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Doesn't matter why, what matters is that the charges were dropped and it WILL NOT BE BROUGHT UP IN COURT! You know why? Because he is INNOCENT OF THOSE CHARGES.. Want to know why he is innocent of those charges? Wait for it.........BECAUSE HE WASN'T CONVICTED OF ANYTHING!
If GZ's previous run in with the law is irrelevant because he wasn't convicted of anything, then the claims of TM being in a fight, smoking weed, or even being in possession of a gun is just as irrelevant because he was never convicted of anything.
True. Nobody ever seems to remember that he was the Neighborhood Watch Captain, and the Neighborhood Watch rules (which he would know well, being a captain) forbid the carrying of guns while on Watch duty. I don't know what that makes him guilty of, but it may be something.
The Neighborhood Watch "group", which had one member, which was GZ - self appointed captain, was not a registered "group". He did not receive any "training", guidance or advice from the police as to what he should and shouldn't do as a neighborhood watchman.
True. Nobody ever seems to remember that he was the Neighborhood Watch Captain, and the Neighborhood Watch rules (which he would know well, being a captain) forbid the carrying of guns while on Watch duty. I don't know what that makes him guilty of, but it may be something.
Don't believe he was on any official "Watch Duty".
I think it depends on the evidence at the trial. The fact that Zimmerman was told to stop following him can be argued that that action alone negates the stand your ground law. The other thing that I would like to hear at the trial is whether Zimmerman identified himself as neighborhood watch before the confrontation. If he did, he probably will be acquitted. If he didn't, I personally would find it hard to acquit him. I can only go by what I have heard or read so far but I can't help but feel in this situation, where someone was following me where I live, approaching me in the middle of the night, not identifying themselves and then seeing they have a gun...I can't help but think I would have attacked Zimmerman too.
I think it depends on the evidence at the trial. The fact that Zimmerman was told to stop following him can be argued that that action alone negates the stand your ground law. The other thing that I would like to hear at the trial is whether Zimmerman identified himself as neighborhood watch before the confrontation. If he did, he probably will be acquitted. If he didn't, I personally would find it hard to acquit him. I can only go by what I have heard or read so far but I can't help but feel in this situation, where someone was following me where I live, approaching me in the middle of the night, not identifying themselves and then seeing they have a gun...I can't help but think I would have attacked Zimmerman too.
Then you would be worm food also. Zimmerman had every right to shoot that hoodrat.
Hard to say, but given what we know so far--I think he'll be acquitted or charged with a lesser crime.
I think that the defense will attempt to establish a behavioral pattern with Treyvon as an 'instigator' of some type, and the judge will then make his history admissible as evidence. but I really do think it will boil don to forensics and medical expertise of corroborating Zimmerman's story.
The Neighborhood Watch "group", which had one member, which was GZ - self appointed captain, was not a registered "group". He did not receive any "training", guidance or advice from the police as to what he should and shouldn't do as a neighborhood watchman.
Not so. The Neighborhood Watch group was (previously) referenced on the Sanford Police Crime Prevention page. City of Sanford : Crime Prevention That's not going to happen in it only consists of one person. In the past, they had their guidebook online, but it seems to be missing too. He wasn't supposed to be carrying a gun, and he wasn't supposed to get out of his car. Since there was a guide, he did indeed get some advice about what he should and shouldn't do, let alone the recorded voice of the 911 operator telling him to stay in his car and wait for the police to arrive.
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