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Honeycombe8

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15. I haven't seen one post that defends Zimmerman. Care to provide links?
Tue Apr 3, 2012, 09:20 PM
Apr 2012

Or are you referring to posts urging the flame throwers to calm down and wait for the investigation to be done.

As you can see, the investigation by the FBI and DOJ is proceeding and they've made significant progress. Details are starting to come out. Witnesses are being interviewed. Videos are being clarified and reviewed, and 911 calls are being analyzed. That is all that some posts, incl. mine, have been urging to others who wanted him not just arrested, but charged immediately, before the investigation was done. Arrested, yes. Charged? You only do that AFTER an investigation and a showing that there is enough evidence for a finding of guilt in a court of law, in the opinion of the District Attorney's office.

Thank God we have a legal system, or Zimmerman would've been killed by the angry masses by now. And that is wrong, by any standard.

It's starting to calm down, thank goodness. For awhile there, it was getting scary, with the angry mobs. Angry mobs are very dangerous. The anger was understandable. But the rush to judgment and the "get him" attitude was mob-like. Even the address of an elderly couple was tweeted for others to seek them out and do whatever to them. We now know that elderly couple is not related to THIS Zimmerman. Famous people are standing on their soapboxes talking about things, when they don't even have the facts.

Reminds me of the Duke lacrosse incident. Remember that? Sharpton and the others were in large part responsible for that overreaction by the masses.

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Don't bet on it. I hope and pray your right but Zimmerman's dad went with 3 cops back to the scene southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #1
How the fuck is Zimmerman's dad going to reenact ANYTHING Hugabear Apr 2012 #3
Who paid the cops to do this for the Zimmerman's anyway? I assume they were on duty....or volunteers? FarPoint Apr 2012 #6
Zimmerman's dad watched the re-enactment from nearby. Kaleva Apr 2012 #7
totally agree. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #14
+1000000000 n/t Catherina Apr 2012 #24
And even if there was a wound it only proves that... Lost-in-FL Apr 2012 #2
Assumes facts not in evidence. I didn't see ANYTHING on his head in the non-"enhanced" video leveymg Apr 2012 #4
CORRECT Skittles Apr 2012 #8
Enhanced aka Photoshoped. obxhead Apr 2012 #9
The police CCTV video is irrelevant and the fuss being made over it is inane ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #11
As you said, the police CCTV's the best evidence the State Att'y's allowed the public to see. So, leveymg Apr 2012 #19
Keep making meaningless noise if that is what entertains you ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #21
Do you use the Royal "we" as an affectation, or are there leveymg Apr 2012 #27
There are many who realize that the video is irrelevant ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #29
Even in the enhanced video the screen shots I took show nothing csziggy Apr 2012 #20
I call bullshit on their ohheckyeah Apr 2012 #25
If it is a wound or mark it may have been there already CJCRANE Apr 2012 #5
Yup Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #26
zimmerman could have iemitsu Apr 2012 #10
I was thinking the same thing. He knew he f-ed up and did it to claim self defense. jillan Apr 2012 #23
This case has been making the news even in Australia. Matilda Apr 2012 #12
Well, there is the 911 call, where Zimmerman tells the cop that Trayvon is looking at him, Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #13
I haven't seen one post that defends Zimmerman. Care to provide links? Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #15
exactly, the only one entitled to 'syg' based on all we know is Trayvon got root Apr 2012 #16
the 'wounds' are on the very top of his head..not the back Swagman Apr 2012 #17
If there's even a wound there, it looks more like what might happen if you dinged your head gkhouston Apr 2012 #28
I think the evidence that we know about makes Zimmerman's JDPriestly Apr 2012 #18
The problem is that we very little ProgressiveProfessor Apr 2012 #22
I think I might need to kick this for today Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #30
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