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In reply to the discussion: Please Sign Trayvon Martin Mother/Father Petition to Address Stand Your Ground Bad Faith Law? [View all]ceonupe
(597 posts)once the state admitted that zimmerman was mounted by trayvon zimmerman had no way to retreat and even under the old law it would be the same as the state admits Trayvon was ontop.
Like i said once the state mounted the dummy this case was officially over.
What zimmerman did prior to the "fight" is not illegal.
This case is all kinds of bad. but the state made it so much worse by visually simulating trayvon ontop and arguing the injuries wern't that "bad". For most people someone ontop of you when you are on the ground is pass the point of retreat.
But what zimmerman did initially wrong was profiling a black kid as a criminal. And unfortunately that's not illegal. In fact its standard practice for many police forces and is the preferred practice of Supper gun controller Mike bloomberg who specifically states more blacks should be stopped harassed and frisked. You see its that kind of thinking and policy that empowered zimmerman to start this whole thing. The Mike Bloombergs' NYPD would have stated Trayvon was making furtive movements/actions or was "out of place" would have stopped him questioned at gun point and would have physically searched him and held him till they confirmed his Identification.
You see the law sees this as not one big incident but 2 one legal but unmoral and wrong because it was based on profiling that turns out to be totally wrong. (that trayvon was a criminal in commission of potential crime) and a second part the "confrontation/fight" which the state did a horrible job explaining beyond a reasonable doubt and even admitted that Trayvon was on top at time of shooting.
Like I said this should not be about SYG but about racial profiling and how government policing polices encourage these types of situations. had Zimmerman not profiled Trayvon, Trayvon would not be dead. There would have never been a confrontation and no need for Trayvon to have been ontop of Zimmerman.