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Posted on 08/12/2013 8:13:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Of course, it was self-defense, but not by George Zimmerman.
Let's forget blackness, racism, neighborhood watches and location for a moment and simplify the story.
Let's say a person spots someone he has a perceived beef with; maybe this person doesn't like the way the other guy looks, or the way the other guy looked at someone else, or doesn't want him around his neighborhood, or this person is just out for trouble. Now this person follows the other guy slowly in his car for a while, ultimately getting out and confronting him. Maybe he even pushes the other guy or brandishes a weapon. The other guy is quite scared; he responds by trying to do what most of us would do, defend himself. Maybe this stalked guy is lucky in the skirmish and actually gets on top of this person for a time; that is, until the stalker pulls out his gun and shoots and kills the other guy.
Yes, this is a classic case of self-defense or, should I say, attempted self-defense, but not by George Zimmerman. It was by the other guy, who was just minding his own business, Trayvon Martin. In New York, we would call this chain of intentional actions murder.
Pete Nye
Clarksville
Another fact-free liberal opinion in this case.
It’s a letter to the editor by an idiot.
Or, it’s a letter to an idiot by an editor.
Sometimes, it is hard to tell the difference.
I guess the duty to retreat only applies to those with guns?
Lol.
Why are people still writing about this case without having learned any of the facts?
important too is the mindset...we know...we KNOW...that Martin was into street fighting, into drugs, suspended from school, not once but apparently several times, and he had drugs in his system that night...
while I 'm sure Z is no angel...he nonetheless was a law and order and justice sort of guy.
Ben Hogan: "The more I practice, the luckier I get..."
They got their "facts" downloaded to them via the TeeVee...
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