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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Its doubtful, as shown by many posters on this topic, its only going to encourage bravado and gun slinging morons feeling they are entitled to shoot people without prosecution.

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Its doubtful, as shown by many posters on this topic, its only going to encourage bravado and gun slinging morons feeling they are entitled to shoot people without prosecution.

I agree, it is doubtful.

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This is how bizarre Florida is on the matter. In the rest of the nation, and in other countries that base their laws on English common law, a claim of self defense is an affirmative defense and the burden is on the defendant although at a lower standard of proof than beyond a reasonable doubt. In Florida a self defense claim has to be disproven by the prosecution beyond a reasonable doubt which is a nearly impossible standard as this case demonstrates.

I thought it was messed up that he could claim self defense and not testify. The state should not have to prove it was not self defense, he should have to prove that it was.

Memo to all: don't engage the idiots. Ignore them.

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Last I knew Zimmerman was and always has been Hispanic, not white.

Hispanics themselves seem to differ on the issue. On the 2010 Census, about half of those who identified themselves as of Hispanic origin checked the box for "white" when asked their race, but over a third chose "other" (with the remainder being of mixed race).

K.

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Don't repeal it just regulate it out of relevance

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Last I knew Zimmerman was and always has been Hispanic, not white.

Hispanics themselves seem to differ on the issue. On the 2010 Census, about half of those who identified themselves as of Hispanic origin checked the box for "white" when asked their race, but over a third chose "other" (with the remainder being of mixed race).

K.

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Some of you may recall that President Obama, who identifies as a black man, felt particularly close to this case because if he had a son, that son would have been a useless piece of shit like Trayvon Martin.

This sentence actually tells us much more about your character than about Trayvon Martin's.

Your comment actually tells us you can't handle the truth about Trayvon Martin's character, which the Judge felt would be so detrimental to the prosecution's case that she precluded the jury from learning about it during the trial.

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He's as Hispanic as Emilio Estevez, but no more 'white' than President Obama.

Who is half white... or a white black, as the race hucksters might say.

K.

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Wow, the riots are horrible so far!

Wow, the media and race-baiter uproar about the number of people recently shot and wounded/killed in Chicago, including children, has been deafening thus far!

Chicago Weekend Shootings: Four Dead Among The 26 Shot Around The City In Weekend Gun Violence

Weekend violence leaves 9 dead, 47 shot

4 Dead, 31 Wounded In Shootings This Weekend

49 Shot In Chicago During Weekend Of Violence, Two Children Injuried

What's that you say? It's all been blacks shooting and wounding/killing blacks, so move along there's nothing to see here ? Oh, I see. Okay.

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While I'm personally pretty sure that Zimmerman is a crazy murdering bastard - If properly directed by a judge on the question of "reasonable doubt" I'd have to acquit.

I think that is pretty much how the majority of the public feel..

I feel cuz Martin didnt have any ID so he was a John Doe, that the cops were sloppy with their investigation right at the start.. that continued thru the entire case from not enough evidence to get a solid conviction up to including to the Prosecution not objecting to "testimony" when they should have.. jmo

While Martin's family wanted Zimmy charged, go to trial and for them to "find the truth of what happened" that night (their words), I dont believe if there just isnt enough evidence, that you can expect the system to charge everyone.. Perhaps the cops didnt give Martins family enough info on what happened that night & showed them the actual evidence they had and reasons why it wasnt enough, I dont know.. perhaps the family would have still wanted charges and a trial.. but lots of other families whose loved one gets killed dont get that if there isnt enough solid evidence..

otoh, Zimmy should not get off scot free either, an unarmed kid is dead.. so I feel no sympathy for him in the situation he finds himself in.. and boohoo that it wont be easy for him to find a job.. golly gee, he has so many supporters, and donations from them that there must be one out there willing to hire him (& take the risk of being sued if he assaults someone doing that job).. If his supports think so highly of Zimmy, let them find him a job..

I really hope I never hear about Zimmy after this but I sorta doubt it.. somehow trouble seems to follow him.. and given how crazy it is here, he might end up as a contestant on tv's "Biggest Loser".. well,.. maybe not that reality show since he is suing NBC!

well,... I have work to do so I have to run..