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99th_Monkey

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1. What sickens me is how much money is being sent to Zimmerman

Sat May 19, 2012, 01:50 PM

May 2012

Last edited Sat May 19, 2012, 02:46 PM - Edit history (1)

to cover his legal fees ...in all, over $215,000. it's chilling that
so many people want to live in a world where people with the "wrong"
color skin can be gunned down at will by well-connected whites
(Yah, I know Zimmerman is 1/2 latino, but he is considered "white"
in my book and his dad was a well connected judge of some
kind)

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-05-17/zimmerman-defense-fund/55041004/1

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Facts are difficult to come by in the Trayvon Martin Case, and [View all] MineralMan May 2012 OP

What sickens me is how much money is being sent to Zimmerman 99th_Monkey May 2012 #1

I'm not following it all that closely, so that isn't information MineralMan May 2012 #2

Actually, I was wrong about the amount 99th_Monkey May 2012 #17

Yes, well... MineralMan May 2012 #20

new info. it is over $215,000 in all. 99th_Monkey May 2012 #25

Zimmerman isn't some "well-connected" anything. MineralMan May 2012 #3

Huh? 99th_Monkey May 2012 #15

Actually, you are assuming that his father was MineralMan May 2012 #19

A fair inference I think Voice for Peace May 2012 #30

"That's why fish keep spawning even when their offspring have three heads" MineralMan May 2012 #34

I'm not good at analogies off the cuff Voice for Peace May 2012 #35

What you're seeing is biology at work. MineralMan May 2012 #39

I think anthropomorphizing is part of my survival mechanism Voice for Peace May 2012 #40

From our brains. MineralMan May 2012 #41

thanks! Voice for Peace May 2012 #42

Robert Z completed a 4 day training course to be a magistrate in Virginia Kaleva May 2012 #37

As I recall, his counsel is not accepting compensation. elleng May 2012 #11

Why are you deliberately downplaying this? 99th_Monkey May 2012 #16

I don't see it as being downplayed. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #18

Thanks, Oce! elleng May 2012 #22

To be a magistrate in Virginia, one isn't required to have knowledge of criminal law. Kaleva May 2012 #38

Try the facts: He was a magistrate in VIRGINIA. elleng May 2012 #21

I stand corrected. Thanks for the additional info. ~nt 99th_Monkey May 2012 #27

You're welcome, 99th. elleng May 2012 #29

Actually I am more interested to see what the FBI is going to do. Rex May 2012 #4

Yes, that, too. They're not saying much, MineralMan May 2012 #7

Yes and the fact they are not saying anything Rex May 2012 #13

If they follow the usual course, they won't MineralMan May 2012 #23

Yes I am expecting a lot more fireworks after the local trial. Rex May 2012 #32

An acquaintance of mine The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #5

We have some facts and some non-facts. MineralMan May 2012 #10

PUBLIC information may have been difficult to come by, elleng May 2012 #6

Yup. Well, it will be presented at the trial in an order MineralMan May 2012 #8

Yes, indeed. elleng May 2012 #9

Yes. And the prosecutor will be very, very careful The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #12

All of those things will be part of the trial argument. MineralMan May 2012 #14

It seems to me that they (Zimmerman's legal team) are doing so much leaking... cynatnite May 2012 #24

Lot of ignoring of facts here for some reason NNN0LHI May 2012 #26

YES. And if it had been a police officer who shot Martin, there'd have been more of an investigation MH1 May 2012 #36

We know this, that had there been no public outcry, this case would never have gone to sabrina 1 May 2012 #28

+1 ScreamingMeemie May 2012 #33

Someone on another thread linked a raft of documents from the case. Fact is, the media HiPointDem May 2012 #31