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In reply to the discussion: So do you think Zimmerman should have just took his ass whoopin'? [View all]backscatter712
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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