So if Trayvon lived, he would have more than likely be heading to jail tonight

[HipChick]

HLN stated that not only was the not guilty verdict read, but Trayvon was also convicted of aggravated assault due to Zimmerman proving his "self defense" case.

Is this true? If so, this is seriously fucked up..

[PoliticAverse]

1. No. n/t

[defacto7]

2. It's bullshit.

[Gravitycollapse]

3. That is not true at all. If HLN said that, they need to fire their legal team.

[HipChick]

4. I need to stop watching any HLN coverage

[SlipperySlope]

5. Completely not true

Trayvon was not convicted of anything. That was bad reporting.

[LittleBlue]

6. Don't watch HLN

Those idiots, like most of the channels covering this case, are clueless. The major news channels have descended into tabloid territory during this trial.

[HiPointDem]

7. zimmy's brother was sure acting like that was the case on piers morgan, saying how martin

"viciously attacked" his poor traumatized brother, the one who stalked martin on his way home from the store, called him a "f*****g c**n" while on the phone with the police dispatcher, and rather than obey the dispatcher continued to stalk the kid, and then shot him.

[mzmolly]

8. Dear children of America, remember that advice from parents to fight back when confronted

by a stranger ... scratch that.

[Tx4obama]

9. When a jury comes back with a 'not guilty' verdict it only means that...

... the jury could not find enough evidence to find the Defendant guilty of the charges.

And not guilty does NOT mean innocent.

[Hoyt]

10. The talking head has a point. Trayvon was essentially "convicted" of wrong doing.

That is what is so disgusting about this whole thing, he did nothing wrong other than being black in the south.

[JVS]

11. HLN is wrong.

[dairydog91]

12. No. It's BS.

The jury was asked whether Zimmerman had a reasonable fear of death or serious injury when he shot Martin. Considering Zimmerman's behavior towards Martin before the shooting, it's possible that had Martin walked away from this, he could have claimed self-defense as a justification for any assault/battery charges.