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I know Texas and Florida are worlds apart(or are they?) but their version George Zimmerman just got 40 years.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/texas-stand-ground-shooter-headed-prison-210731482.html
"A Texas man convicted of shooting and killing his unarmed neighbor during a dispute over loud music received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday.
Raul Rodriguez, 47, faced a minimum of five years and a maximum of life in prison. He claimed he shot schoolteacher Kelly Danaher in self-defense under Texas' version of the "stand your ground" law.
But prosecutors argued Rodriguez provoked the incident by confronting Danaher, 36, and his friends with a handgun and demanding they quiet down at a late-night birthday party in May 2010.
The Houston case captured more attention in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death in Florida. There, George Zimmerman says he was being attacked and cited the state's "stand your ground" law after shooting the unarmed teen. But prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder."
Those 2 incidents are not even close in comparison.
There`s a hell of a lot more similarities than differences.......and IMHO.......George has even less "ground" to stand on.....
He didn`t even live there and killed a resident.......
No wonder we have this extremely hard to believe fairytale, about do-gooder George having an initial ,non-violent "meeting"with Martin and then peacefully parting ways, only to have young Martin circle back and attack poor George.....unprovoked......Hmmm....I'm not aware that they met up and then met again. I thought they only met up once. Am I missing something ?
They need that story......otherwise he`s fucked......Is that what your crystal ball says?
What most folks think happened.....a wanna-be watchmen oaf and world-class fuck up who tried to hold the kid at gun-point,ending up shooting a resident durring a struggle over the gun. It doesn't matter what they think, it's what they can prove and I highly doubt it.
If that`s what happened.......George can`t use the SYG defense Not likely a stand your ground situation, he was gettin his ass pummeled.
The most pronounced similarities at this point.....are the 9/11 phone callls.
One can hear George prepping the same way this guy did......."he`s looking in houses,he looks like he`s on drugs,he`s got his hand in his pocket",.....all with an I`m scared tone of voice......No wonder the cop said not to follow Martin......
It seems the guy in Texas was looking to go after some one because he was pissed. He brought a gun near some ones house and was looking for an excuse to shoot some one and trying to set up his defense with a 911 call and a video camera and then started flashing his weapon. Any piss ant with half a brain would have let the police deal with the noise situation which they ultimately would have. Not even close to the same situation as Zimmerman unless you're anti gun, start making things up and spinning it any way you like it.
< Message edited by lovmuffin -- 6/28/2012 10:44:20 AM >
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