Gee, if Zimmerman had been a cop, this would’ve been ruled justifiable homicide long, long, long ago. Peons need to understand their lives are worthless in the eyes of the state.
is it for sure that murder 2 is off table because of this question? if so, would explain relieved looks/smiles on def side, yes?
The cops did rule this justifiable a long time ago. Problem is Bambi took it up to take guns away and spark race war.
Entirely way too much speculation here and on TV. Why? The worthless media. unknowledgable talking head legal experts and anchors on TV. They are so wrong.
We do not have text of jury “question”. It is almost never disclosed except to the attorneys and THEN the Judge asks for ideas how to respond, what to say, or whether to respond at all. That is what is going on now. How do we respond or do we? The Judge is looking for consensus from counsel on this. It is highly unlikely she would repeat any of her charge.
Another thing is that jurors never hear the penalties. They can only go on what they know, i.e Murder = bad, manslaughter = well I know a guy who got convicted of that and he got 5 years. But Fla apparently does 30 w/o parole.
Any more Q’s, ping me.
Exactly. It can't be stressed enough...
Race is not the only issue here. Race is the reason there's a trial at all, but what's on trial is reasonable self-defense and reasonable carrying of a weapon and the right to investigate a suspicious person in one's neighborhood. The whole 'wannabe cop' and 'he should've stayed in his truck' nonsense is truly depressing. Nothing that Zimmerman did breaks any Florida law, unless there was more to the case that the prosecution was going to reveal at trial. They did not. They are trying to convict a man of any charges that a group of six women will fall for based on emotional appeals. Sickening.
About a decade ago, I was visiting my parents for a Sunday dinner. My mother went to let their cat out and yelled for my father - there was a man just outside the door who ducked into the bushes when she spotted him. My father and I went outside and canvassed the area with flashlights and weapons. We spotted the guy running into the woods and called off pursuit. It never occurred to us to call the police... I think about that night all the time in light of the Zimmerman trial. The man was black, and if he'd engaged us we would have shot him. And we probably would've ended up screwed for life.
The State does not like citizens who believe in self-reliance and self-defense, particularly when they are white. (Or can be called 'white'.)