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In reply to the discussion: I've never believed that Trayvon ran up on Z to throw the "first punch." [View all]Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)If a man not wearing a uniform, who I'd never seen in my life, followed me in the dark and came up close to me aggressively, I'd throw the first punch if I possibly could. How was Trayvon not to know that Zimmerman wasn't a mugger OR worse? Zimmerman would never have been touched if he'd stayed in his car like he was advised by the adult authorities to do. And now we know that the night all this took place, was not the first time Zimmerman lay in ambush in his car with a loaded weapon.
I'm a veteran and an old white, southern, democrat who is deeply saddened and very sorry, about all of this and I know that this case is just the tip of the iceberg in Florida. I believe that the DOJ has a duty to investigate the Florida state government from top to bottom. "This Aggression Should Not Stand," or go unpunished. I think the Martin family deserves "Closure" too, just like a white family would demand and expect. I believe that the American Civil War decided that there are lines that no single state in America should ever cross. The guarantee of a fair trial for the murder victim's family and the accused, is a line that should be drawn in every state in America, without political intervention and or manipulation, in the outcome of a fair trial.
If the state of Florida has nothing to hide, why then, would it not want the DOJ to come in and make sure that everything and everyone involved in this case, did everything in their power to provide a fair outcome?