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Posted on 08/04/2013 5:12:48 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
Last year, our son Trayvon Martin was stalked, chased down and killed by George Zimmerman, and Zimmerman faced no punishment whatsoever. That's in large part because Florida is one of at least 21 states with some form of 'Stand Your Ground' law, which enables people like George Zimmerman to claim self-defense.
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Civilization is collapsing from the inside out. Impossible to understand why the left wants Americans who are not among the ranks of the neo-barbarians to be their helpless prey.
Stand Your Ground laws could be replaced with a law that only allows you to shoot when you’re on your back having your face beat in and your head caved in by a wannabe gang-banger.
Zimmerman has to start suing these people to kingdom come
it will only take a couple of huge settlements to make them lay off
force the rest to apologize or else
Everyone loves a thrilling story.
Blood libel.
Whoever spewed this nonsense is doing way too many recreational drugs.
I’m touched by the words of Trayvon’s “concerned parents.”
To anyone who has followed this closely and really knows
the facts, click on the link and read their statement.
You will not believe your eyes. Unreal.
The problem has been the focus on irrelevant arguments – some of which are actually unsupported by the evidence.
1. ‘GZ racially profiled TM’ There is no evidence of this.
2. ‘GZ disobeyed an order by the police’ * The civilian dispatcher, Sean Noffke, testified that he did not give GZ an order and, in fact, he, like his fellow dispatchers, are trained not make comments that sound like commands. * Noffke also testified under cross that, as a result of his asking GZ which way TM was going, GZ could have reasonably interpreted this as being asked to follow Martin. * It is also not a crime in Florida to disregard a comment made by a civilian dispatcher.
3. ‘GZ got out of his car’ Not a crime on public property and not negligent either.
4. ‘GZ followed TM’ Again, anyone can follow anyone on a public street unless the followee has obtained a restraining order against the follower and even there, the RS only places time, place, and manner restrictions on the person enjoined.
5. ‘GZ wasn’t really injured’ * Under Florida’s self-defense laws, one doesn’t have to be injured AT ALL to use deadly force * No one is required to refrain from defending himself while another is engaged in or attempting to commit a felony.
6. ‘TM is dead through no fault of his own’ * If you believe that TM assaulted GZ, then he IS dead as a result of his own actions.
7. ‘GZ could have left’ * Under Florida law, there is not a duty to withdraw rather than use deadly force * TM was straddling GZ so how the latter was supposed to leave the scene is unanswered.
8. ‘GZ was armed and TM wasn’t’ * One’s fists can be considered weapons and can result in severe bodily harm or death. * GZ was legally carrying a weapon * There is no requirement under the law that the same weapon be used by the assailant * A homeowner can kill an intruder whether or not he has been threatened * Those that attack cannot feign surprise if they are met with superior firepower.
9. ‘Stand Your Ground!’ * SYG is NOT at issue in this trial. * The defense is a classic self-defense case.
10. ‘Black men NEVER get to use SYG!’ * Wrong http://tinyurl.com/nboht35
11. ‘GZ is a man and TM was a boy!’ * As if ‘boys’ don’t commit murder, rape, and assault everyday in this country.
Do all the crips dress like Papa Trayvon now?
That’s a good looking new suit Pop.
Sharpton buy that for you ?
Hey tell that big lie to your boys, they are stupid enough to believe it. Trayvon was not stalked or chased down, you know it and we know it, and now we know you are a lying sack of dung. You and your ex old lady who dumped Trayvon on you when she couldn’t make him behave.
Why didn't he call 911 for backup?
I agree. Trayvons mom is driving a new escalade, while Zimmerman gets slandered. He needs to start suing, starting with NBC..
he is already suing NBC
There appears to be a sensitive bone with many blacks, which leads to this charge of stalking.
They are barely able to tolerate the idea of the police watching them, but the idea that a an average, run of the mill, half-white citizen might watch a suspicious black person infuriates them.
The logical response to this sensitivity is, “Tough, get over it.”
Power. The dependents and state favorites are their foot soldiers.
“Stand Your Ground” has as about as much to do with the Zimmerman verdict as does the fact that Florida is a peninsula.
The people pushing for review of SYG laws (meaning they want them removed) need to be asked, “So you do not want people to have the right to defend themselves? If a white person goes into a black neighborhood and attacks a black person, you’re saying the black person should run away and not defend him/herself?”
Who is Shaaliver Douse?
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