On Mar 24, 8:50*am, Han wrote:
"Stormin Mormon" wrote m:
To me, the telling part of the story is that the shooter followed the
kid, rather than let the police handle it. One news outlet, listening
last night on the radio. The kid was aware someone was following him.
* * *http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...erman-father-s
* * *peaks-defense-son-article-1.1049933
* * *http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_1...age-over-trayv
* * *on-martin-shooting-spreads/
The news has some details. My sense is that Zimmerman was overly
agressive, and my further sense is that Zimmerman didn't have
reasonable cause to shoot the kid. However, I'm not given all the
details any more than any other viewer at home.
ALL volunteer watch people are told not to confront anyone (I was on one
for a while when we lived on Long Island). *I also heard that was the case
in Sanford (sp?). *Moreover, those watches should not carry any weapons
whatsoever. *Period.
I guess when you're doing the watching, you can decide.
Me, if I was doing it in a state that allows carry, I'd be
carrying. Instead of focusing on the few cases where
a person legally carrying created a disaster, you need to
look at ALL the cases. And in the big picture, there have
been far more cases where just pulling a gun out ended
what could have been a serious crime.
The fact that Zimmerman did carry a firearm, did
follow the kid, and did confront him AND struggled with him means to me
(but I'm not on the jury) that Zimmerman is guilty as sin.
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The key thing that matters here to me is can you convince
a jury that Zimmerman really believed that his life was in
jeopardy from a 17 yr old kid that was 100lbs lighter?
There may be some more interesting turns in this story
before it's done. Another guy on the neighborhood watch
was interviewed and he said Zimmerman was a perfectly
reasonable fellow. Never heard any racist remarks.
He also said that there had been some recent break-ins
in the neighborhood. It's possible Martin could somehow
wind up connected to one of them. Not saying he is,
just that it was a gated community that he didn't live in
and no one has really focused on what exactly he was
doing....