20 pages on this thread and the public still doesn't know precisely what happened. However, a lot of folks took positions very early on when the media reporting was at its worst. Now that additional facts are coming out that paint a different picture, these same folks feel compelled to support their original positions.
"A rape victim got what she deserved?" Really? I'm 62 years old and I've never heard that said once in my entire life. That includes 15 years as a COP and 25 years an an attorney. Even if some few actually made that absurd claim, they certainly wouldn't have represented even a respectable minority. I've heard NOW types claim that was a typical man's attitude, usually after a father cautioned his daughter not to dress in a manner that might increase the likelihood of her becoming a victim.
Tattoos, unnecessary gold teeth and profanity on his various websites don't, in and of themselves, justify killing a 17 year old. However, they represent who the person was at the time of his death unlike the media-circulated photo of him at 12 years old that depicts him as smaller, with no tattoos or gold teeth. The reports of him being suspended from school for having marijuana residue in a baggie, or his buddies making Internet posts bragging about him attacking and punching others, don't, in and of themselves, justify him being killed, but it is relevant when the media, a U.S. Senator, and countless black organizations are portraying him as a Boy Scout in an attempt to "rush to judgment" (how's that for turning the tables) about Zimmerman.
The general public doesn't know what happened and neither do any of us here on the Forum. Who does know? Zimmerman, witnesses to the events and the police department investigating the case, that's who. So will the special prosecutor.
Why don't we give Zimmerman the same courtesy we would want for ourselves and wait until those with the facts make a determination? Plus, have you noticed how sticky eggs get when they are on your face?
Chas.