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In reply to the discussion: Zimmerman Medical Report Shows Broken Nose, Lacerations After Trayvon Martin Shooting [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,950 posts)Innocent until proven guilty, eh? It seems obvious Zimmerman made a judgement of Martin;s guilt, which his talk of "fu--- oons" "they always get away."
you said:
"thats not how our system works... do you want to have a criminal justice system that works under a guilty unless proven innocent beyond a reasonable doubt assumption..."
Funny thing is, when you have a rap sheet that includes violence, it does affect reasonable doubt, because it is reasonable to assume that someone that was violent will be violent again. And while we are at it, let's see how many of the people he called about were not black males?
you said:
"Now prove that zimmerman threatened him with a gun instead of pulling the gun out after he was attacked and on the ground."
Oddly enough, I do not have to, Mr. Zimmerman is the one who needs to prove why he felt his lif is in danger, especially as he is the one that initated the pursuit. SYG mans just that, you stand the ground where youa re, not get out of your car, against the orders of the police dispatch, and stalk someone (which the phone records indictate he did, martin complained on his cell phone that he was being followed, and used the terms "I am not going to run, but walk fast."
.". which I'm not saying is what happened... "
But you sure want to plant that seed knowing that white people are trained to fear Black Males.