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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
Actually, I haven't watched ANY newscasts about the Trayvon case (we got rid of our satellite TV), other than online snippets, and I've listened to limited radio talk shows. Most of my opinions have been based on what I've dug up on my own and read on this thread. I don't even know who Sheila Jackson Lee is.  |
Google her, you will have a ball with it. LOL!
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I agree with the last part, and it's a worthy discussion, but I think where it fails in this case is that the actions of Al Sharpton, the Black Panthers and others have NO BEARING upon Zimmerman's actual guilt or innocence. While we can discuss it, IMO focusing on the bias of the MSM and on the purposeful provocation by members of the black community obfuscates the facts of the case and blinds people to looking at the facts. (In the same way that members of the black community are blinded by their focus on this being a hate crime.)
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It doesn't have anything to do with the actual case, but it has a whole lot to do with the racial narrative. I do care about that.
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What I care about is: was Zimmerman's life threatened or not, and was he justified in shooting an unarmed teenage boy--one who he had been admonished to stop following. He acted on very lame suspicions. That much is clear from his 911 call. Further, I find it interesting that in his call (from the full audio) that he states that Trayvon is coming towards him and then comments about how *they* always get away. Trayvon saw him and took off running. Right? Doesn't sound like a confrontational kid to me. Sounds like he wanted to get away from Zimmerman; not attack him.
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You don't know what the visual looked like, so you can't really make the claim that it was a "lame suspicion".
If he was coming toward him and then turned to run, I would want to know why he would act in that way, if in fact, it happened as Zimmerman states it did. And if he did run, as a neighborhood watch, I think I would want to know where he ran off to. If he says, "They always get away", I could see why he followed him. He doesn't want any more robberies in his neighborhood and wants to alert the police as to the boy's direction. If Trayvon was there to commit a crime, it may warrant why he ran. Of course, conjecture, but an attorney will present the same questions.
I think we are all just asking a few questions along the way. I am not claiming Zimmerman is innocent. I would just need more substantial evidence in order to hang the man. If I have to rule in a life or death case and it is my decision to make, I would want more details and none of us really have it. It's a 50/50 from my view without more evidence.
I don't have high hopes this case will be solved. I've been in a court room where the Prosecuting attorney asked the witness, "If you saw pictures, would you believe it?" He responded, "No." lol! That is what this case will more than likely turn out to be.
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