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Zimmerman tells cops Trayvon Martin reached for his gun as police tapes released(FL)
nypost.com ^ | 21 June, 2012 | DAVID K. LI

Posted on 06/21/2012 10:36:43 AM PDT by marktwain

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To: Cyber Liberty
Not when it's a yute armed with a bag of Skittles.

Don't forget the still unopened can of watermelon drink???

21 posted on 06/21/2012 12:11:36 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: marktwain
Someone trying to get your gun is a deadly threat.

So is someone bashing your head into the sidewalk to the point where you feel like you're about to lose consciousness.

22 posted on 06/21/2012 12:31:05 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You can never do more, you should never wish to do less.)
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To: marktwain

If there were a campaign to destroy the case against Zimmerman, dripping out the exculpatory details one by one over months would be the way to do it. It’s like when the Democrats slime a GOP politician. It may just be caused by the Extra Special prosecutrix’s suppression of the facts to begin with. (Do angry cops just keep dropping these bombs?) The prosecution will fail, and Sanford is going to have a problem from every direction.


23 posted on 06/21/2012 12:50:20 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: marktwain

I agree....self defense


24 posted on 06/21/2012 1:18:13 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: Cyber Liberty
Not when it's a yute armed with a bag of Skittles.

Are you sure that's all he had? I heard Al Sharpton say that Martin was armed with a skillet.

25 posted on 06/21/2012 1:39:18 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: 1malumprohibitum
No, being followed by car and then on foot by a stranger can never be perceived as a deadly threat.

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Gee, you left out the part about the gun...no surprise.

You only have GZ's word for when TM first saw the gun. And we know that GZ is a liar and a sneak...a liar and a sneak who has a violent history.

I understand though why you ignore these things.

26 posted on 06/21/2012 2:17:22 PM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: wtc911; marktwain; 1malumprohibitum

“Being followed in car and then on foot by a stranger with a gun can just as easily be perceived as a deadly threat. You know what perception is, don’t you....it is the reason this entire affair happened in the first place.”

Actually, Martin was the stranger acting suspiciously. Zimmerman is a resident and Neighborhood Watch volunteer with the duty to keep his eyes on strangers acting suspiciously and to call police, which he did. GZ has every right to get out of his vehicle and walk around in his own neighborhood, so that cannot be claimed as the sole reason that this tragedy happened. You know that many other decisions by TM would have resulted in a much better outcome. One would have been for him to act with some common sense and talk civilly to GZ about why GZ was following him.

But, even if TM felt threatened by GZ following him, that does not give him the right to start assaulting GZ. If TM felt threatened, then he should have called 911 (instead of talking to his girlfriend on the phone) and/or went strait back to the residence where he and his father were visiting.

There is no evidence that TM saw GZ’s gun before the fight started. I really doubt that he would have engaged in a fight if he had seen the gun first.


27 posted on 06/21/2012 2:44:22 PM PDT by Synthesist
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To: SamuraiScot
Someone (read: Team Skittles) could possibly be judge shopping:

Son of judge in Trayvon case went to school with Mrs. Zimmerman

28 posted on 06/22/2012 10:44:26 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: wtc911

He made it to the residence where he was staying and circled back.


29 posted on 06/22/2012 10:48:52 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: wtc911

He made it to the residence where he was staying and circled back.


30 posted on 06/22/2012 10:49:02 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: SamuraiScot

Actually prosecution wanted all of GZ’s statements to the police sealed. O’Mara wanted them released. So did the Orlando Sentienel.


31 posted on 06/22/2012 10:51:32 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: wtc911

Listen to DeeDee’s interview with De La Rionda.

statelymcdanielmanor.wordpress.com

there is an audio and a transcript.


32 posted on 06/22/2012 11:05:51 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: Jaded

Proof please.


33 posted on 06/22/2012 11:48:15 AM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: Jaded

The problem with the supposed girl-friend’s statement is that it is hearsay without corroboration. The additional problem for those who want to believe that TM stalked and attacked GZ, who was returning to his truck, is that giving her credence refutes that theory.


34 posted on 06/22/2012 11:55:38 AM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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To: wtc911

So then you don’t believe Dee Dee???


35 posted on 06/22/2012 2:23:46 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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<>Proof please<>

You will find it in here:

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/dee-dee_trayvon_and_dj.html


36 posted on 06/22/2012 2:59:21 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

I don’t believe any self-serving, uncorroborated statements, Dee Dee’s or Zimmerman’s.


37 posted on 06/22/2012 3:02:12 PM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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You only have GZ’s word for when TM first saw the gun. And we know that GZ is a liar and a sneak...a liar and a sneak who has a violent history.


TM was also a “liar and a sneak” with a history of theft, drugs and violence.

Why are you ignoring this part? Does it harm your agenda?


38 posted on 06/22/2012 3:06:46 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse
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To: wtc911
I don’t believe any self-serving, uncorroborated statements

That's funny coming from someone who believes a lot of uncorroborated things.

Nonetheless the proof that you requested is in that article. Seek and ye shall find.

39 posted on 06/22/2012 3:12:19 PM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: Uncle Chip

The article contains zero proof and is full of “what ifs”...sorry but feel free to try again.


40 posted on 06/22/2012 3:27:51 PM PDT by wtc911 (Amigo - you've been had.)
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