Am I the only one shocked at how many DUers still don't "get it?"

[freshwest]

84. 'George should have stayed in his fucking car. He knew that. He ignored that.'

That's where I decided a long time ago that he was guilty. The sentence according the laws of Florida was the only thing I was unsure of in this case.

Guilty for getting out of the car. That was his ground, and he left it to pursue a vendetta. The sidewalk was Trayvon's and he trespassed on it to do what he'd always done all his life - cause harm to other people and break the law - repeatedly.

I kept hoping the jury would not buy into the distractions and be logical enough to consider that one point. Because everything that happened after that was Z's doing and it showed his intent.

A Texas jury did not buy going after someone the way that Z did in Florida. Z's story was as lame as this man's:

Stand Your Ground? Texas man kills teacher over noise complaint

A Texas man says he was justified in killing an elementary school teacher over a noise complaint because he was “standing my ground.”

Retired firefighter Raul Rodriguez is hoping that a video that he taped himself will prove that he was acting in self-defense when he gunned down P.E. teacher Kelly Danaher outside the victim’s home near Houston in May 2010.

On the video that was presented as evidence in court on Wednesday, loud music can be heard as Rodriguez tells Danaher to “turn it down.”

You need to stop right there,” Rodriguez says. “Don’t come any closer please. I’m telling you, I’m telling you, stop, I said stop right now or I will shoot you! … I fear for my life. I told you to stop, my life’s in danger, you got weapons on you, stay away from me.”

Read more:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/06/07/stand-your-ground-texas-man-kills-teacher-over-noise-complaint/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014138344

Texas man gets 40 years in stand-your-ground case

HOUSTON (AP) — A man who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a noisy party was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years for murder.

Raul Rodriguez, 46, had faced up to life in prison for the 2010 killing of Kelly Danaher.

Rodriguez, a retired Houston-area firefighter, was angry about the noise coming from a birthday party at his neighbor's home. He went over and got into an argument with 36-year-old elementary school teacher Danaher and two other men at the party.

In a 22-minute video he recorded on the night of the shooting, Rodriguez can be heard telling a police dispatcher "my life is in danger now" and "these people are going to go try and kill me." He then said, "I'm standing my ground here," and fatally shot Danaher and wounded the other two men.

Read more:

http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-man-gets-40-years-in-stand-your-ground-case-3665484.php

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014153592