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A witness for the prosecution. A 19 year old, born in Miami, high school senior, can't read what she says she wrote. And when she spoke, the only word I could understand her saying was 'SIR'.
'Your tax dollars at work'.
Martin will still be dead and Zimmerman is not going back to whatever life he had before. I think it's safe to say his dreams of being a cop are pretty much up in smoke at this point; hell he might not even be able to be on the NW anymore. If he's not convicted (and I don't think he will be) he will have to watch his back constantly so some crazy whackjob doesn't come and attack him. What company is going to hire him right on the heels of this trial?
He might make a living selling interviews to TV or some type of movie / book rights.
19? At 19 I was serving my country. Lives depended upon my decision making and the decisions made by others who were 19. Her friend's death is old news.
Have I ever been grilled by a lawyer? Yes and I have also been shot at and shot.
I can understand her trepidation. I struggle with her communication skills for someone who is 19.
Doesnt give her the right to lie, embellish and misrepresent her testimony. Very unlikeable witness
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Originally Posted by simetime
Have you ever been grilled by a lawyer asking you the same questions that you already know that he had the answers to? How about for 5 hours straight? How about that you never been in a courtroom with so many people and cameras on you and they hang on to every word that you say?
Ok, lets just add the fact that you are 19 years old and you heard that your friend was killed over the phone.
There are people that are more interested in the outcome of this case simply because they feel like thry might lose that right to continue with that type of behavior. There are others that look at this case historically and memories come to mind of the public lynching that occurred with the help of law enforcement and are afraid that they might return.
Correct. You have 2 hard core sides in this.
1. TM was a saint killed before his time.
2. GZ is the best thing since John Wayne and he is America's greatest hero.
I see 2 wannabe's. 1 had a gun and a hothead.
1 had a can of Iced tea and too much testosterone.
What I find beyond bizzaro is the idea that anyone can justify harassing a man for walking down the street.
GZ followed, he pursued he pushed the events.
No one likes to be followed and certainly no one likes to have a stranger stalking them through the streets.
I don't know why GZ shot the kid. I can understand why the kid punched him in the face.
There are people that are more interested in the outcome of this case simply because they feel like thry might lose that right to continue with that type of behavior. There are others that look at this case historically and memories come to mind of the public lynching that occurred with the help of law enforcement and are afraid that they might return.
So what you're saying is some live in the future while others live in the past. At what point does the past just become the past?
Public lynching returning? You mean for black people?
Please tell me you're attempting to be funny.
That's like saying you're afraid burning witches at the stake may return.
Have you ever been grilled by a lawyer asking you the same questions that you already know that he had the answers to? How about for 5 hours straight? How about that you never been in a courtroom with so many people and cameras on you and they hang on to every word that you say?
Ok, lets just add the fact that you are 19 years old and you heard that your friend was killed over the phone.
I've seen plenty of kids testify, younger than her. That attitude of hers I've not witnessed too often. You people need to quit excusing her just because your certain of Z's guilt.
I said that from the get go. Everyone is so emotionally invested in this (although I don't know why since they don't know anyone involved) but at the end of the day there will be no winners here.
Martin will still be dead and Zimmerman is not going back to whatever life he had before. I think it's safe to say his dreams of being a cop are pretty much up in smoke at this point; hell he might not even be able to be on the NW anymore. If he's not convicted (and I don't think he will be) he will have to watch his back constantly so some crazy whackjob doesn't come and attack him. What company is going to hire him right on the heels of this trial?
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If he walks and his lawsuit against NBC is victorious, he might not have to work again. He can move to the northwest to Montana, Idaho or Wyoming and live a simple life void of African American's in that part of the region.
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