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In reply to the discussion: Background on Zimmerman [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Ad for your question ... no, that would not be profiling ... but if you call the cops and claim the person is acting suspicious ... and yet you have no reason to claim that ... you lose creditability points.
If the cops tell you to stand down until they arrive, you lose credibility points.
You shoot the "suspicious person" a good distance from the spot where the cops told you to stand down, you lose more "credibility points".
Many murders occur inside a location where their are ZERO eye witnesses. And many of those murders end up with GUILTY verdicts because the totality of the evidence leaves little room for the accused.
Zimmerman may end up in that same place. No one saw exactly what happened. But his state of mind can be examined by what he said. It can be inferred by how he acted both before and after the police told him to not pursue Martin.
And again ... the most important thing is that this killing is now being investigated. If not for the national outcry, there would be no investigation of this killing.
I'm sure some would prefer that ... but most of us think a full investigation was and is necessary.