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Demo_Chris

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48. Exactly.

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 11:48 PM

Dec 2012

Zimmerman was all but telling the dispatcher: 'I am being confronted by a doped up black guy with a gun.'

Had Trayvon not run when he did, I suspect Zimmerman's next words would have been him screaming "Drop your weapon!" followed by the sound of a shot.

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So Why Would Zimmerman Not Necessarily Have Deserved a Swollen Nose and Bruises? [View all] dballance Dec 2012 OP

I didnt see ANY injury DiverDave Dec 2012 #1

Oh please TorchTheWitch Dec 2012 #19

I hope there was a scuffle... FarPoint Dec 2012 #39

Torch loyalkydem Dec 2012 #40

You are absolutely correct! FarPoint Dec 2012 #35

Looks to me.... librarylu Dec 2012 #2

Yep, that hoodie was a total provocation. dballance Dec 2012 #5

Walking while black tavalon Dec 2012 #6

What if Tryavon Martin was armed and had stood his ground ? orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #3

You know I don't really think ass heads like Zimmerman are all that tied to 2nd Amendment dballance Dec 2012 #4

Zimmerman wasn't authorizied to police the community obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #10

+1 uponit7771 Dec 2012 #12

My point, so he Deserved to be injured or shot, Martin did not . orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #17

If Trayvon Martin was armed and defended himself successfully against Zimmerman, he'd Puregonzo1188 Dec 2012 #36

How much you want to bet if Travon had shot Zimmermon this wouldn't even be an issue loyalkydem Dec 2012 #7

+1000 !!!! orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #8

Trial would have been over and Trayvon in jail. aandegoons Dec 2012 #21

No question. Scuba Dec 2012 #22

If someone was trying to kill me, I'd be fighting back. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #9

Zman chased a young girl in the dark with a load gun uponit7771 Dec 2012 #11

I did an OP on that very scenario, many months ago obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #13

He did? Do you have a link to that? n/t vaberella Dec 2012 #46

You're confused michigandem58 Dec 2012 #14

A kid was being followed, stalked, by an adult twice his size. Bette Noir Dec 2012 #15

Quite easy to break your nose when you are straddled on top of a person and holding a Tutonic Dec 2012 #16

Assuming for a moment Trayvon did hit Zimmerman, I wish it had knocked Zimmie out. Of course Hoyt Dec 2012 #18

cese cese Dec 2012 #20

+1 Scuba Dec 2012 #23

The "stand your ground" laws apply only to defending yourself against scary dark people Buzz Clik Dec 2012 #24

+1000 !!!! orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #26

Context would matter and we only have one side of the story ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #25

He's a usurping asshole that killed the only other witness, we agree orpupilofnature57 Dec 2012 #28

And we have no idea what really happened, including whether or not Zimmerman tried to detain Martin ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #31

YUP! If Mr. Martin had a gun, he would have 100% been within his rights to kill Zimmerman graham4anything Dec 2012 #27

Trayvon had the right to protect himself. Evergreen Emerald Dec 2012 #29

The Dooley case is instructive exboyfil Dec 2012 #30

If anything, Treyvon Martin was "standing is ground". krispos42 Dec 2012 #32

I think it's about skin color ArcticFox Dec 2012 #33

"They always get away." Vox Moi Dec 2012 #34

Not only should Zim have kept his dumb ass in the car rrneck Dec 2012 #37

Zimmerman's actions gave Martin good reason to suspect he was in danger. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #38

Well it was all dismissed and buried by local law enforcement Rex Dec 2012 #41

My opinion Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #42

I'm not going to go so far as to assume GZ wanted to kill someone dballance Dec 2012 #44

Consider what Zimmerman said to the dispatch Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #47

total set up. for it to be a clean kill of an unarmed person, two things needed to be shown: bettyellen Dec 2012 #45

Exactly. Demo_Chris Dec 2012 #48

I want to believe he just wanted to harass and scare the kid... but in the end it doesn't matter. bettyellen Dec 2012 #49

Anytime there is a bar fight now you are allowed to blow someone away if you are losing. Quixote1818 Dec 2012 #43