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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue [View all]daybranch
(1,309 posts)Those who convicted Zimmerman of murder before he even went to trial , and then convicted the judge then the jury and then finally the stand your ground law rather than admitting self defense resulted in the shooting, will continue the spouting off about Zimmerman etc. Trayvon Martin appears to have been killed because he attacked another person who then shot him. If Zimmerman had shot a white boy or man , it would still be self defense.
I have resisted saying this because it will hurt one who is already I am sure questioning what they could have done to prevent the tragedy. Trayvon Martin's parents if they were aware of the racist nature of our society shoulld have taught him to avoid the cruelest consequence of that racism. They should have taught him when it is appropriate to back down and to pick your battles. I feel sorry for parents of both Martin and Zimmerman and I feel sorry for Zimmerman. I have heard much much too little to convince me that he wanted to harm Martin when he followed him. Whether one is racist or not,self defense is a valid defense to murder charges. Zimmerman may be found guilty of a civil rights violation such as preventing Martin from use of a public sidewalk but I am sure the penalty for that cannot appease those that are trying to whip so many into a frenzied mob.
Those who keep convicting Zimmerman without any real believable scenarios in accordance with the evidence should move over to a conservative web site where cognitive dissonance is an honored tradition.
I do not know whether Zimmerman is guilty or not but certainly he will not find the answer at the hands of this unthinking mob with their pile on mentality.