Powergamz1 -> RE: UNMODERATED ZIMMERMAN (7/12/2013 4:27:29 PM)
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The legal standard for self defense doesn't define 'the aggressor' that way, and it doesn't remove the right of self defense merely for asking someone 'What are you doing'.. It is very plausible that Zimmerman wasn't quite the innocent bystander, it is very plausible that Martin acted on mistaken assumptions, and so on. But after all of the lead in... at crunch time, if it had been anyone on their back and they felt a hand clawing at the jacket over their holster. would it be reasonable for John Doe to feel in danger? And that of course interlocks with the question of was Zimmerman lying when he claimed that, or did he panic, shoot to stop the punching, and then remember what he was told in his CCW classes, and elsewhere in the wanna-be world about 'I was in fear for my life'? quote:
ORIGINAL: NothingIsTaboo4U I truly want to believe that Mr. Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin in his car, then got out of his car to follow on foot, all he did was ask the kid what he was doing, turned to leave because he was satisfied with the answer and was ambushed by a kid who intended to attack an adult all along after buying his tea and skittles. But .. something tells me that isn't what happened at all. My guess is Mr. Zimmerman forgot that if you try to stop someone from going home, they might come to believe that you intend to do them harm and if they feel threatened, they just might fight back resulting in your skull being cracked. People want to believe that Zimmerman acted in self defense. But folks, when you instigate a confrontation, you are the aggressor. People were screaming about the "race card" being played. But the fact of the matter is this: if Trayvon Martin had been Tracy Martin, a blonde haired, blue eyed teenaged girl, Zimmerman would have been arrested the night of the shooting and the public would be willing to accept that she believed Zimmerman was trying to abduct her, she fought for her life and Zimmerman was wrong for shooting her, regardless of whether she smoked marijuana or had videos of herself talking about fighting.
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