I’ve heard the tapes and even in the cleaned up ones I still can’t hear what they want me to hear. It was even reported that many police can’t hear the word coon in the tapes.
There are a lot of “if’s, what’s and could have been’s” in your comments. Sounds like you’re in danger of throwing out your back jumping to such conclusions.
Also, calling someone a name isn’t grounds for attacking them physically. You better check with the lawyers on that one. Remember the old saying that Sticks and Stones may break your bones but names will never hurt you?
If your son punches someone because they said something he didn’t like then your son would be the instigator.
Jack, if you saw any of my posts yesterday, you will see that I was pretty pro Zimmerman. It sure sounds like he shot in self defense. However, now that I have heard that under breath mutter that — to me — was clearly what they say it is, not goon, this will put Zimmerman behind bars. I know maybe Zimmerman didn’t accost the guy. But with that ugly racism in his mind before they were involved, a trial by jury would see racist intent.
And to a jury there is a difference between a guy saying something unkind to you and a guy racially insulting you. Anyone can be called an a-h and not hit back. But when you get insulted for your tribe, that can be seen by a lot of people as “asking for it.”. If you don’t belong to a tribe where that could hurt you, it would be similar to calling your child something ugly. It’s not the same as just calling an adult an a-h.
Now, as it stands, no one knows if Zimmerman said one thing to trayvon. But that muttering will not help his defense. His injuries do, though.