Zimmerman / Martin Shooting

[LordFresh]

Ashur I dont think you are wrong, you bring up some good points. Morally I believe Zimmerman will have to live with himself after making a bad choice (getting out of the fucking car).

Legally I believe the law supports Zimmerman. I also believe thats why he wasnt immediately arrested.

You say that we dont know who started the confrontation - that is true if it isnt on video it didnt happen. We do know that lie detector tests are 87.5% accurate from the surveys I have seen. They arent used in court because they can be wrong. We have a good chance (not 100%) that Zimmerman was right about what happened that night. Although it cannot be used in court as proof - believe me the lawyers will bring it up to the jurors as support of what happened.

We do know Zimmerman was assulted - no way to deny that from Martins camp. What Martins people are constantly refering to is the choise of beverage and snack instead of actually saying "Martin felt threatened and felt he needed to fight for his life". I am 32 years old and I have been in roughly 3 "real" fights. That is either good luck or I dont throw punches unless I need to. I personally feel like Zimmerman was looking to see what the kid was doing and Martin was trying to be "tough". Both arent a crime but throwing a punch is a crime and mounting and pushing someones head into concrete is.

Legally though I dont see how they can put a murder charge on him. How is it possible?

Manslaughter :the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
Murder: Intent to kill another human

I dont think any of us agree that when he got out of the car that night or got into a car to head to "target" he intended to kill the guy walking around suspiciously.