[SoFloFreeper]

Pitiful.

[umgud]

and get past a judge's ruling at a pretrial hearing.

Do we know for a fact whether there will be a prelimenary hearing? This is where a judge decides if there is enough evidence to support binding the case over for trial.

[smokingfrog]

The fact that he was following Trayvon (at least for a time), does not necessarily show any intent to do violence.

[New Jersey Realist]

The prosecutor kniqa damn well that Zimmerman will never be found guilty of the charge but she took the easy, cowardly way out in order to avoid black reprisals. Pass the buck!

[IamConservative]

I thought it was interesting how many times the special prosecutor said “justice for Trayvon” in the press conference. Only one reference at the end that justice for the defendant. Made me think this woman was assigned and felt she had no (safe) choice but to bring a charge (effectively punting to the Judge.)

[New Jersey Realist]

The prosecutor “knows” damn well that Zimmerman will never be found guilty of the charge but she took the easy, cowardly way out in order to avoid black reprisals. Pass the buck!

[originalbuckeye]

I have read that Zimmerman had a broken nose, lacerations on the back of his head and that Martin had scuffed knuckles. I suspect that Zimmerman is trusting this (if it is all true)to show self-defense.

[snarkytart]

They don’t face any hurdle, a jury will convict to appease just like the “special” prosecutor did by bringing charges and smiling all over herself at the same time.
There will be a conviction.

[The_Victor]

From the article:

Corey would not discuss how she reconciled conflicting accounts of the shooting by Zimmerman, witnesses and phone recordings that indicated Martin thought Zimmerman was following him.

"We do not prosecute by public pressure or by petition. We prosecute based on the facts on any given case as well as the laws of the state of Florida," Corey said.

Oh really!?

[KeyLargo]

Let’s have a ‘fair trial’, then hang that cracker..... Sarc..

“A handful of protesters gathered outside the Duval County Courthouse in Jacksonville, where Ms. Corey announced the charge. One of them, Linda Dawson, didn’t think the second-degree charge was strong enough.

“We’re just glad that he’s behind bars, BUT WE’RE NOT SATISFIED,” said Ms. Dawson, executive director of Hurting Families With Children In Crime, a Jacksonville nonprofit. The turnout was lighter than expected, but that was because Mr. Zimmerman was charged, Ms. Dawson said, adding, “There would’ve been a riot if they wouldn’t have arrested him.”

Aaron Brown, a civil-litigation lawyer who organized a Trayvon Martin rally last month in Jacksonville, said the case is now “justice delivered, but not yet justice served.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304356604577337892597447300.html

[Bryan24]

The 911 tapes will exonerate Zimmerman on this charge.

1. His clear intent was to alert police of the presence of a suspicious person.

2. He was following to keep him in sight.

3. Even the other phone calls on MArtin’s end shows that Zimmerman was only inquiring as to MArtin’s reason for being there.

So far, there has been NO EVIDENCE that he intended to hurt Martin.

There must be a lot more evidence out there that isn’t public because I don’t see they can come close to murder #2.

[autumnraine]

I think they are charging with 2nd degree hoping he’ll plead out to involuntary manslaughter.

[Gaffer]

If I got on the jury, it’d be an OJ thang for me....scot damn free....

[refermech]

Galvanized? More like polarized.

[tophat9000]

Na..give it a few months..Obama will issue and executive order Zimmerman is guilty and to be executed

You think i kid...but how many would go along? Worse...how many would try and stop him..? Too too few

[dps.inspect]

Here's what I now believe... the prosecutor/ state has met with the Martin family, sharing all they know of the evidence, and of course they have truthful testimony from Zimmerman by way of a lie detector assisted confession. That evidence shows that Trayvon was the aggressor, was belligerent, and did threaten the life and limb of Z, and likely shows there was struggle for the gun.

Background evidence:

• shows T as having had incidents in the past where he has used drugs; growing aggressive and belligerent behavior and generally showing signs of turning bad.
• show Z as caring for his community, and tho he may be zealous regarding his duties as a neighborhood watchmen, he otherwise has been a good citizen, has helped when asked, and apparently been a big brother figure to a mixed race community.

I believe a deal has been worked out between the Martin family, the prosecutor and Z. Have you noticed that the mother has recently said, that what she really wanted was an arrest of Z... not that she was pushing for a guilty verdict regardless of guilt. They all know now what went down, and they all know the propensity of T pushing the envelope, testing out his growing taste for thuggish behavior in newly actualized adult, brutish body.

Z likely is remorseful, and wishes things had not gone down the way they did, but still, he is left with the proposition, that it was either himself or T that would die that night, and justifiable homicide is everybody's conclusion. T's family knows, they knew the path he was choosing, they knew if he didn't get back to the straight and narrow, he would either wind up dead or going to jail for killing someone, they knew.