I concur with your comments. I don’t believe Zimmerman was out “hunting”, but made an error in judgement. It may also be the case that the 17 year old also made a bad judgement, but as yet there isn’t any facts which point to just who initiated the physical confrontation. I was a neighborhood watch captain years ago. We started the NW program in our neighborhood because there was a huge problem with drug trafficing on our street. We worked very closely with our Law Enforcement liason and the other residents who were tired of the thefts, and day and night traffic on dead-end street because of those living in the area who were dealing drugs. At no time did anyone participating with the NW attempt any kind of contact with those we were trying to clean out. We kept records, and called police. It took quite a few months, but eventually we had put so much pressure on the miscreants there that those who lived there moved out, leaving no reason for those looking to buy to be there.
Unless there was an eye-witness who can say otherwise to Zimmerman’s statement he was jumped from behind - no one will ever prove who threw the first punch.
But if it goes to trial sleazy lawyers know all the tricks in the book to sway a jury - is that what some of you prefer, along with a media feeding frenzy shouting RACISM in an election year?
Im done time for bed.
Sir, where we part ways is that I feel no need for federal involvement at this point. I think the local legal system should be given a chance to do what it has to do, without a bunch of pressure and opportunistic statements from politicians, and certainly without pressure from known race-baiters like Sharpton and company.
I confess to having a knee-jerk reflex of sympathy towards Mr. Zimmerman when I see the cast of characters using to further their own agenda, and it may well be that he did murder and the physical evidence just happens to point towards self defense. It’s up to the local authorities to decide if it makes sense to put him in front of a jury who’ll have to try to read what was in his heart when he pulled the trigger.
It pains me to see conservatives call for the feds to come in to satisfy what really amounts to an emotional reaction. Let the locals handle it, and let’s see how it goes.