"HeyBub" wrote in message

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It's crystal clear that the cops did NOT have probable cause to believe
Zimmerman acted unlawfully. All they had, at the scene, was Zimmerman's
word
against nobody's!

You do see how that presents a problem for the justice system. All someone
has to do is get the drop on you in some remote location, shoot you, punch
themselves in the face with your dead fist (hopefully you're wearing a ring
that will tear flesh and transfer DNA evidence) and they've gotten away with
murder. Harry's probably rounding up his BlackWatch buddies for a trip to
Texas right now. (-:

That kind of law is not going to last long. Zimmerman has changed the game
no matter what happens to him.

The Zimmerman shooting has focused attention on SYG and CHL laws in a way
that CHL holders clearly don't like. He may avoid criminal liability, but
not civil liability, even though the law appears to immunize him. In the
past, when state laws all but prevented the prosecution of whites who killed
blacks, the Feds stepped in with prosecutions for civil rights violations.
There are still a lot of twists and turns this case can take. I view this
as an excellent opportunity to explain the dangers of carrying a handgun to
the person carrying it. No one, except perhaps for you, would enjoy going
through what Z, his family, his friends, people with his name, people that
look like him, etc. are going through right now.

Search Google in 6 month periods for SYG. That will tell you how much
attention Zimmerman has brought on SYG laws.

About 7,980 results in the last 24 hours
About 57,300 results in the last week
About 169,000 results in the last month
About 572,000 results in the last year

You taught math. Tell us what we can conclude about SYG use on the web in
the last month? Unlike that study you once noted that tried to measure
which political group had the foulest speakers, this is actually a valid
research technique used by social scientists. Oh hell, I know better than
to ask you to draw your own conclusion. (-: What those numbers say are that
the occurrences of SYG have risen dramatically just recently.

In the last month, SYG has been found 169,000 times. Multiple by 12 and
that gives you a rate of 2,028,000 hits per year. That indicates an
astounding and recent rise in searches for SYG since the rate for the whole
year was only 572,000. Extrapolating the rate for the last 24 hrs gives a
rate of 2,920,000 hits per year. People are researching SYG laws like never
before and many are saying (at least in the comments sections of the sites I
read) who the F authorized this "license to kill law?"

The forensic evidence and semi-witness accounts may elevate the cop's
thinking to the probable cause level, but at the time, on the street, they
just couldn't do it.

Agreed. That points to a defect in the law. It seems a lot of people
including me feel this case wasn't as clear cut as the man who shot a
carjacker in front of witnesses and CCTV cameras. When there's no doubt,
release him. In the Zimmerman case there was and still is doubt that may
never be resolved. When that's the case, a full-blown judicial hearing will
probably be required in the future. It may be that both the ACA and SYG
laws are going to meet similar fates. How ironic. (-:

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Bobby G.