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In reply to the discussion: Hay 6 idiots in Florida! Thanks a big hefty freakin' load! [View all]EOTE
(13,409 posts)11. It shouldn't matter who threw the first punch.
Trayvon Martin was the one who should have feared for his life, that's pretty fucking obvious from the fact that he was dead minutes later. It was Trayvon who was standing his ground, and without a doubt it was Zimmerman who murdered him.
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actually they knew Bryant and Milam did the crime, they just didn't think white men should be
JI7
Jul 2013
#99
BTW, before you take your well deserved place on my ignore list, a few points.
MarianJack
Jul 2013
#124
It was withheld because the prosecution offered no evidence that Zimmerman engaged in any action
onenote
Jul 2013
#119
You can blame the cops who f'ed up the evidence and failed to treat the area as a crime
Dustlawyer
Jul 2013
#23
Zimmerman to me is a time bomb ticking. I think his life like OJ's is going to be
roguevalley
Jul 2013
#47
I think you're correct here, roguevalley. His "sentence" as it were - is having to return to
calimary
Jul 2013
#59
I'd never heard of a 6 person jury, on a criminal case. Do other states do that, too?
Siwsan
Jul 2013
#6
This is the 2nd high profile Florida case to end in a miscarriage of justice, IMHO
Siwsan
Jul 2013
#24
You are one of the few on this thread that "Get it" The other ones...not so much.
BlueJazz
Jul 2013
#27
Trayvon Martin was 'lynched' by a self-appointed vigilante. (I put 'lynched' in
HardTimes99
Jul 2013
#32
Agreed. It's beyond a reasonable doubt GZ had a gun and a 2-ton car, TM did not.
GoneFishin
Jul 2013
#14
I apologize, I did confuse you with another poster that feels Z did nothing wrong
etherealtruth
Jul 2013
#74
Being the mother of a child who is "different" is incredibly hard. If my child's skin were darker,
1monster
Jul 2013
#54
Here's something I would love those 6 racist morons to read (if they can read that is):
NealK
Jul 2013
#58
That's six Paula Deens, who made a jury straight out of To Kill A Mockingbird.
backscatter712
Jul 2013
#69