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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you're a white person who thinks Zimmerman should have been convicted of something.... [View all]iemitsu
(3,888 posts)for instance she dis-allowed the testimony of a voice recognition expert, a professional, while allowing the defense to call every member of Zimmerman's family to swear it was "Georgie's voice on the tape". Hum? No expert testimony but plenty of biased, non-expert testimony.
She also allowed the defense attorney to sway the jury with exaggerated theatrics and language when describing injuries, that medical experts testified were the result of Zimmerman's head being hit once, perhaps twice on the ground.
I was disappointed in the prosecution and felt they missed a number of opportunities to clarify, for the jury, what happened. They should have never let go of Trayvon's right to stand his ground. Zimmerman was not the only one who had a right to defend himself that night. He was probably not the only one, who was afraid either. Every time Zimmerman's team accused Trayvon of being the aggressor, that should have been brought up.
It felt as if the trial was rigged in favor of Zimmerman, and I don't get it. There is nothing about Zimmerman that anyone would want included in their community. He is a liar and a child killer. He is a vigilante. He is a chicken. He is a burden. Others have to clean up his messes. I sense this has been characteristic of his whole life. Zimmerman is a loser.
Who knows what or who Trayvon Martin might have been or accomplished? What are those questions that "right-to-lifers" always ask about every fetus potentially being the second coming? Those questions need to be asked about Trayvon's life being cut short.
Zimmerman is guilty of killing an innocent kid. He is guilty of stalking the kid and setting in motion the actions that led to Trayvon's death. So what if he was scared? He put himself into the scary situation, and he was afraid, afraid of black kids, afraid that another black kid would get away, afraid the cops would arrive and he would look silly (like after each other 9/11 call), afraid he wasn't really a man.
Well now he is. But next time he can't get it up he'll have to kill again. Mark my words, this chicken shit won't stay out of the news forever.