business to know what they were doing. I said fine and got in my car and left. I didn't follow them cause there was no need to.
Exactly. Dispatch told him not to. End of story. A neighborhood watchmen with a gun is going to just assume he's a policemen, which he isn't. He figured "I'm neighborhood watch, and I have a gun, I'll take care of this myself". Stupid idea. This is why we HAVE POLICE. Observe and report, that's what he's supposed to do, and it's what he did, until he got out of his car with his gun and followed him. That's his mistake, and if he gets into an altercation with the kid and ends up killing him, that's his fault.
Like I said, I don't know what his plan was, but I don't think it was racially motivated or anything, it was just a mistake that ended in in altercation and a shooting death. A mistake, but HIS mistake, and one he should have to pay for in some form because it was entirely preventable.
Ace Boobtoucher
Founder and Captain of the Douchepatrol
Justice and common sense prevail.
Philbert
Banned
-Let me put it to you as simply as I can...fuck you, ya retard.
Zim walks, all the rest of ya weepy wimmin bend over and kiss his ass.
Sam Fisher
Banned
Sam Fisher
Banned
Honestly, this should never have even gone to trial. The only reason why it did, was racial.
So this means I can follow, approach a man, woman or child with no reason, and if they put up a fight I can put a slug into them? Good to know from now on.
