It just seems so clear to me beyond a shadow of ANY doubt, and that is the way you've portrayed it here. The "punk" in this case was the guy who WAS a threat: George Zimmerman, with prejudicial profiling in his mind, malice aforethought, a rush to judgment - because for him, young + black + hoodie = nogoodnik. Automatically. He'd already decided this. Game, set, match. No ifs, ands, or buts. And he was thoughtfully willing to appoint himself judge/jury/executioner on behalf of "victims" everywhere.
HE was the thug here. HE was the attacker. HE was the stalker with malevolent intent. HE was the menace to the neighborhood. If I lived there, I'd be terrified that he's around - what if it's ME next time, knowing how this guy already has his mind made up and is willing to jump to conclusions without facts to back him up? What if his next victim is ME? It makes me think, personally speaking, that - what if a guy like that comes upon ME in the dark of night, where he thinks I'm not supposed to be, or he thinks I'm somehow acting suspiciously. And yes, I'm an older white female - probably not filling the bill of visible menace to anyone. But I'd be afraid for my life if I even SAW George Zimmerman coming my direction, knowing what I know about him! Self-appointed vigilante packin' heat, wannabe cop. WHY is it SO DAMN URGENT in the mind of this guy that he has to be some civilian gunslinger with some sort of self-anointed messiah complex or "tough-guy" Clint Eastwood/Rambo/Steven Seagal wannabe? Sheesh! What's the psychology there??? Small penis complex maybe? (Apologies - it's just me, but I've gotta concede that's directly where my mind goes in a situation like this.)
And WHY is he out there with a gun? With ill intentions and prejudicial conclusions not based on ANY facts in his mind? The very idea that a dude like this is somehow entitled to have and carry a gun is freakin' TERRIFYING to me!!!!! If he beats the rap here, how soon will he feel some sort of justification to go off again? Will he still have his entitlement to carry a gun again?
I'd feel a lot safer, on behalf of those living in that neighborhood, knowing that George Zimmerman was safely BEHIND BARS!!!
Lots of talk about "reasonable doubt." NONE here. Not a micron. At least to me.
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