Treyvon Martin issue is starting to irritate the hell out of me

Quote from trendlover:


Why do you say the boy walking the "restricted area"?
He was inside a gated community. Every gated community I've lived in (one) you know everyone walking down the street. When you see someone you don't recognize you kind of tend to keep an eye on them to see what they are up to. And this was a low crime area I lived in.
 
Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

The short answer is that Zimmerman was apparently returning to his SUV when the kid jumped him.

Obviously he was following him because he was a black teen who he didn't recognize, wandering around a restricted area. Some would call that racism, others would say it reflects reality. From the fact that Zimmerman was a frequent caller to 911 for a number of fairly minor issues, it is speculation tosay he wouldn't have done the same thing if it had been an unfamiliar white teen.

First, the teen was in a public-right-of-way in a 'gated community' Sandford confirmed that the roads in the subdivision are maintained by the local government for public access and are not private property. It is in no way a "restricted area".

Second the location of the shooting demonstrates that Zimmerman was not returning to his SUV when the shooting occurred. The fantasy that Zimmerman was politely walking back to his SUV and was jumped by Martin is simply not true.
 
Quote from pspr:

He was inside a gated community. Every gated community I've lived in (one) you know everyone walking down the street. When you see someone you don't recognize you kind of tend to keep an eye on them to see what they are up to. And this was a low crime area I lived in.


This 'gated community' has no gates on the two access roads to the primary streets. Take a look at google maps. Sanford confirmed that the roads and sidewalks in the community are public-rights-of-way maintained by the local government.
 
Quote from Lucrum:

NO it's not. Read up on some self defense law, before you embarrass yourself further.

The same can be said for you. I expect that Martin has the right to defend himself against Zimmerman who pursued him aggressively and then attacked him. It does not give Zimmerman the right to shoot Martin after the teen gained the upper hand in the struggle.
 
Quote from gwb-trading:

Second the location of the shooting demonstrates that Zimmerman was not returning to his SUV when the shooting occurred. The fantasy that Zimmerman was politely walking back to his SUV and was jumped by Martin is simply not true.
Let's see your proof.
 
Quote from pspr:

Let's see your proof.

About as much proof that you have that Martin attacked Zimmerman.

However seeing that the start of Zimmerman's explanation holds no water, you have to discount the rest of it as pure BS to save him from being charged.

I'm perfectly willing to accept the decision to indict or not from a grand jury after a proper investigation is performed by state & federal authorities. If the decision is to indict then I will accept the later decision of guilty or not from a jury without making a fuss.

Are you willing to let the legal process handle this situation? Or do you oppose a proper investigation and grand jury meeting for this shooting?
 
Quote from gwb-trading:

The same can be said for you. I expect that Martin has the right to defend himself against Zimmerman who pursued him aggressively and then attacked him. It does not give Zimmerman the right to shoot Martin after the teen gained the upper hand in the struggle.

I've never seen your handle before, so as you describe yourself as a Republican and in that case I expect to be on the other side in all the rest of the debates down here, let me just say you're doing an excellent job in this one.
The above is what I've been wanting to say all along. I can't figure out these other folks, who think Zimmerman can defend himself even though he started the ruckus, but it was some sort of crime for Trayvon to defend himself even though all he was doing was walking home from the store. Then you've got the additional fact he got out of his SUV and chased him while muttering "fucking (c)(g)oons" under his breath; whether it was one or the other doesn't matter: it shows that Zimmerman was all worked up and ready for a fight before he got to Trayvon.
But somehow these folks want to say it was all Martin's fault anyway. I can't for the life of me figure out the logic behind that one.
 
Quote from gwb-trading:

About as much proof that you have that Martin attacked Zimmerman.

However seeing that the start of Zimmerman's explanation holds no water, you have to discount the rest of it as pure BS to save him from being charged.

I'm perfectly willing to accept the decision to indict or not from a grand jury after a proper investigation is performed by state & federal authorities. If the decision is to indict then I will accept the later decision of guilty or not from a jury without making a fuss.

Are you willing to let the legal process handle this situation? Or do you oppose a proper investigation and grand jury meeting for this shooting?
As I thought. You are really just making up a bunch of B.S. Nice try to change the subject but you know not what you are talking about.
 
Quote from pspr:

As I thought. You are really just making up a bunch of B.S. Nice try to change the subject but you know not what you are talking about.

Once again you are failing to answer a simple question.

Are you willing to let the legal process handle this situation? Or do you oppose a proper investigation and grand jury meeting for this shooting?

Provide an answer.
 
Quote from gwb-trading:

Once again you are failing to answer a simple question.

Are you willing to let the legal process handle this situation? Or do you oppose a proper investigation and grand jury meeting for this shooting?

Provide an answer.
You don't have any answers. Everything I've said there is a link I'ver provided earlier showing the evidence or a witness.

You have nothing. I'm not answering any of your stupid questions until you start providing some links to witness statement or something valid to uphold your view.

You don't have anything to support your view!!! So just buzz off until you do.
 
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