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tj444 -> RE: UNMODERATED ZIMMERMAN (7/19/2013 2:20:53 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MasterCaneman
I'd agree with that, but the fact of the matter (as related to and affirmed by a court of law), Martin did do some things that could have been considered questionable to a reasonable observer. He was being purposely evasive after discovering he was being followed/watched instead of approaching Zimmerman and asking him why was he following him. Not saying that Zimmerman didn't make mistakes-he made a number of them.
And just because you need a passkey/code to get in somewhere doesn't mean you can't get is. Trust me on this one. Most 'gated' communities have perimeters that are not difficult to breach if one desires to. I said this a couple hundred posts ago: both made mistakes. One died, one probably wishes he were dead. Nitpicking about how 'nice' someone should be doesn't change that.
The biggest thing about this that ticks me off is people who allow their emotions to decide what is 'right' and what happened. This is a disservice to not only the victim, but to the people who investigated the incident, and the entire state of Florida, which is going to eventually have to pay for all this BS. It was a routine (sorry if that seems cold to you) incident that became a political football to serve other interests than justice.
It's also become a major cash cow for a number of other interests, not the least the legal community, which stands to make bucketloads of cash out of this. And the media, which will make even more cash from the advertising revenue they garner by ensuring that eyeballs stay glued to screens. Oh, and I won't leave out the politicians here. They get a slice out of this pie by spinning this story into their fundraisers.
You want to make this a crime, there it is right above this sentence. The trial is over, and except for the DOJ and Holder's upcoming dickwaving over this, done. We'll be hearing about this for years to come, and not for the right reasons.
I would have been evasive and hiding and not gone home (to keep my location safe and so I would not be as easily found in future so as to be stalked)..
I know gated communities have holes in their security, I used to live in one and imo, unless you have a 24/7 guard, you will not be as secure as you think you are.. I know of a gated community in CA that has a 24/7 guard and about 10,000 residents and the crime rate is extremely low (some still does exist, there is no way to eliminate it 100%) so its one of the safest communities I know of.. My point about someone needing a passcode/key is that they have a right to be there, either cuz they live there or are legit visitors of someone that lives there..
The point of my post was that people, in the US in particular, are very adversarial, very "my rights trump yours", very easily offended, and tend to take the law into their own hand.. if people were less so, and saner, attempting to use calm, reason, commonsense, and treating people like you would like them to treat you.. then a lot less people would die due to the same/similar mistakes.. and there would be no political football to focus on..
Sure, the lawyers, politicians and media make money from this.. I dont agree with that either..
A kid is dead cuz some (gun toting) nutbar with a single digit IQ couldnt see a kid walking down a street at 7:30pm as anything but a "suspect".. and you are absolutely right, this is a "routine incident".. which means it happens with great frequency.. what does that say about this country? [:o]
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