Zimmerman trial starts today.

[noonereal]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

At any point Zim could have simply disengaged.

Dave

Why did Zim did not offer Trayvon a ride as it was raining?

[bobabode]

Florida's shelflife is measured in decades. Other than that 300' hill, the rest of that state will be going the way of the Seychelles in due course. I doubt that even the A.C.E.'s will be able to construct seawalls strong enough to beat back the ever increasing hurricanes of the south Atlantic. Good fucking riddance.

Edit-mebbe all of those "creepy assed crackers" will move to rural Georgia?

[Charles]

Originally Posted by icenine

I wonder if there was an informal but established relationship between Zimmerman and the Sanford police before the killing? They sure did seem rather overbearing in their willingness to chauffeur him around and let him explain his side of the story after he shot the kid. Does everyone get that treatment?

Were they giving preferential treatment to an annoying but friendly citizen? I wonder if he was a regular...

you remember sick bay commandos Dave? was he one of those sorts? so much of an frequent caller to the cops he becomes a departmental friend?

There was a previous relationship.

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/..._shooting.html

Chas

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by noonereal

Why did Zim did not offer Trayvon a ride as it was raining?

No back seats?

Dave

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

No back seats?

Dave

Bam...

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by icenine

Yeah and if you work in Medical you sort of get used to seeing them so often they become almost like staff....sort of the friendly customer you see everyday. I wonder if anyone in the police viewed Zimmerman like that well before the killing.


I mean people are put in jail and forced to wait months for trials even if they are innocent....
Zimmerman goes home that night? Or soon after? really?

Zimmerman will probably be the next Sherriff of Maricopa county after Boss Arpaio dies. Then he can profile and abuse his position at will there as well.

Dave

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Charles

There was a previous relationship.

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2012/..._shooting.html

Chas

I see the point Charles, but it also shows how he was known by the Police Department...I mean he was doing ride alongs and even if he did point out corruption it is not beyond the pale to imagine he had friends on the force. I am just wondering if he received special treatment after his arrest...did the Sanford police view him as a sort of VIP?

[finnbow]

It'll be interesting if NBC is held liable for defaming Zimmerman. What they did certainly was a breach of journalistic ethics, not that I expect much in terms of ethics from broadcast journalism anymore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...inst-nbc-news/

[noonereal]

"A verdict of not guilty is not a finding of self-defense or that Trayvon Martin did anything wrong; it is a verdict of not proved beyond a reasonable doubt."

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by finnbow

It'll be interesting if NBC is held liable for defaming Zimmerman. What they did certainly was a breach of journalistic ethics, not that I expect much in terms of ethics from broadcast journalism anymore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...inst-nbc-news/

I don't see why they felt it necessary. One read of the 911 call transcripts reveals what he is.

Remember, a finding of innocence due to unclear evidence at some point doesn't necessarily mean he is not guilty. It just means he can't be convicted.

The guy we let go when I served on jury duty was guilty as hell and everyone in the courtroom knew it. We just couldn't convict him because of that one little shadow of a doubt.

Zimmerman stalked and killed Treyvon Martin. The young man had done absolutely nothing to warrant being followed in the first place. Nothing.

The system didn't punish him, but the people will. For a long, long time.

Dave