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Showing Original Post only (View all)So do you think Zimmerman should have just took his ass whoopin'? [View all]
http://live.huffingtonpost.com/r/segment/rachel-jeantel-trayvon-martin/51e5784b2b8c2a08d90000f5
Interviewer: "So if I understand you right, your depiction of what happened is that George Zimmerman is pursuing Trayvon..."
Rachel: "Yes."
I: "...At some point a fight breaks out. Who swings, who hits who first, in your mind?"
R: "In my mind... I believe Trayvon. It was Trayvon. 'Cause like I said it was a headset. I know Trayvon. That headset always over by his chest area. And I was on the phone. Why would Trayvon leave me on the phone if he going to start something? That's a black... well not a black situation, any teen situation. 'Imma call you back, I gotta go handle something.' Trayvon had not said nothing to me. The only thing is... 'Okay, I'm at the back, almost by my daddy fiance house.' Wow."
I: "So why do you think he... if Trayvon swung first, what do you think Zimmerman did to make him swing first?"
R: "I think Zimmerman is a wannabe cop. Tryna say, 'Oh, I got you."
I: "Do you think he pulled his gun out?"
R: "No, I believe he tryna..."
I: "Grab him?"
R: "...Grab him. 'I got you. You comin' wit me.' And that's a teenager. You did not say you an officer. In his black, all black, the whole area was black. 'Who are you? Why are you touching me?'''
I: "You said something last night on Piers Morgan. You said that what Zimmerman should have done... you said there's something called 'whoop ass' and that he should... I laugh. You made me laugh out loud with that. You said that's what... he should have just took the ass whoopin', right? What did you mean by that? What did you mean by that?"
R: "Ass whoopin' and how the defense attorney say, 'Oh, Zimmerman just got BEATEN,' not... no, that's just called ass whoopin'."
I: "But Trayvon... George Zimmerman's defenders would say if he didn't pull out a gun, if Trayvon was whoopin' his ass, he could have killed George Zimmerman."
R: "No. Trust me: that's not killin'. You have a big bruise. You don't see inside your skin. You might have a little stitches. This normal teenager. Yeah, you might have a little hit, but who started it? You started it. You caused this situation."
I: "So you're saying Trayvon would have, may have, wanted to fight, he wouldn't have tried to kill George Zimmerman?"
R: "No. No. He woulda fight him and then run."
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Yes, even if Trayvon actually started the fight, Zimmerman was asking for it and he should have just took his ass whoopin' | |
15 (71%) |
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I can't believe this chick was the star witness for the prosecution; these quotes alone raise reasonable doubt that Zimmerman may have feared for his life | |
6 (29%) |
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I agree. Unfortunately, as B37 showed, the jury was weighted with bigots and gutless people.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#15
One of things that really ticks me off about the trial, was way people ridiculed Trayvon's friend.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#16
Yep. Did you see her on any of the talk shows? I thought she was delightful and wish her well.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#26
Isn't it obvious anyone who is pissed at Z didn't care if he got injured or killed?
dkf
Jul 2013
#17
Not when you started the crap, and should have handled it like an adult, rather than
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#27
God you are obtuse. I'm saying he started the crap and should have handled it differently.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#53
Exactly, you think because he followed Trayvon he should have allowed himself to be killed.
dkf
Jul 2013
#55
So, you believe that you have the right to provoke someone into a fight and kill them
Yavin4
Jul 2013
#84
Hoyt, DFK is being purposely obtuse...I posted a thread that illustrated what he SHOULD have
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#85
WHAT AN IDIOTIC STATEMENT but he SHOULD HAVE looked somewhat near this...PERIOD
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#93
WHAT?!! What the fuck is wrong with you? NEVER IMPLIED ANYTHING O THE SORT....BUT
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#97
Good point about the goose eggs. I always figured those were scratches on his head from the tree.
Hoyt
Jul 2013
#99
It's as much a reasonable fear as the fear of a black kid walking around your neighborhood (n/m)
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
Jul 2013
#68
EVER HEARD OF PRISONS OR Penitentiaries? MEN RAPE 6 FOOT tall men ALL.THE.TIME!
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#103
You think he would have experienced not a single other injury had he allowed himself to beat up for
dkf
Jul 2013
#56
The police were en route. 2 more minutes and a teenager would still be alive. Zimmerman couldn't put
Pisces
Jul 2013
#73
EXACTLY! Check out my post where I gave VISUAL examples of what he should have looked like
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#86
Thousands of potential options for action, but those are the only two you listed. Pathetic.
Scuba
Jul 2013
#18
Apparently Trayvon feared his own @ss getting whupped by a child predator. But, HIS frame
blm
Jul 2013
#22
its not so much excessive force, if you can justify what you had to do then you are golden
loli phabay
Jul 2013
#46
How do you think Zimmerman's completely legal action constitute acting like a criminal?
Taitertots
Jul 2013
#65
Since when can't a grown man take a few punches??? My husband has been in many fist fights when he
Pisces
Jul 2013
#45
AND, when asked IMMEDIATELY after the incident if he was screaming, he is on video saying
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#105
FACT: Zimmerman unecessarily stalked and murdered an unarmed, innocent child.
polichick
Jul 2013
#63
But if you insist on starting shit, when fucked up as he claimed, he SHOULD look like this:
Ecumenist
Jul 2013
#89
I kinda miss the days when all people had to worry about was an ass whoopin'
justiceischeap
Jul 2013
#82
Zimmerman certainly deserved an ass whoopin. Following a kid like that. Creepy guy.
DevonRex
Jul 2013
#83