Ex-Sanford police chief: Zimmerman probe 'taken away from us'

[Lee-Lee]

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And the fact that we cannot know for sure what happened between the time he hung up and when the shot was fired is why he will likely walk.

To get a conviction, the prosecution has to lay out a chain of events of what happened beyond a reasonable doubt. They simply haven't. I don't quite understand what they are doing, they are acting more like defense attorneys and trying to just muddy waters- but creating reasonable doubt about the defense doesn't get a win for the prosecution.

I think if the prosecution had gone for manslaughter from the beginning, and laid out a case that by carrying a gun while doing his neighborhood watch and also pursuing Trayvon he created a circumstance that led to the shooting that was 100% unavoidable, they could have stood a much better chance of getting a manslaughter conviction. But they didn't, they went for a bridge too far with M2- and because they didn't argue the case for manslaughter, it is less likely the jury will see the picture like that.

My WBC church analogy was because the same premise of law applies to provocation or instigation-words spoken to you, no matter how distasteful, are never a justification for the use of physical force (with some very, very, very limited exceptions). I don't doubt that some of the WBC assholes carry guns, and if they followed people instead of standing in one place it wouldn't change that. Some folks intentionally abuse this part of the law to bait people into striking first, then use it to their advantage. The WBC does so because they can get money from it. Zimmerman could have because he knew if he got Trayvon hit hit first that he could shoot and claim self defense.