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Originally Posted by tstew
I too am not terribly swayed by the history of the people involved, but if you are I think it is terribly disingenuous to ignore Zimmerman's history. How do you reference the school record of a juvenile, but totally disregard the actual violent arrests of the adult?
Everything I read said that Zimmerman was a "self appointed" neighborhood watch captain, but I will go along with him being neighborhood watch. Neighborhood watches have certain stated principles that they go by for this very reason. First of all they are not to be armed. Secondly, they are to observe and call the police if they see anything and not chase down anybody. I would imagine that this case will be incorporated into future training.
I highlighted your run option because that's exactly what Zimmerman said he did...then he got out of the car to chase him.
At the end of the day, if the message you want to send is that it is okay for armed, grown men to start chasing teenagers around for no reason, I just have to disagree. What if it were a 17 year old white girl? Would that change anything in your mind?
And if you listen to the recording, it is obvious what dispatch is telling him they want him to do.
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Come on, tstew, a white girl? When have we had a white girl slipping around the back of townhouses? A young man of any color would raise questions, in the rain at night, do you want any man do that in your backyard. Martin may have made some every bad choices, that cost him his life.
Let's wait for the full evidence, if the evidence proves Zimmerman did nothing wrong, what will be your response? What will be the black community's in Stanford's response? More killing?
If the evidence proves Zimmerman is a fault, I support him being arrested and taken to trial. If not, his life is ruined, because the race baiters will hound him without end. The libs are going use this sad young man's death for political purposes for years to come, no matter how is turns out.
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