Posted on 06/24/2013 3:33:49 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike
I say let them play every single one of his prior 911 calls.
He is being tried for 2nd degree murder...and the litmus test for that is gross negligence - acting in a manner that a reasonable person woul dknow could lead to homocide.
If Zimmerman had a history of calling 911 dozens of times, and perhaps it could be construed that he was following somebody while talking to the dispatcher on one of these prior occassions, it would establish that calling 911 (and following people) is routine for George Zimmerman; and, he had no reason to expect it would lead to homocide. And no reasonable person would either. So 2nd degree murder goes out the window.
remember stand your ground laws are “tort reform”. those laws neutered the plaintiff lawyers.
the martin lawyers were looking for a jackpot payday.
Ain’t that the truth! This state was a Republican state when I was growing up. Yes we had Dems for Govenors, but elections for President we were a Red State. As the North invaded, they brought their unionized thinking with them. This is a right to work state and has always been. Now we are a purple state trending Blue. If Charlie Crist comes in for Govenor, I will throw in the towel.
I understood 911 call to be erased unless they were needed for evidence in a case. If they have really old 911 calls that implies there was a criminal case associated.
Anyone?
florida needs to make the electoral victory based on a majority of the 67 counties.
iow miamidade would be equal in value to any one of the smaller rural counties.
no more flyover.
Do not adjust your set. The George Zimmerman trial will be brought to you entirely in black and white.
The big news of the day is that the state named its Witness 8, the 19 year old Rachel Gentelle [sp], and she may be taking the stand tomorrow.
I feel horribly for you. I know Florida was once a deep Southern state - and now it’s a mess thanks to northeasterners moving south - bringing all the pathologies they thought they left behind.
Ain’t northeastern liberals smart?!
Is that the girlfriend of the deceased?
Two other questions came up that he looked uncomfortable with:
After the purchase Martin went to the back of the store and picked something up and this clerk watched him do it and yet on the stand he played stupid. Even Guy noted it.
What could he have picked up???
I hope you’re right. But the Casey Anthony story was an open and shut case of brutal murder. And look what happened there. I’m not saying it couldn’t happen in another state; I’m just surprised it happened in Florida. I hope for the best that justice is served and Zimmerman can continue his life. Here in NY, we lived through poor Bernie Goetz.
supposedly —
Also the defense has not deposed Crump yet and he wanted to be in the courtroom for these proceedings — and no doubt for her testimony. But the judge ruled him out. I guarantee that he is hopping mad.
He also made a point, several times, that dispatchers are taught to NOT give orders, because doing so exposes the city to liability. Sean was fairly emphatic that what he said to Zimmerman was not in the nature of an order.
I don't know where in the spectrum of "unequivocal - equivocal" the term "advised" falls, and i think the paper is allowing the reader to substitute "ordered" for "advised."
That bothered me too, Uncle Chip. Instead of leaving the store, Trayvon went halfway to the back and appeared to either bend down to pick up something from the floor or steal something from a shelf.
Interesting facts.
What I meant by “equivocal” in this case was that the dispatcher’s “advisory” could be interpreted in more than one way.
It’s clear that the dispatcher, the prosecutor, and most of the MSM chose to believe that saying “we don’t need you to do that” is equivalent to saying “we advise you not to do that”. But, that’s not what the words say. If Zimmerman chose a literal interpretation; he would be given to understand that the dispatcher (and, by extension, the police) didn’t “need” him to follow Martin. Zimmerman could have responded to that literal interpretation with something like: “Oh, I don’t mind keeping track of him for you anyhow”. Perhaps, that’s what Zimmerman was thinking, in the heat of the moment. As I said before, such ambiguous, or equivocal language causes planes to crash.
The prosecutor made note of it in his questioning but never followed up. O’Mara made more of a note of it and asked why he went back there and what he saw — but he couldn’t remember. Early-onset Alzheimers.
Female liberal Judge. Liberal female jurors.
Let me guess what the outcome will be?
“That’s not true. He said that it was more of a “suggestion” because anything more than that and they can be sued.”
That was not immediately dug up by the media after the NEN tape transcript was made public...?
Even after it was stuck in their face in open court today the media still pretends that it doesn’t get it.
Zimmerman is innocent. Casey wasn’t. So what’s your point?
Casey Anthony had an outstanding attorney. Zimmerman has a clown. If Zimmerman loses the trial, it will because he chose a horrible lawyer.
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