Zimmerman deserved to get punched, time to move on with our lives.

[CapnAwesome]

No he did not deserve it. We as a western society need to decide if we want street justice mob rule, or rule of law. I hate him and what he did, but he had a trial and we don't have to like the outcome. Nobody has the right to assault someone even in the face of being offended. Think about the things we say about religion and how many people would love to punch us because they don't like us. If we want less of what he did, it is a long term problem with laws and attitudes especially towards guns. We are entitled to our emotions but we are not entitled to take the law into our own hands.

Fuck the law. If the law isn't moral or good, I have no respect for it. You can't endlessly whine about law enforcement or gun laws or drug laws constantly on here and then say 'oh well we have to respect the law'

I won't feel bad if something happens to Zimmerman. He's a piece of shit who got away with murdering a person totally unnecessarily and now brags about it.

[paulpablo]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/g...he-suspect

"The dispatcher told me not to follow the suspect and that an officer was in route,"

I've just read the transcript.

Word for word it goes like I said previously.

The dispatcher told him they don't need him to follow treyvon.

That's just the first transcript I came across online.

[Minimalist]

And there was an officer en route.

And then, as always, the guy with the gun ends up telling the story while the bloody corpse remains silent.

Oh.... and the guy with the gun always says "I feared for my life."

No wonder they call this prick a cop wannabe.

[Tiberius]

[Minimalist]

I guess we will have to disagree about what "an officer is en route" means in this context.

[Tiberius]

I guess we will have to disagree about what "an officer is en route" means in this context.

It's meaningless in any context. The police gave no order for Zimmerman to not follow Martin. Zimmerman is and was allowed to walk around that neighborhood, follow people, and challenge them. I believe on the phone call he believed that Martin was a suspect for a burglary that had happened in the neighborhood, and didn't want to lose track of him before the police arrived. Maybe he thought he'd catch him in the act of burglary, who knows.

The point is, nothing Zimmerman did or said he would do on the call is illegal, or was against police orders. The facts are, someone saw Martin on top of Zimmerman beating him up. Zimmerman sustained multiple injuries consistent with being assaulted.

[Tiberius]

Rather than having to repeat points I made last time this subject was brought up, I suggest everyone re-read this thread, where I addressed pretty much everything that has come up so far, plus more: https://atheistforums.org/thread-19907.html

[CapnAwesome]

[abaris]

But, did he really deserve it though?

Someone bragging about killing another (unarmed!!!) person is deserving of contempt. If he's deserving of being punched in the face is up for debate. Can't say I wouldn't be tempted to do the honors, but I can't say I'm endorsing it either. Knowing myself I would rather walk up to him and tell him what kind of lowlife he is in my opinion.

[Thumpalumpacus]