Zimmerman verdict: Not Guilty.

[Drich]

Just because his neighbors wanted it, that justifies and gives him police level authority?

What are you talking about? Are you saying Zimmerman was trying to arrest treyvon? According to the local news he was trying to keep tabs on him to be questioned by the police.

Why not? If you feel Zimmerman has the right to impose himself upon another individual, why shouldn't another individual be allowed to impose himself upon Zimmerman for actions he felt were wrong?

So, in your mind following someone so the cops can question him or trespass him is on par with beating a man so he fears for his life? Even if you real believe this a fair exchange, Florida law does not. Which is why George was found not guilty.

You see, this is why you can't have people taking matters of law and order into their own hands.

the only one taking the law into his hands was treyvon as he was the only one taking the law into his hands. As he was the only one doing anything illegal.

[/quote]People perceive wrong and right differently, and people have different values. [/quote] which is why the law is written down.

I'm sure Trayvon Martin felt it was wrong for Zimmerman, a mere citizen, to question him about anything.

maybe in your country, but here in this state once you pass onto posted private property, your in the wrong and can legally be detained for the purpose of being trespassed. ( this has happened to me several times cutting through gated communities in the same area when I was treyvon's age.)

[/quote]Also, I think your take on this matter unwittingly advocates the actions of gang bangers and thugs, who are also "Neighborhood Watch Officials". [/quote] lol, ah, no.

All George had to do was report the suspicious behavior to the police and let them handle it.

so, even if he did not do the minimum, he was not doing anything illegal by following a trespasser. Especially since he had already called the cops and was simply keeping tabs on him.

A baseless sense of authority and purpose is what made him pursue and harrass an individual that, after further review, wasn't actually guilty of any related crime.

George followed treyvon because he did not recognize him as a member of his gated community. Which means he was trespassing. Treyvon did not have a legal right to be there. George did. George did not act outside the law in any way shape or form, but treyvon did.

This event will serve to create a more violent and less civilized society. That I have no doubt of.

Compared to what Rome? Dark ages Europe? 17th century America? Hitlers Germany? Stalin's Russia? Segregation in the US from after the war till it was broken in the 60s? The race riots in the 60's? The gang violence in every major city in the us durning the 70s and 80s? Serbia in the 90s? The World Trade Center and the anthrax and the mail bombs turn the turn of the century?

The fact of the matter is we have it better now than any pervious generation. Only a fool would think that legal self defense is a kin to anything else man or the societies of man have endured through out our history.