I hope this has not already been posted. I find it very disturbing

[Charles]

And the beat goes on.

Chas

[Charles]

Originally Posted by finnbow

This fellow discharged a firearm that resulted in the death of an unarmed 17 year old on a candy run. Don't you see anything wrong with that picture?

Yeah, the picture you're painting.

Chas

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Charles

Yeah, the picture you're painting.

Chas

Is there anything at all incorrect about my sentence? I think it speaks volumes that lots of people are trying to rationalize this tragic event in order to provide cover for our ridiculous gun laws and the unspeakably stupid Stand Your Ground law.

[bhunter]

Originally Posted by finnbow

This fellow discharged a firearm that resulted in the death of an unarmed 17 year old on a candy run. Don't you see anything wrong with that picture?

Sure, most everybody did if the initial narrative was correct in all aspects; however, that no longer is the case. There was a confrontation between a six foot two 17 year old and Zimmerman. Who provoked it is unknown, but simply following a stranger in your gated community seems benign to me. I'd likely ask what he was doing there given the circumstances of the recent crime in the community. We do know that Zimmerman was physically injured and those injuries match his account of the confrontation. We do not know what was on their minds during the altercation. Was Trayvon injured in any way other than the GSW? Perhap, Zimmerman refrained from fighting back against an aggressive Trayvon until there was no choice but to use deadly force. The point is that no one knows.

[Bigerik]

Holy crap. The kid didn't start it. Had he been left alone, he wouldn't be dead now. Had someone not been pretending to be a cop, or worse, he would still be alive.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by bhunter

Sure, most everybody did if the initial narrative was correct in all aspects; however, that no longer is the case. There was a confrontation between a six foot two 17 year old and Zimmerman. Who provoked it is unknown, but simply following a stranger in your gated community seems benign to me. I'd likely ask what he was doing there given the circumstances of the recent crime in the community. We do know that Zimmerman was physically injured and those injuries match his account of the confrontation. We do not know what was on their minds during the altercation. Was Trayvon injured in any way other than the GSW? Perhap, Zimmerman refrained from fighting back against an aggressive Trayvon until there was no choice but to use deadly force. The point is that no one knows.

The fact remains that Zimmerman discharged a gun killing an unarmed kid and the Stand Your Ground law seems to have precluded an appropriate/timely investigation of the incident (and is the reason that no one knows).

[Bigerik]

He had a choice. He called the cops and reported something suspicious. Had he done what the 911 operator told him to, the kid would be alive, and he wouldn't have been injured. Instead he chose to take the law into his own hands and try to deal with a situation that he obviously was not capable of dealing with.

[painter]

Originally Posted by finnbow

The fact remains that Zimmerman discharged a gun killing an unarmed kid and the Stand Your Ground law seems to have precluded an appropriate/timely investigation of the incident (and is the reason that no one knows).

From what I read...its debatable as to who actually discharged the weapon. It was stated... that the young man was shot at very close range and not as reported. I guess we have to wait until all information becomes available. A terrible tragedy for both families.

I remember a local tragedy...Tawana Brawley!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawana_...pe_allegations

Garnered much publicity...yet proved to be a farce. Not saying this is...just could be an omittance of facts here.

[wgrr]

Originally Posted by Wasillaguy

Regardless what the 911 dispatcher told him, he has as much right to walk through the neighborhood as the kid did. There are no laws against following someone around either.
Whoever started the physical altercation is to blame, and we don't know that for sure yet.

Bullshit, if a seventeen YO defended himself from a potential mugger, who was stalking him, while walking through HIS gated community, then it gives him full rights to beat the crap out of the attacker under Florida's "stand your ground " laws.

There are some problems though. Zimmerman had a hundred pounds on the boy, Zimmerman is a wanna be cop who self appointed himself as the neighborhood guard. Zimmerman had a gun which he showed no restraint in using it to kill a high school kid armed with skittles and Iced tea.

This is fucking pathetic in my book and I am as white as the wind driven snow, and you defenders of Zimmerman are...end of post.

[Bigerik]

Ok. I got one thing wrong. He was part of the neighborhood watch. Sorry!