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JeepGuy79 wrote:trayvon's family has started court procedures to copyright his sayings??? No time for grief when they have shirts to sell I guess.

It's no coincidence the Martin family lawyers are a personal injury firm, not experts in Florida criminal law.

A coworker was explaining at lunch why the family keeps demanding the police arrest Zimmerman. It has to do with the way Florida enacted their civil immunity for justified force in Florida Statute § 776.032.

ScooterSissy wrote:If it were simply Z word v DeadPerson, I'd say Zimmerman would likely be in trouble. However, he gave information to the police without (I'm assuming this) knowing that there were witnesses, witness that have now given information that jibes with his version of what happened (most notably, that he was being beaten).

That's right, Zommerman's story is consistent with the witness statements and physical evidence we know so far.

On the other hand, we know Martin's parents lied about why he was suspended and didn't come clean until they were faced with evidence proving they lied. Instead of apologizing for the lies, they said the truth is irrelevant. That tells me exactly how much I can trust what they say.

Al Sharpton lied in the Duke Lacrosse case. His lies and media whoring go back at least 25 years when he accused cops of raping a girl in NY. That tells me exactly how much I can trust what he says.

NBC intentionally and knowingly tampered with evidence and presented their fabricated evidence to the public as genuine. That tells me exactly how much I can trust what they say.

I don't know what happened that night, but I do know who hasn't been telling the truth.

matriculated wrote:Zimmerman thought Trayvon was "suspicious" for some reason (what 17yo black kid isn't suspicious nowadays to the Zimmermans of the world?).

I have to give you some props for the attempt at playing the race card but maybe you should have done more research before making a racist assumption based on his name. It turns out George Zimmerman is Hispanic and grew up in a multiracial family.

matriculated wrote:I love the PD's statement how they found no evidence to doubt Zimmerman's story. So the default now is that what Zimmerman says is true until proven otherwise.

If somebody tells the police something and there's no evidence to doubt their story what do you propose?

Ignore this specific case for a moment and explain what the police should do as a general rule when somebody tells them something and there's no evidence to doubt their story.

Please. I am very interested to hear how you think the criminal justice system should work.