Posted on 07/16/2013 2:44:31 AM PDT by grundle
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- Jul• 15•13
The Crump-Jackson-Martin Lynch Mob may run a high risk of losing their proverbial “bloody shirt” if they attempt to sue George Zimmerman in civil court. According to Florida Statutes on Justifiable Use of Force, going after Zimmerman and failing could see them stuck with a sizable bill:
776.032 Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force.—
(1) A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(14), who was acting in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer. As used in this subsection, the term “criminal prosecution” includes arresting, detaining in custody, and charging or prosecuting the defendant.
(2) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force as described in subsection (1), but the agency may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful.
(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, compensation for loss of income, and all expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant is immune from prosecution as provided in subsection (1).
History.—s. 4, ch. 2005-27.
In plain English, if they bring a civil case against Zimmerman and the judge deems he has immunity, then the lynch mob shall pay for all of Zimmerman’s court costs, “reasonable attorney’s fees” (Mark O’Mara is $400 an hour, Don West probably isn’t far behind), and whatever other monies the court deems warranted probably in the thousands of dollars.
We already know that a federal civil rights case is relatively unlikely since the FBI already cleared Zimmerman of the possibility of hate crimes charges, and so if this statute keeps the lynch mob at bay, then Zimmerman might only have offensive civil suits going forward against NBC News and others who slandered him.
By the strictest reading of this clause, Barack 0bama and the entire Democrat Party are guilty.
I just play one on the internet....
Frankly, I am shocked. On it’s face, this law violates the 1st Amendment.
Malik probably helped raise Obama. Now he’s getting pay back.
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
The “PLAINTIF” is using, and will be wasting more of OUR MONEY. Time to put a stop to the B/S and move on.
IT’s OVER PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Live with it!
As soon as the Martin family runs low on it’s award from settling with the HOA, and the law firm of PC feels there will be little chance of a award from a civil suit, they will abandon the idea of justice for Trayvon as fast as Greta dispatched their eye candy pr agent yesterday evening on her show.
We now have elections and an amendment process.
Agreed. Why overthrow a perfectly good Constitution? How would you amend the 4th amendment to read; "We really mean it this time."?
Elections are the key. We need to stop electing people like Elizabeth Warren, Barney Frank, Ed Markey, Ted Kennedy, Jean-Francois Carre, ... oh, wait. Sorry about that “we” stuff.
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