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Squinch

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26. Even if its' true, if I am walking down the street, and some doughy guy with a gun starts running

Reply to AtheistCrusader (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:57 AM

Jul 2013

after me, and I run, and he keeps coming after me, and I somehow get him down on the ground, I'm going to do everything I can to make sure he can't come after me again. To me, that's still simply self defense.

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Imagine Your Daughter... [View all] KurtNYC Jul 2013 OP

That's some sad shit, ain't it? madashelltoo Jul 2013 #1

If Zimmerman was a priest ... GeorgeGist Jul 2013 #2

... onehandle Jul 2013 #3

Wherever did you get this? longship Jul 2013 #5

Rebel Rabbit onehandle Jul 2013 #7

Wonderfully Wascally Wabbit! Tnx. nt longship Jul 2013 #8

:) that was one of my favorites... KatyMan Jul 2013 #21

Can he do that for Texas too R Merm Jul 2013 #14

Lovely malaise Jul 2013 #22

Happy to recommend this n/t Catherina Jul 2013 #4

K&R billh58 Jul 2013 #6

I get the sentiment but AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #9

clearly that was just make believe noiretextatique Jul 2013 #10

I tend to agree, but the jury bought it, and Trayvon cannot tell his side of the story. AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #11

In effect playing the tapes of his interviews was like having him on the stand KurtNYC Jul 2013 #15

They allowed the animation too. AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #17

Well that was racist... Pelican Jul 2013 #23

pro-zimmerman poster calls me "racist" noiretextatique Jul 2013 #31

Here's a fun experiment... Pelican Jul 2013 #32

Even if its' true, if I am walking down the street, and some doughy guy with a gun starts running Squinch Jul 2013 #26

I agree. AtheistCrusader Jul 2013 #27

The thing that will ALWAYS convict Zimmerman in my mind is this: Moostache Jul 2013 #12

Zimmy drives all of the action leading to this event, while Martin retreats ... JoePhilly Jul 2013 #16

Extra stuff aside... Pelican Jul 2013 #24

K & R napkinz Jul 2013 #13

I don't think a jury would think a kick to the nuts is life threatening. aikoaiko Jul 2013 #18

That's the whole point. It isn't. KurtNYC Jul 2013 #19

SYG doesn't require anything to actually be life threatening. reusrename Jul 2013 #28

It requires that a reasonable person think it could be life threatening or dangerous aikoaiko Jul 2013 #29

A reasonable person armed with a 9mm would not feel their life was being threatened. reusrename Jul 2013 #30

But would there be an apparently credible witness to testify that my daughter was on top of the guy, Nye Bevan Jul 2013 #20

Would that witness have changed testimony on the stand Nevernose Jul 2013 #25