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Family of Florida teen killed by neighborhood watch volunteer feel 'betrayed' by law

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Just curious...with the number of times you continue to say the same things over and over again have you actully CONVINCED yourself that your arguments ARENT stupid?
Lets go to one very basic example. We have a police officer on tape asking the guy if he is following him and informing him they do not need him to do that. YOU then parse that to mean that A-we dont REALLY know he was talking to a police officer and B-he wasnt REALLY telling him to not follow him. Your zeal in this instance alone completely blows any credibility which you might HOPE to have which...lets be honest...based on the facts...doesnt give you ANYTHING resembling sound footing from the get-go. I would kinda LOVE for you to be the guys defense attorney though. Whereas I believe he should be tried for some level of manslaughter because he CAUSED the incident and death, your defense would get the guy fried for sure.
 
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It's uncorroborated testimony being told by the man who has the most reason to lie and it is inconsistent with another witnesses account.
 
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No it doesn't rule out his statement in any way.
And it has already been explained to you why.
Because it leaves open the possibility that his version of events are correct.
And you are really being funny trying to assert that two people who are deadly suspicious of each were having a conversation. lol
Under those circumstance, with the immediately ensuing scuffle, it was a confrontation, not a conversation. lol
 
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joko104 said:
I am debating this from 3 directions. One is legalistic - does evidence WE know support a conviction? I don't think so - clearly not - but forensic evidence MAY change that.
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No real forensic evidence exists. The police f-ed up big time.

Can they confirm the trajectory of the bullet w/o digging up the body.

Were Zimmeran's "wounds" photographed and/or examined by a doctor who could accurately confirm how he got those wounds.

Were his hands checked for gunshot residue?

His blood was not tested for alcohol, we know that. The gun isn't even in police custody.

Were Martin's body and clothes examined to determine if he did strike Zimmerman?

What kind of joke police department are they running down there, good thing the chief resigned today. The Martins could sue him and the police department for big buck -- not that I condone that sort of thing, but when negligence is so profound...


If I were to guess, when Martin saw the gun, he clocked Zimmerman who fell backward to the ground hitting his head. Martin starts yelling, Help, Help... The other boy sees them from some distance, then leaves. Zimmerman, filled with rage and fear, aims and shoots. Manslaughter. Reckless disregard for public safety.
 
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Riiiiight. I think you are the one mis-characterizing the situation. The narrative is pretty clear. Im not sure what others see in this case. I see an overzealous neighborhood watchman, carrying a weapon in a situation he shouldnt have been, following a kid he had no business following after being told by a real officer not to, for suspicious behavior that didnt exist. The 17 year old kid very likely overreacted to being stalked and harassed by the overzealous neighborhood watchman. Regardless...the responsibile agent is still the overzealous neighborhood watchman who was carrying a weapon in a situation he shouldnt have been, following a kid he had no business following after being told by a real officer not to, for suspicious behavior that didnt exist.
Well said.

hazlnut said:
Well said.

In fact, I'm sure that will be the closing argument for the prosecution should this ever go to trial.
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1.) The jury would be told - on a Defense motion - that statement is false. It has been noted on this thread at least 30 times the dispatcher was NOT a real officer.

2,)The statement "The 17 year old kid very likely overreacted to being stalked and harassed by the overzealous neighborhood watchman," is exactly the defense's claim, and

3.) the claim that Zimmerman was carrying a gun when shouldn't would be a DA trying to use a JURY to overturn a valid state-law, which a jury cannot do.

Overall, that actually is more a defense closing argument.
 
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If what you wrote is accurate, the police department screwed up big time. Is this just conjecture on your part or is that certain? I really don't know. If so, that's about the worse police department imaginable.

There is no lawsuit against the police, though.

IF your senario is accurate, obviously it is at least manslaughter. But, as you noted, you are guessing. At least you admit it. You might be accurate. Or not at all. If the police really did none of those things, yes, they blew the case. Yet if the evidence would have backed up Zimmerman, their screwing up the case then harmed him, not Martin. If you are accurate, who lost was "the truth." Tragically so.
 
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lol
Me being being factual blows my credibility.
While you with your over blown hyperbole, supposition and and outright false statements are what? Credible? That's really incredible.

This isn't about you or me. Is it?

So how about sticking to the facts of the case instead of making them up.
 
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Honestly...Do you think a jury is going to disregard the FACT that a DISPATCHER at the POLICE DEPARTMENT that ZIMMERMAN CALLED told him they do NOT NEED HIM TO FOLLOW? DO you think the jury is going to give greater weight to a 17 year old kid reacting to being stalked by a complete stranger than to the overzealous neighborhood watchman that was stalking him for absolutely NO reason? And if you are a security guard at a store and the requirement is that you be an UNARMED security guard, then regardless of the states laws on private and concealed carry, guess what you CANT DO. And...guess what neighborhood watch people CANT DO.

"When volunteers join a Neighborhood Watch group in St. Petersburg, they sign a waiver.
They will not approach suspects. They will not detain people. They won't carry weapons.
That's common sense, many Neighborhood Watch coordinators say, despite the alleged actions of self-appointed watch captain George Zimmerman, who admitted to fatally shooting an unarmed teen in his gated Sanford neighborhood last month.
"You don't do anything that would potentially put you in harm's way," said St. Petersburg's Broadwater Neighborhood Watch coordinator Ted Seefeldt. "You simply observe and report to police."

Policy of caution guides Neighborhood Watch groups - Tampa Bay Times

EVERYTHING Zimmerman did instigated this incident.
 
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Other obvious lies told by Zimmerman was that he got out of his SUV to check the name of the street he was on ... that's refuted by his own phone call to 911 where he can be heard exiting his car to chase Trayvon when the kid took off running away from Zimmerman. Another lie is that he said he got out of his SUV to see what street he was on and was on his way back to his SUV when Trayvon supposedly attacked him from behind -- well that would place him by the street ... but the confrontation actually occurred in between two buildings, nowhere near the street.

The guy cold blood murdered Trayvon and is capitalizing on a lack of witnesses to rely on the stand your ground law to keep him out of jail.
 
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Sheik Yerbuti said:
It's uncorroborated testimony being told by the man who has the most reason to lie and it is inconsistent with another witnesses account.
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Inconsistent with who's account? Not the girlfriend's, which it is consistent with. So who's?
Please link to it.
Whether or not he has the most reason to lie is a different subject. Would you like to debate it?
 
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Zimmerman's ONLY hope, is to keep this from going to trial.

cause if this goes to trial, and his exciting history of attacking police officers and women and calling 911 forty times a month is brought up, he is toast.
 
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Sadly...and seeing how zealously you defend a guy for creating an ultimately fatal encounter...it appears that it IS. If it is 'just' about Zimmerman, every action he made prior to and up to the fatal shooting caused this event. A 17 year old kid is dead because HE carried a weapon...HE decided to follow an innocent kid who was in no way, shape, or form guilty of ANYTHING. HE made some very damning comments (****ing coons...they always get away). HE ignored the police dispatcher that very clearly informed him not to follow the kid. He CAUSED the death of a 17 year old kid.
 
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What he said, and what you think he said has been two different things from the beginning.
So how about you break it down point by point with the actual audio and time references.
That way we can see for ourselves if what you have provided is true.
Otherwise you are just blowing more smoke.

Reason for edit.

Grammar.
 
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Wow, this thread goes fast. But you guys. Sucked me into this speculation game. Shame on me.

I think it was Professor Plum near the porch with skittles.
 
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We have two prior instances where Zimmerman put his hands on people, one of them a COP, one a domestic abuse case that led to a restraining order.

That's pretty much what I suspect happened. "They always get away" also lends credence to the idea he tried to physically restrain Martin.

And a big stranger that's been following me GRABBING me would freak me the **** out.

Pretty sure that actually grabbing somebody triggers self defense too, making Martin punching Zim perfectly legal.

The evidence doesn't point to more than a punch in the face followed by a fall backwards onto the sidewalk.

I wonder if LE even bothered to determine if Zim had any other injuries? Powder burns on Martin?

Its LEs willingness to accept simple statements that bothers me.

There should have been a wealth of forensic evidence. But even though the 911 operator stated Zim sounded intoxicated, no toxicology was performed on Zimmerman. Isn't carrying while under the influence illegal?
 
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I see you are still trying to spin what happened.
I am defending the use of correct information which you do not seem to want to do.


VanceMack said:
every action he made prior to and up to the fatal shooting caused this event. A 17 year old kid is dead
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Trayvon is dead because he decided to confront Zimmerman from behind.


VanceMack said:
HE made some very damning comments (****ing coons...they always get away).
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You already know that this has not been confirmed yet you cling to it like it has. You have this preconceived narrative that you just wont let go of, no matter how many times you are shown to be wrong.



VanceMack said:
HE ignored the police dispatcher that very clearly informed him not to follow the kid.
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Another statement you know not to be true. Deliberately telling an untruth is call lying.
 
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I read about the specific city and am very familiar with the overall area, not being that far away from it.

It is a suburb of Orlando, population 50,000, poorer, atypically high percentage minority (almost 50%), very atypically low percentage of seniors (for Florida), with significantly lower than average income for which nearly 20% of the population are below the poverty level and about 1/4th of the residents under 18. I would guess the unemployment rate is very high.

It is curious is happening. The police chief, DA and even the state attorney on the case. Everyone is bailing out. If the police really did gather no evidence, this all is a nightmare for that city and everyone. It always favors the defense if the police don't gather evidence. A high impoverished, frustrated and time-on-their-hands to aim all their fury particularly at this case - for which it may be that virtually all evidence was not gathered and is forever lost.
 
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joko104 said:
Second, I am offended at asserting facts unknown, just assumed or outright false ...
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Holy ****!! Tell me you didn't just say that?????

  • "It appears Zimmerman shot Martin in the chest while Martin was kicking Zimmerman and possible trying to take the gun - and as Zimmerman yelled for someone to help him." ~ joko104


  • "Martin, a champion football player who lifts weights, became enraged, rushed Zimmerman slugging him in the face, knocking Zimmerman to the ground. Martin then did a field goal kick to Zimmerman's head." ~ joko104


You're the one asserting facts unknown.

Are you offended at yourself?
 
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Supposition and speculation abounds.

What if...? said:
But even though the 911 operator stated Zim sounded intoxicated, ?
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Please link to that.
I had heard it was others in LE that thought he may have sounded that way. Not the 911 operator.
 
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Please pay better attention. What I said has nothing to do with gun-rights. I didn't even mention firearms.

I spoke of a barbaric law that has no place in our society.
 
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Sheik Yerbuti said:
Please pay better attention. What I said has nothing to do with gun-rights. I didn't even mention firearms.

I spoke of a barbaric law that has no place in our society.
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I love that law. It means that, if I were in Florida and met Rush Limbaugh, I could call him a slut, and when he got pissed and came at me, I could stand my ground. LOL.
 
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Now you're changing what you said. Earlier, you said he stopped following Trayvon when the 911 dispatcher told him, "you don't have to do [follow him] that." Now you're saying he didn't break off his pursuit because of that.

<sarcasm>You're as consistant as Zimmerman's account</sarcasm>
 
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Excon said:
Trayvon is dead because he decided to confront Zimmerman from behind.
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Absolutely FALSE. Martin is dead because a predator killed him to bolster his wannabe ego.
 
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Where do you come up with your information? Can i get some of the sources you get your "facts" from.
 
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