Quote: (07-10-2013 07:43 PM)speakeasy Wrote:
Quote: (07-10-2013 07:37 PM)The Texas Prophet Wrote:
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Quote: (07-10-2013 07:27 PM)The Texas Prophet Wrote:
Again, nothing illegal with going up to somebody and asking them a question.
I never said it was illegal to ask a question. You are also presenting a very sanitized version of what happened. If a gang member was following you in the car at night, and then got out the car and started approaching you on foot and then said, "where you from?" In L.A. anyway, that means you are probably about to either get your ass beat or get shot. It's not "just a question", context is everything.
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Also, that photo is after he was cleaned up. Look at a photo before all the blood was cleaned up.
I'm not seeing any gashes that would indicate a life-threatening ass -whooping.
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Also, on this back, Zimmerman's gun would have been visible since his shirt came up.
Zimmerman claims that Trayvon saw the gun and went for it. In that case, he had to shoot Trayvon. Justifiable homicide.
...so he says. Unfortunately he killed the only other witness to the incident. Forensic analysis shows no evidence that Martin touched his gun: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19...97356.html
If Trayvon would have gotten a hold of the gun, Zimmerman would be the one dead. Zimmerman says Trayvon went for the gun, so he pulled it out of the holster and fired.
Again, pretty clear case of self-defense.
Zimmerman's team has presented no evidence of this. Given that they were grappling, if Martin saw the gun and went for it, it's very likely that he would've been at least a fingerprint.
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In fact, the cops that showed up at the scene agreed that it was self-defense and it was only the political outrage that there is even a trial.
How could cops that just showed up come to such a conclusion? Did they review all the transcripts and witness testimony? Did they conduct forensic tests on the spot and draw that conclusion? No. And it wasn't their job to jump to hasty conclusions. But cops aren't known to be the smartest people in law enforcement. The smart ones become investigators.
There was DNA evidence on the holster from someone other than Zimmerman but it couldn't be identified. In real life (unlike CSI), DNA evidence isn't always going to be a useful sample, especially since it was raining that night.
The cops cleared Zimmerman and it is due to the political outrage that there is even a trial.
Zimmerman should be found not guilty on all charges.