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Jusster wrote:If you ask me, it looks like many here sympathize with Zimmerman not based on evidence, but rather their personal hatred towards MSM

Sorry to hear the innocent do-gooder Mr. Zimmerman will finally have his day in court. Don’t forget to go out to his website and donate!!!

Jusster

I agree with that sentiment. We have no idea if he really was attacked first and forced to defend himself or if he instigated the attack and then used deadly force when he started losing. It would be wise to wait until the evidence is presented before we all rally to support this guy and thank him for his service - as another posted said earlier. And yes, I also believe that those who are pushing to string the guy up should wait until all of the evidence is presented before pushing for their version of "justice"

tallmike

philip964 wrote:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/201 ... rtin-case/

Bill Cosby blames it all on "the gun".

Not exactly. Cosby is basically saying the same thing that many of us have said on this board, don't do anything with a gun that you wouldn't do without the gun. He said we need to get the gun out of the hands of neighborhood watch folks because that gun gave him the courage to follow Martin.

Can we dispute that fact? Without a gun would Zimmerman have gotten out of his car to follow a 6'3" suspicious person who looked like he was on drugs? Maybe, but probably not. We shouldn't be so quick to defend the person we most associate with that we ignore the objective reality of the situation.

tallmike

Sad story I just saw on the news this morning, even though it happened nearly 2 weeks ago. I did a quick search of the forum and I could not find the story being discussed already, I apologize if I missed it.

Family members said 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, of Miami, was visiting his father and soon-to-be stepmother last month at their home in a gated community in the Orlando suburb of Sanford. He had gone to a convenience store to buy some Skittles candy and was returning home when he was confronted by an armed man who was head of the local neighborhood watch, family member said.

The man hasn't been charged. His name was redacted along with Martin's name in an initial police report but he was identified as 28-year-old George Zimmerman in a police report released Thursday.

The report said Zimmerman initially called police to report a suspicious person in the neighborhood and minutes later 911 dispatchers received several calls of shots being fired in the neighborhood. Zimmerman told police officers that he had shot Martin and officers found a semiautomatic handgun on him. The report said that Zimmerman's back was wet and he was covered in grass as if he had been on the ground. He was bleeding from his nose and the back of the head, the report said.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/03/08/2 ... k=misearch" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;#storylink=cpy

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There are still lots of details missing, I am surprised that the cops are calling it self defense since he is the one that initiated the contact. We shall see how it all pans out.

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