Posted on 06/09/2013 2:34:44 PM PDT by Ron C.
The trial of George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch captain accused of murdering teen Trayvon Martin while on patrol, begins Monday with jury selection.
The February 12, 2012, incident in central Florida sparked a fierce national debate about such issues as gun control, equal justice and race after Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, fatally shot Martin, a black teenager.
There is no disputing that Zimmerman fired his 9-mm. handgun after calling police, exiting his pickup truck to follow Martin, then getting into a fight with the 17-year-old on a rainy night inside the gated Retreat at Twin Lakes community.
The 29-year-old Zimmerman, who had a concealed weapon permit, has admitted to shooting Martin in the chest.
But Zimmerman says the teen circled back and attacked him as he walked back to his truck – punching him in the face and slamming the back of his head into the sidewalk.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
I don't. This is a lynching, pure and simple.
Yes he did, he spent more than a year in jail. Not for self defense but they got him on having an unregistered hand gun.
It's been a about 50+ years the last time New York City had any thing resembling common sense.
if “(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself <<
is having ones head beaten on the pavement enough to think it might do great bodily harm??
Oh, gosh, did I make a faux pas or what? And I lived through the whole disaster in live time! Don’t get over 50...the memory completely goes. As the evil Jimmy Breslin would know.
I'd say so.
Spike Lee will do everything in his power to identify and publish the home address of each juror.
The actual trial, arguments and evidence will not affect the verdict. The only thing that is going to matter is the jury selection. Sad to say that’s the way it is in America today.
You should have put that in quotes.... It comes across like you are saying it....instead of quoting the liberal Washington compost...
Unanimous - 6 of 6.
The witnesses who said they saw that will soon recant, for fear of their very lives.
The article also states it is undisputed Zimmerman left his truck to follow Martin. IIRC, he left the truck to get a precise address to give to the police.
Note the AP contributed to this story.
Every second of every segment might very well be bat-guano insane enough to be included in at least one Newsbusters article.
Florida Statute: 776.013 Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.—
776.013(3)
A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
In this case, the evidence don’t mean shit, nor , for that matter does applicable law. If they were going be either, Zimmerman would have never been arrested, let alone indicted for second degree murder. Zimmerman is going to get a Soviet type show trial, convicted and sentenenced to a long term in prison. Why? To curry favor in the Black Community for Governor Scott and for Governor Scott to kiss up to obama. And last but not least, to satiate the bloodlust of the professional race baiters. The thing that bothers me the most is that I voted for the sob Scott. A mistake that I will not make again. Things may change, but at the present time, George Zimmerman has two chances: Slim and none.
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