Dershowitz was careful to add that the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin exposes a need to reform Florida laws.
He believes the Stand Your Ground law should be changed because it "elevates macho over the need to preserve life."
He also stated that racial profiling “has to be addressed.”
“I think these vigilante community groups have to be disarmed,” he said. “I don’t think Zimmerman should have been allowed to have a gun.
“He should have been walking around with a walkie-talkie and calling the police,” he said. “It’s the job of the police to investigate and apprehend suspects based on their professional training.”
But the need for future legal reforms had no bearing on the Zimmerman trial, Dershowitz said, and insisted the case should never have reached a jury.
On this particular issue I happen to agree with Dershowitz, but there are about a bazillion where I don't.
Dershowitz was careful to add that the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin exposes a need to reform Florida laws.
He believes the Stand Your Ground law should be changed because it "elevates macho over the need to preserve life."
1) Dershowitz is completely wrong. The "SYG" law had nothing whatsoever to do with this case. This was a matter of centuries-old common law self-defense. His comment shows he's attempting to use this case to further his leftist ideology on subjects that are not germane.
He also stated that racial profiling “has to be addressed.”
2) there is no evidence that "racial profiling" had anything whatsoever to do with the case.
“I think these vigilante community groups have to be disarmed,” he said. “I don’t think Zimmerman should have been allowed to have a gun.
3) Typical leftist POV
“He should have been walking around with a walkie-talkie and calling the police,” he said. “It’s the job of the police to investigate and apprehend suspects based on their professional training.”
4) Zimmerman wasn't walking around anywhere. He wasn't patrolling. He was driving to target, and happened to notice someone acting suspiciously. Dershowiz, not apparently not noticing the irony in the observation that when seconds count, the police are only minutes away, also seems to believe that Zimmerman should have just died from having his head pounded into the sidewalk rather than be able to defend himself.
But the need for future legal reforms had no bearing on the Zimmerman trial, Dershowitz said, and insisted the case should never have reached a jury.
5) He's absolutely right about this, but shows his ignorance of the actual facts of the case at hand by his comments above.
Ouch.... I see what you mean.