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Attorneys for George Zimmerman,..say they can't find him, fear for his safety [W:169]

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Kal'Stang said:
Its not illegal for the DA to charge someone with a crime. And it is not unheard of that people get charge with something for political reasons.
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To add to the political reasons.....

Its not usual for prosecutors to have a press conference to announce charges against someone either.......... like a dog and pony show.
 
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barbarian_style said:
Neither is an eight hour investigation, this is what sparked it getting this far.
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Strange considering that the police department stated their investigation was closed in March.. like March 12th or 13th or something like that.

That isn't 8 hours. But don't let that stand in your way.
 
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johnny_rebson said:
Exactly.

Zimmerman should be considered a hero for trying to apprehend a burglar.
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Oh yeah... another one whose gone all in without the evidence.

too funny.
 
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Eighty Deuce said:
They may never be able to show any evidence of "the first punch". If it remains basically proven or unproven, then the focus becomes whether or not Z was being beaten when he pulled the trigger.
Think.
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If they can't tell who threw the first punch then they have to go with the default verdict.
I forget if it's "not guilty" as per usual OR if it is that if the self-defense can't be demonstrated then it's "guilty". I forget which is the default in this case.
 
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Anyone who has made up their minds about this already is either far too emotionally involved in this whole thing, or an idiot.

Perhaps both, even.
 
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johnny_rebson said:
Exactly.

Zimmerman should be considered a hero for trying to apprehend a burglar.
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Actually, Treyvon got shot when he was giving CPR to a blind and deaf autistic child who was in cardiac arrest after being run over by Zimmerman in his pursuit of Treyvon. God damn hero.
 
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poweRob said:
Actually, Treyvon got shot when he was giving CPR to a blind and deaf autistic child who was in cardiac arrest after being run over by Zimmerman in his pursuit of Treyvon. God damn hero.
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That's nice to know that you consider those circumstances worthy of the hero label.
Not just hero, but, God damn hero.
 
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ARealConservative said:
and to that end, the media painted a completely inaccurate and unfair interpretation of what took place.
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As the "liberal" guy who squawks about deception and manipulation in media all the time, I absolutely concurr.

Its ****ing appalling.

And I personally think Z has some responsibility meriting consequences for his actions.

But the sheer number of people who have come in here with the SAME SET of ridiculous misinformation points to intent. Hell, People magazine used a "baby Trayvon" picture on the current cover.

A big breaking story can generate a lot of initial misinformation. But this is STILL going on as far as I know in my current "get all my news on DP" mode. It popped up here again a couple days ago.

I don't know what happened, nobody here does. We've been arguing minutia here for days, but one thing stands out. The basic "version" of events most of us here posit is massively different from the media narratives coming from both "sides".

I can't believe anybody is still pushing the race angle. Or the "mad dog wannabe cop" bit either. Maybe a bit more Barney Fife than Andy Taylor, (think about it...) but not a bad guy or a known "loose cannon". And Martin isn't the innocent bundle of joy some have seen fit to portray him as. Nor the bloodthirsty predatorily aggressive thug OTHERS have seen fit to portray him as. Just a slightly scandalous 17 year old, as MANY of us here were.

This is WHY I get most of my news here.
 
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disneydude said:
There may be some truth to that. But the overwhelming majority of the people in this country simply wanted an arrest to be made and for justice to run its course.
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Hell, I was happy with an outside investigation.
 
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Excon said:
That's nice to know that you consider those circumstances worthy of the hero label.
Not just hero, but, God damn hero.
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I think you know I was being about as facetious as one could possibly be right?
 
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poweRob said:
I think you know I was being about as facetious as one could possibly be right?
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And my reply is pointing out that you do not need to lower yourself to such a level.
 
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Excon said:
And my reply is pointing out that you do not need to lower yourself to such a level.
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wallowing in the mud is fun... until there is mud in your cranny.
 
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poweRob said:
wallowing in the mud is fun... until there is mud in your cranny.
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Apparently some people like that feeling.
:peace
 
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Caine said:
You know better than this.

You don't arrest someone just because the people (aka mob) want them to be.
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Nah, there's a time and place for everything in a country governed by its people. If enough people aren't satisfied by their governments handling of some situation then its fine to take another look, have a trial, whatever.

Doesn't happen much, as far as I know.
 
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The Mark said:
Anyone who has made up their minds about this already is either far too emotionally involved in this whole thing, or an idiot.

Perhaps both, even.
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I must be an idiot then.

I have made up my mind with what we have available at the time.
 
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What if...? said:
Nah, there's a time and place for everything in a country governed by its people. If enough people aren't satisfied by their governments handling of some situation then its fine to take another look, have a trial, whatever.

Doesn't happen much, as far as I know.
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You are still wrong.

This is a republic. not a democracy (mob rule).

Or at least it is supposed to be.... Im started to doubt that these days.
 
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Caine said:
I must be an idiot then.

I have made up my mind with what we have available at the time.
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You're 100% sure about what happened?

Because otherwise, you haven't made up your mind.
 
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The Mark said:
You're 100% sure about what happened?

Because otherwise, you haven't made up your mind.
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Im not 100% sure of what happened.

Im 100% sure I have made up my mind with the information we know now.

Those aren't the same thing.
 
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barbarian_style said:
If the special prosecutor thought that there was absolutely not much of anything there she would not have proceeded, passing it off the GJ would have been viewed as done for political reasons. It could get to the court room and the judge could dismiss the whole case before it really even gets started while in the preliminary hearings.
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If there was enough then why didn't the previous DA not charge him?

Wait...let me guess....incompetence? Corruption?
 
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Caine said:
Im not 100% sure of what happened.

Im 100% sure I have made up my mind with the information we know now.

Those aren't the same thing.
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I see that we meant two different things by "made up mind".
 
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barbarian_style said:
Neither is an eight hour investigation, this is what sparked it getting this far.
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Actually it was a two week investigation (at least). Remember, the detective that was on the case wanted to arrest and charge Zimmerman.
 
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Michael Johnson said:
Look it's okay if you don't understand common sense when you don't see it. I have pills you can take for your inability to create an argument. You troll over everyone else over and over again. They had Zimmerman in custody and now that he's gone it's gonna be even more time wasted.

Gosh so Lame.:coffeepap
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Common sense is knowing what was actually said on the 911 tapes before you yap about it. Common sense is not saying that the cops are corrupt just because you think they are. Common sense is when you state something as a fact you provide the evidence that it IS a fact when asked to do so instead of just disparaging others.

And common sense is something that your posts definitely lack.
 
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