Trayvon

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Then I will refer to it as the "legal system".
Give it a chance to work before assuming judge and jury responsibilities.

exactly

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Then I will refer to it as the "legal system".
Give it a chance to work before assuming judge and jury responsibilities.

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

exactly

At least we agree on that, just have a different interpretation of what that means. Police are not judge and jury.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by zimmy

At least we agree on that, just have a different interpretation of what that means. Police are not judge and jury.

no, but the police gather the evidence and do the investigation. we have ZERO output from their investigation. All we know if they havent arrested Zimmerman. Thats it.

[Sea Dangles]

Zimmerman referred to Martin as a spook on the call.

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Zimmerman referred to Martin as a spook on the call.

That was widely reported at first. Enhanced audio, some of which was released today, suggests that is 100% untrue. I hope Zimmerman sues somebody for 100 zillion dollars...I can't recall anyone getting a more unfair deal. He may well have committed a felony, but the press has done him a horrific injustice.

And if the same thing happens next week, Al Sharpton will still be there, giving the same tired old speech. And no one will question him to his fat, disgusting, face.

I have good news and bad news for the Al Sharptons of the world. The good news is this...there is no widespread, institutional racism anymore, it doesn't exist. We have a black president. The battle for civil rights is over, and the good gyus won.

The bad news is, you (and all the other racial hucksters) need to find another soap box to preach upon.

[JohnR]

OK, this thread has run its course. If anything of substance comes along, maybe we can have a new thread. But this has been a circular argument.

I wish peace to Trayvon's family and hope they can find some closure. I hope the systems does what is is supposed to do, and make the appropriate call.

[zimmy]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

no, but the police gather the evidence and do the investigation. we have ZERO output from their investigation. All we know if they havent arrested Zimmerman. Thats it.

The partial report was released by the police. Doesn't provide much information. We know that Trayvon didn't have a gun or knife or any weapon. We know that the law as written in Florida says that the force must be necessary to "prevent imminent death or great bodily harm." The phone conversations show that Trayvon was followed. Zimmerman admits that he is following him. Combine those details with burden the law places on the person who kills and with the lead investigators concerns about the legitimacy of Zimmerman's story. I make no judgement about whether he should be convicted, but it is crystal clear that his parents are completely justified to call bs on the whole system that let the guy walk. If one of my kids or someone I love is walking around Florida unarmed, gets followed, and ends up shot, the shooter had better darn well have to prove it was necessary to "prevent imminent death or great bodily harm."

[Bill L]

Why is this case considered "political"?