People jump on sides immediately with every issue. If George was following a hot blonde girl and she surprised him, kicked him in the nuts, people would see George differently.
That’s not what happened though. He’s an asshole but facts still matter.
Martin was being stalked in the dark by a strange-looking dude he didn't know -- but he's the one at fault because he decided to defend himself from a stalker who was seen calling his buddies for back-up???!?
If this had been a white guy or a female of any race or color who was being stalked in the dark, the outcome would have been different. You and I both know it.
People only remember what they want. Zimmerman was and is a POS but it only takes 10 seconds to research why Martin was even at his fathers house instead of being in school. Martin was far from a saint. Did he deserve to die, NO. Was he innocent, NO.
George followed Trayvon around. Trayvon jumped George. George shot Trayvon. What did I miss?
A whole lot of important details. We’ve been through it here before. The verdict was the right one, no matter how much of an asshole Zimmerman turned out to be. The fact that people are still misrepresenting the facts and ignoring the verdict and calling him a murderer is wrong. People making money off of intentionally lying about the facts of the case is wrong.
Here ya go. Read through the links. Especially Andrew Branca’s coverage of the trial.
You said we would react differently if Trayvon was a blonde woman that kicked him in the nuts. Of course we would because most likely the blonde woman wouldn’t represent a threat of grave bodily injury or death and kicking in the nuts wouldn’t either. At the point that Trayvon was straddling him bashing his head against the sidewalk, that did indeed qualify as an imminent threat of grave bodily harm or death. So you created an obviously unequal theoretical to play a racial angle. Not cool.
Some weirdo guy is clearly stalking him in the dark for crying out loud. That wouldn't freak you out if you were this teen?
Did Martin know that? As far as he was concerned this weird dude was calling a bunch of his buddies over so they could all come over and beat the sh*t out of him. All the more reason to stop this guy before it happened.
You are a master at doubling or tripling down on your own ignorance. You should go read through the coverage that I posted and get smarter about it.
Zimmerman was told by the police dispatcher to stay away. Except George didn't stay away.
A theoretical woman would statistically not be of similar physical stature and so would not represent an equivalent force. Also, kicking in the nuts is not generally seen as grave bodily harm and you didn’t say anything else so there was no pressing of an attack that would indicate a reasonable fear of death or grave bodily harm.
Baloney. I recall at the time that the Miami Herald ran stories of some of the racist crap he said on Myspace about Blacks and (ironically) Mexicans.
I think he was talking about some inherent racism in me, not in Zimmerman. Also, you may not realize that Zimmerman worked with black charities in Sanford prior to the event. Doesn’t make him not racist, but he’s not a racist monster like you try to portray him.
Physical stature absolutely plays into it. If you’re attacked by a 6’6 300 pound biker who looks like he just got out from a murder stint, and you are a 5’9” 100 point weakling, you would be reasonable in fearing that the biker was about to cause you grave bodily harm or death and no one would expect that your fists could meet his with equivalent force. Therefore, you’d be within your legal rights to escalate to a weapon to regain proportionality of force when defending yourself.
It would only matter in the case if Zimmerman knew of the school record, which he didn’t. In the court of public opinion, though, apparently anything goes.
I recall seeing the injury report and a picture of George's face but I sure don't remember a camera being there to film the whole thing.
