RE: Zimmerman verdict: Not Guilty.
July 15, 2013 at 2:19 pm
(This post was last modified: July 15, 2013 at 2:27 pm by AthiestAtheist.)
(July 15, 2013 at 2:00 pm)A Theist Wrote: Mob vigilantism is wrong...the evidence presented in the Zimmerman trial proved that he shot in self defense and the jury found him not guilty of neither second degree murder or manslaughter....But regular vigilantism is fine? The evidence presented in the trial proved that Zimmerman pursued and killed Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's self-defense was just a story that was not backed up by any evidence. Trayvon might have been winning the fight, but the evidence supports that Zimmerman attacked, and Trayvon was defending himself. Even if Trayvon attacked first, that doesn't give Zimmerman the right to murder him because Zimmerman was the one pursuing him with a gun!
(July 14, 2013 at 8:23 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I think the main reason that was pointed out is that the media were painting Treyvon as some innocent kid who could never hurt a fly. In reality, he was an active drug user, had received three suspensions from school that year, and was found with a quantity of women's jewelry in his bag, along with a screwdriver that the school police investigator thought was a burglary tool.What Trayvon was (or might have been) before the incident is irrelevant. About 70% of America is on prescription drugs, and it's not like Trayvon was on crack and killed Zimmerman for crack money. Trayvon did not deserve to be killed for hypothetical burglary. What really counts is that Trayvon wasn't doing anything wrong when he was followed, and was not doing anything wrong when he was killed.
Martin was also taller than Zimmerman by several inches, and had a healthy weight for his age / height. Zimmerman on the other hand was overweight and out of shape.
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