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In reply to the discussion: From the Miami Herald: [View all]Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)I agree with about every point this man made here.
I think the Rambo mentality overpowered Zimmerman's common sense and caused him to believe, that he had a right to stalk and hunt down this teenager, because his victim/prey was a young African American. Too much input from Zimmerman's environment coupled with his Wanna-be Cop Syndrome caused him to take classes that taught him to do exactly what he did. He went and bought a gun, he used his automobile like a tree stand and when he saw his prey walking by, he put his training and cheap gun to use. He went out and did what the hate mongers on Clear Channel and Fox and probably all his friends and family had indicated to him was okay. The Florida lawmakers had given the Zimmermans of the world licenses to play vigilante, with that crazy "stand your ground law." Zimmerman waited for a victim, he was prepared to stalk and possibly kill his victim and he followed through. Sounds like at least second degree murder to me. How many nights had Zimmerman sat out in his car waiting for someone like this teenager to come along. How many other neighborhoods did Zimmy lay in ambush in, in his car with his Kel-Tec automatic before the night he did the deed? Why wouldn't we put a man like Zimmerman away, for a very long time, in the name of public safety? If a Black man had acted out the same scenario and committed the same crime on a 17 year old white kid, I believe he'd have been arrested on the spot and tried for murder one.