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Uh, it's been pointed out many times that Zimmerman called Sanford PD 46+ times in several years about such things as guys walking around in pajamas going through trash. He even followed a couple of them. You can probably find it on Google, but I'll post it here for you.
How do we know this is not a mere coincidence? It's certainly a possibility. I asked for hard evidence, not something that could be interpreted 100 different ways.
Do you have the criminal record of the people he called on? Do you know if they have a criminal record? Can you find me the percentage of black crimes in Sanford compared to white? Can you tell me what the people were doing that forced George to call the police? Were their subtle body gestures that might have made George suspicious? Were the people he called the police on members of the community or strangers? What were the races (or race) of the criminals who had been plaguing George's community before?
Answer those questions and then we can talk about your evidence. Because until then, your "evidence" is nothing.
You've finally got it. Zimmerman DID NOT try to detain or arrest Martin. Martin physically attacked Zimmerman. Zimmerman defended himself. Everyone has the right to defend themselves from a physical attack. Unfortunately Martin paid the ultimate price for his illegal actions.
I totally disagree with your characterization off "drugged up thug" regarding the victim.
We know that Zimmerman had been prescribed drugs, which he was supposed to take daily. I wonder if he had taken his meds that day?
Well, we do know that Martin was under the influence of marijuana. Did that affect his judgement? Maybe -just maybe- a sober Martin would have walked away or handled it better. I, for one, wish these two never met and suspect that both used poor judgement that night.
776.032 Immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action for justifiable use of force.—
(1) A person who uses force as permitted in s. 776.012, s. 776.013, or s. 776.031 is justified in using such force and is immune from criminal prosecution and civil action for the use of such force, unless the person against whom force was used is a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(14), who was acting in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person was a law enforcement officer. As used in this subsection, the term “criminal prosecution” includes arresting, detaining in custody, and charging or prosecuting the defendant.
(2) A law enforcement agency may use standard procedures for investigating the use of force as described in subsection (1), but the agency may not arrest the person for using force unless it determines that there is probable cause that the force that was used was unlawful.
(3) The court shall award reasonable attorney’s fees, court costs, compensation for loss of income, and all expenses incurred by the defendant in defense of any civil action brought by a plaintiff if the court finds that the defendant is immune from prosecution as provided in subsection (1).
History.—s. 4, ch. 2005-27.
Well, we do know that Martin was under the influence of marijuana. Did that affect his judgement? Maybe -just maybe- a sober Martin would have walked away or handled it better. I, for one, wish these two never met and suspect that both used poor judgement that night.
Agree.
It's not a crime to exercise poor judgment. If that were true, the 50 million morons who voted for Obama twice should be behind bars.
Well, we do know that Martin was under the influence of marijuana. Did that affect his judgement? Maybe -just maybe- a sober Martin would have walked away or handled it better. I, for one, wish these two never met and suspect that both used poor judgement that night.
He didn't. There are NO bushes in the crime scene photos. Another GZ lie.
There were bushes. And pictures of those bushes have been posted numerous times in these threads.
Pay attention.
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