The first reports had me persuaded that Martin was a victim of an over-zealous cop wannabe - who should not have left his vehicle but waited for the Sanford police to investigate his reports of ‘a suspicious person’.
There are so many conflicting witness accounts and differing opinions on the character of both parties. This tragedy will be a controversy for months to come; creating more racial conflict - even though citizens of all backgrounds are only asking that the facts be forthcoming and the truth exposed.
The one fact we know - one young man is dead.
Good citizens of all backgrounds just want the facts.
But some such as these Black Panther types, want to get a lynch mob going. They don’t care about any facts yet to be made public. In their twisted minds, a black boy was shot for no reason, and this proves that America is racist. In their twisted minds, somebody has to pay.
They demand an arrest, even though there is no arrest warrant out there. They put a $10,000 bounty on Zimmerman, even though there is no arrest warrant. They don’t care about the legal system working in this case. They want revenge, regardless of whatever facts have yet to be made public.
Yes, indeed that one young man is dead. Zimmerman no matter what has his life changed for the worst. I understand he is in hiding. The parents of the young lad are always going to suffer. If only we could turn the clock back.
I had offered what it is like to be threatened by a person when one is completely alone. It depends what Zimmerman thought at the time and only he knows. There is an awful sensation of cold abject fear in some cases. If a person feels that fear, he/she will do anything to defend themselves. On the other hand if he felt rage and anger, it might be judged differently.
Excuse the ramble, but on a much lighter note I am going to print up your sayings concerning old age. My wife bought me a handsome sweatshirt inscribed "Old age comes at an inconvenient time". It gets a few chuckles. I hope I not get to anyone with off topic stuff.
My sincere hope is that somehow a lesson can be learned and youths can avoid this kind of tragedy. Also persons who are suffering an inner stress at the disturbance of quiet neigbourhoods, can cool it. Let the police handle it.
“The one fact we know - one young man is dead.”
The other fact we know is that the young man was in that place because he had been suspended from school.
We know two facts; martin is dead and you made up your mini-mind that Zimmerman was guilty and now are as squiggly as any liberal squish.
Jumped to conclusions with so many other "conservative FReepers" and now are looking for cover, ummm, ahhh, let's wait for the facts.
You can put down your shovel, but it would be better to stand up and say, I screwed up and convicted a guy without knowing shit about the case.
You wannabe conservatives are worse than the dummies at least they don't pretend to be conservative.