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Kablooie

(19,115 posts)
51. Your right that the jurors had to be prejudiced.
Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:14 PM
Feb 2014

Even with stand your ground, if you are sitting in a car yelling at someone else in a car using a gun is not a defense.

I wish they would interview one of the jurors that got him off.

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Yep. That's what I figured. kcr Feb 2014 #1
What is with editing/journalism these days? BlueCheese Feb 2014 #3
Eminent - love that dude Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #38
it's a put on. dionysus Feb 2014 #45
I believe much of editing / "journalism" has been offshored Skittles Feb 2014 #83
Remember how we got lectured for geek tragedy Feb 2014 #6
Yep - I sure do remember that. . . JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #52
one person--demwing--did, and he was very gracious about it. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #53
+1 Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #61
So self defense by some jurors AnalystInParadise Feb 2014 #73
for the jurors who thought it was reasonable for him to pump geek tragedy Feb 2014 #74
"It said if he believed that he had an eminent threat to himself or his fiancee, so that was a thing JI7 Feb 2014 #2
As was obvious to those of us paying attention. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #4
Imminent not eminent Fumesucker Feb 2014 #5
Floriduh juries presume dead black kids guilty. nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #7
only 3 jurors bought the self-defense argument. woolldog Feb 2014 #8
I figured it was a lone racist idiot. So I'm disappointed. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #9
or do a better job in jury selection woolldog Feb 2014 #10
part of the defense strategy was to make sure to get some racists on the jury JI7 Feb 2014 #12
The Jury Instructions Did Not Use "Reasonable" DallasNE Feb 2014 #21
Not true. woolldog Feb 2014 #44
The Jury Instructions Are Conflicting. DallasNE Feb 2014 #76
I would assume that whether the killing is "justified" woolldog Feb 2014 #78
Yeah, Dumbass Dunn was so "frightened".. Cha Feb 2014 #11
Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 2014 #50
This is what I suspected. bravenak Feb 2014 #13
EXACTLY!! SkyDaddy7 Feb 2014 #16
That is some terrible stuff. bravenak Feb 2014 #18
Florida should be held in perjury of the Constitution which promises the government will provide for world wide wally Feb 2014 #14
Data link? Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #56
Here is the link where I read the information world wide wally Feb 2014 #84
Thanks. Great link. Many thoughts. Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #85
On promotion Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #86
Jury Instructions Are Often Key To Understanding A Verdict DallasNE Feb 2014 #15
Isn't "beyond a reasonable doubt" the standard for the prosecution, not the defense? Bazinga Feb 2014 #26
Correct - Should Have Said "Reasonable Fear" Rather than "Reasonable Doubt" DallasNE Feb 2014 #72
When you're on a jury you sometimes must make decisions you disagree with... Kablooie Feb 2014 #17
there is no honest, intelligent interpretation of a guy yelling at kids in a car and then shooting geek tragedy Feb 2014 #20
Your right that the jurors had to be prejudiced. Kablooie Feb 2014 #51
problem is, all it takes is a couple of gun humping racist cowards on the jury Skittles Feb 2014 #81
You don't have to make decisions you disagree with NobodyHere Feb 2014 #32
Read up on your rights as a Juror. rgbecker Feb 2014 #71
That figures davidpdx Feb 2014 #19
So, if he had not shot at the fleeing van, he might have walked? Jeebus. Hoyt Feb 2014 #22
which it looks like Dunn can appeal can't he uponit7771 Feb 2014 #37
won't be successful and he's run out of money to hire a lawyer nt geek tragedy Feb 2014 #62
I don't like anyone calling it the Loud Music trial. Calling it B Calm Feb 2014 #23
Can we stop with the gray box? CANDO Feb 2014 #24
'The gray box' is DU's standard 'excerpt' function muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #40
Thanks for the reply... CANDO Feb 2014 #80
I'm afraid to say gollygee Feb 2014 #25
Glad the juror spoke so we know why they hung. morningfog Feb 2014 #27
Worse than alsame Feb 2014 #28
I imagined one .... etherealtruth Feb 2014 #87
This still doesn't make sense mythology Feb 2014 #29
there were two sets of shots dsc Feb 2014 #46
He fired 10 shots in all Yo_Mama Feb 2014 #60
there were actually three sets of shots TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #77
because Dunn shot into the vehicle as it was fleeing. SD clearly could not be applied at that point. magical thyme Feb 2014 #47
This is WORSE than Zimmerman uponit7771 Feb 2014 #30
No they are the same. Fearful white men, shoot and murder innocent B Calm Feb 2014 #31
At least with Zimmerman there alsame Feb 2014 #33
Again, if GZ hadn't stalked his victim, there wouldn't be a gun and there B Calm Feb 2014 #34
Yeap that's my issue worth Zimmerman was the stalking.... FL a is uponit7771 Feb 2014 #36
Oh, I absolutely agree with alsame Feb 2014 #41
nah black kids don't need a weapon just existence to a gun nut uponit7771 Feb 2014 #42
And to 3 alsame Feb 2014 #43
... to a "gun nut" and Florida juries etherealtruth Feb 2014 #70
The act might be worse than Zimmerman but these people had video uponit7771 Feb 2014 #35
there's no question Zimmerman provoked, too Skittles Feb 2014 #82
Can anyone give, or direct me to, a summary of the evidence on whether Davis got out? muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #39
From what I understand Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #48
ME said Davis shot in car riverwalker Feb 2014 #54
Thanks - if he was shot in the car, then the 'imminent threat' wasn't there muriel_volestrangler Feb 2014 #58
2-3 jurors said "he was afraid, so he was justified" geek tragedy Feb 2014 #55
there isn't a summary accept maybe the closing arguments TorchTheWitch Feb 2014 #79
3 Jurors out of 12 is 25%, which is a percentage we all have heard about before. John1956PA Feb 2014 #49
Um, isn't that what "hung jury" means? Courtesy Flush Feb 2014 #57
Whole buncha people here were right and I was wrong. Yo_Mama Feb 2014 #59
FWIW I wanted you to be right and me be wrong, I've just given up after Zimmerman uponit7771 Feb 2014 #63
Impossible: Many very knowledgeable DU lawyers insisted that it was Murder 1 v Murder 2!!! alcibiades_mystery Feb 2014 #64
How many accusations of profiling jurors as racists did you see here? bettyellen Feb 2014 #65
There was an unsurprising confluence between those arguing that the jury was deadlocked alcibiades_mystery Feb 2014 #66
I think a few believed it was sooo clear cut that they thought bettyellen Feb 2014 #67
+1, and these people are MIA for this thread uponit7771 Feb 2014 #69
Amen uponit7771 Feb 2014 #68
it was obvious, and those of us who said "racists seeing it as justified" were geek tragedy Feb 2014 #75
I held out hope (it was obviously dashed) etherealtruth Feb 2014 #88
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