[Turbo Pig]

I think, according what I've read, SoothingDave's statement should read:

Zimmerman shot someone to death who was beating him and had a violent history.

We've got two versions of the story. The first coming race baiters and people who were not present. One which says this is cold blooded murder, because the shooter is a virulent racist. The second version comes from witnesses, the police and news outlets outside the community. That one says the shooter was being attacked by a person, some might say thug, with a history of violence and confrontation.

Looking at the story presented, the facts displayed so far and the sources, I know which I am more inclined to believe.

[SoothingDave]

Or:

Zimmerman shot someone to death after deciding to assault a teenager returning from a walk to the store.

That so many FReepers decide to defend someone who was looking for trouble is troubling. Zimmerman is not a hero of the 2nd Amendment. That so many FReepers are quick to label any black person as a thug or a "hood rat" is a disgrace.

[MrB]

One which says this is cold blooded murder, because the shooter is a virulent racist

And characterizing the "hispanic" Zimmerman as "white" in order to, as another poster stated, re-stir the pot of white guilt before the election.

[BilLies]

In Albany NY a milestone (don't know if it's the final) has been reached re police shooting a Negro. The immediate response from the Negro community was outrage and the new Police Chief sought to pacify the community within two or three days of the killing by addressing the Negros and other interested parties at a community meeting. The investigation had just begun and he was shouted down because he did not have all the answers that would satisfy the attendees. Local TV and press recorded the meeting which did not go well for the Chief of Police.

The current situation is summarized below:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Legal-end-to-lethal-case-3427330.php