Zimmerman / Martin Shooting

[LordFresh]

you know how many people are happy minding there own buisness and get into a fist fight for whatever reason and end up killing or dieing? I know someone who was at a party and tried to break it up - guy hits him, he turns and nails the guy and he was the only one arrested and is still paying for it through fines

[Lucky]

zimmerman could have easily died too as his skull was getting cracked like an egg

[Hitchens]

I think Naez beat up Zimmerman and shot Trayvon.

[Kraftwerk]

Stop mentioning the age/size thing, you sound like an idiot.

-Trayvon Martin 5'11" 160 lbs, 17 years old
-George Zimmerman 5'8" 185lbs, 28 years old

I'm sorry but height stands out more than weight, and they were only 10 years apart. Hell in most countries you're pretty much full adult at 17. Also his 911 call he says "This guy looks like he's up to no good...", guy, not kid or boy. That was while he was still in his car.

Also the operator never says not to chase him, this is the verbatim line:

"Are you following him?"

"Yea"

"OK, we don't need you to do that."

If you are taking that to be a direct order not to follow than you are smoking crack. It is not a clear statement of no, but pretty ambiguous and easily misunderstood. If the operator said definitively "No do not follow him" instead of being vague like a retard maybe the whole thing wouldn't of happened, who knows.

[Asher]

Originally Posted by Kraftwerk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stop mentioning the age/size thing, you sound like an idiot.

-Trayvon Martin 5'11" 160 lbs, 17 years old
-George Zimmerman 5'8" 185lbs, 28 years old

I'm sorry but height stands out more than weight, and they were only 10 years apart. Hell in most countries you're pretty much full adult at 17. Also his 911 call he says "This guy looks like he's up to no good...", guy, not kid or boy. That was while he was still in his car.

Also the operator never says not to chase him, this is the verbatim line:

"Are you following him?"

"Yea"

"OK, we don't need you to do that."

If you are taking that to be a direct order not to follow than you are smoking crack. It is not a clear statement of no, but pretty ambiguous and easily misunderstood. If the operator said definitively "No do not follow him" instead of being vague like a retard maybe the whole thing wouldn't of happened, who knows.

You think 17 year olds are the same mentally as a 28 or whatever year old? Age makes a difference whether you like it or not.

A person's bigotry is no defense. A black guy in your neighbourhood doesn't mean he is up to no good. Was he breaking into a car? Was he robbing someone? IIRC he was walking down the street. Last I checked walking down the street and being black isn't a crime.

Asher

[Kevlar]

Zimmerman sounds like a real douchebag, but he really didn't do anything wrong. If you see a suspicious looking person in your neighborhood you have every right to confront them. If you see a non-suspicious looking person in your neighborhood you have every right to confront them too.

It isn't illegal to ask someone what they are doing. All Trayvon had to do was tell him to piss off. You can't physically attack someone for being an asshole, like Trayvon apparently did. Well, you can, but then if they shoot you the law is on their side.

[Asher]

Originally Posted by Kevlar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Zimmerman sounds like a real douchebag, but he really didn't do anything wrong. If you see a suspicious looking person in your neighborhood you have every right to confront them. If you see a non-suspicious looking person in your neighborhood you have every right to confront them too.

It isn't illegal to ask someone what they are doing. All Trayvon had to do was tell him to piss off. You can't physically attack someone for being an asshole, like Trayvon apparently did. Well, you can, but then if they shoot you the law is on their side.

The thing is we don't know how it all went down. Only one person lived through it so we only have one side. For all we know he did tell him to piss off. For all we know Zimmerman tried to restrain him or search him or who knows what. The bottom line is this never should have happened and wouldn't have happened if this vigilante didn't try and take the law into his own hands.

Asher

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by Asher [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The thing is we don't know how it all went down. Only one person lived through it so we only have one side. For all we know he did tell him to piss off. For all we know Zimmerman tried to restrain him or search him or who knows what. The bottom line is this never should have happened and wouldn't have happened if this vigilante didn't try and take the law into his own hands.

Asher

There were witnesses who corroborated the Trayvon on top whooping that ass story. Sorry but that part isn't really in dispute. As much as young guys want to be macho and kick everyone's ass, you really should refrain from doing so in states that have legal concealed carry laws.

[Hitchens]

Trayvon was a punk ass kid who made a really bad decision and Zimmerman is a profiteering, dishonest douchebag.

No heroes here.

[Gringo]

I'm just glad there is one less scumbag in the world.