By the way, this sort of thing reminds me of the way people were misled during the Casey Anthony trial. The kid was dead, someone must have killed her, and since the mother didn’t report her missing for a month, or whatever, it must have been her. Case closed. Except that’s not how the legal system works. You need to actually prove it was her, and that it was first degree murder or whatever else she was charged with, not just that it probably couldn’t have been anyone else, and that not reporting her missing should be a crime, even if it isn’t.
Now, there was some evidence: a smell emanating from the car, a sticker (or something, I forget) on the corpse, some internet searches, etc. But none of it amounted to a conviction, despite the public at large’s overwhelming instincts. The defense lawyer argued, smartly, that it could have been an accidental death covered up by the grandfather. He was right, it could have been. Because the prosecution could not prove its case. And though most likely the mother was guilty of something, we don’t know what.
Likewise, your feelings about Martin possible excuse for instigating violence and the other guy’s gut instinct that Zimmerman is a nut are what they are. But they are not evidence, nor legal reasoning. They are gossip, basically. Thank God we have due process, because you need actual evidence that Zimmerman instigated violence and that he was a law-and-order madman bent on killing the next hooded teen of a minority race he saw in order to lock him away.
Hey. Have tyou read the Sanford City Manager's Report? You oughta. He's one of youse calm logical people what is swayed by mere facts.
You know, I don’t know what happened. I’m just guessing. I’d also make a wild guess and say Zimmermann also felt like his life was being threatened and shot the kid in self-defense. A huge misunderstanding between both Zimmermann and Trayvon. What I hate about all of this the most is what the media, al, jesse and the black panthers, have turned this into.
You know, I don’t know what happened. I’m just guessing. I’d also make a wild guess and say Zimmermann also felt like his life was being threatened and shot the kid in self-defense. A huge misunderstanding between both Zimmermann and Trayvon. What I hate about all of this the most is what the media, Al, Jesse and the black panthers, have turned this into.