The problem has been the focus on irrelevant arguments – some of which are actually unsupported by the evidence.
1. ‘GZ racially profiled TM’ There is no evidence of this.
2. ‘GZ disobeyed an order by the police’ * The civilian dispatcher, Sean Noffke, testified that he did not give GZ an order and, in fact, he, like his fellow dispatchers, are trained not make comments that sound like commands. * Noffke also testified under cross that, as a result of his asking GZ which way TM was going, GZ could have reasonably interpreted this as being asked to follow Martin. * It is also not a crime in Florida to disregard a comment made by a civilian dispatcher.
3. ‘GZ got out of his car’ Not a crime on public property and not negligent either.
4. ‘GZ followed TM’ Again, anyone can follow anyone on a public street unless the followee has obtained a restraining order against the follower and even there, the RS only places time, place, and manner restrictions on the person enjoined.
5. ‘GZ wasn’t really injured’ * Under Florida’s self-defense laws, one doesn’t have to be injured AT ALL to use deadly force * No one is required to refrain from defending himself while another is engaged in or attempting to commit a felony.
6. ‘TM is dead through no fault of his own’ * If you believe that TM assaulted GZ, then he IS dead as a result of his own actions.
7. ‘GZ could have left’ * Under Florida law, there is not a duty to withdraw rather than use deadly force * TM was straddling GZ so how the latter was supposed to leave the scene is unanswered.
8. ‘GZ was armed and TM wasn’t’ * One’s fists can be considered weapons and can result in severe bodily harm or death. * GZ was legally carrying a weapon * There is no requirement under the law that the same weapon be used by the assailant * A homeowner can kill an intruder whether or not he has been threatened * Those that attack cannot feign surprise if they are met with superior firepower.
9. ‘Stand Your Ground!’ * SYG is NOT at issue in this trial. * The defense is a classic self-defense case.
10. ‘Black men NEVER get to use SYG!’ * Wrong http://tinyurl.com/nboht35
11. ‘GZ is a man and TM was a boy!’ * As if ‘boys’ don’t commit murder, rape, and assault everyday in this country.
Nobody ever claimed the cowardly politicians had any sense : )
I will gladly watch, as their careers go into permanent meltdown.
Reading that I get the strange feeling I have read it before.
Like, the author was Matthew, or Mark, or Luke somebody...
The angry, feral mob could have watched every second of the trial just as you did. It would not have made a difference. The angry, feral mob is still an angry, feral mob looking for any excuse to loot, pillage, rape and destroy. No amount of reason or rationality will reach this mindless, degenerate herd.
Right there is when this became directed and orchestrated by the Obama White House and DemoRat Marxists for the purpose of gun control and removal of the right of self defense, and that is the entirety since then.
“They hate a man based only on gossip from the street.”
Isn’t that enough? /sarc
bkmk
Can’t get enough of MOM.
Nail, meet hammer.
EXCELLENT!
Thank you
I saw the headline and I thought it was about Western Civilization.
Now you know why gun sales are up like never before. Nobody trusts the system any more, any system.
The State is embarrassed, their lies didn't work so now they're telling more. If they had good sense they would just shut up!
If the racists in Washington, D.C. and Florida had had good sense, they'd have outgrown racism with the vast majority of Americans a long time ago.
The gutless politicians of Floriduh and Washington who were wagging their tongues 16 months ago can’t seem to find them now —
There are a lot of political careers going down over this and there are others whose careers have ended before they started.
So did Angela Corey, and she still called GZ, "murderer!"
I also watched every minute of the trial and the stupid ones, like Sharpton, all on CNN, all black stupid ones, kept saying Z. disobeyed orders not to follow Trayvon. Z. followed T. just to kill an unarmed little black kid. I heard that so many times, it was sickening and they did it day after day after day. If they are that stupid, that they couldn’t hear the truth of the tape, they need to go live in the ghetto with others who don’t care what the truth is.
The protests are coming from those who could not have watched, they know nothing about what actually happened...
The whole case in a nutshell.
Pretty much ended up the same for the state as did the Duke “persecution”. Notice how the state, MSM, imported race baiters. and institutional Progressives are now trying to save the agenda in spite of a catastrophic failure.
Whew...thank goodness!
When I saw the thread title, I was afraid you were posting an opus.
It’s utterly insane and stupid. I am so sorry this had to be written about on your FReeperversary.
Amen!