There was a witness to when the fight was on-going. There were the 911 calls. What I disagreedQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
was this:the only verdict that could be reached (due to the fact that Zimmerman shot the only other witness)
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There was a witness to when the fight was on-going. There were the 911 calls. What I disagreedQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
was this:the only verdict that could be reached (due to the fact that Zimmerman shot the only other witness)
Did anyone actually see things happening clearly though? That's what I mean in terms of a witness.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
The part that most people are trying to emphasize, and also what she mentions as well, is that Zimmerman created the situation, he should have stopped before it got there, he put Martin in a position where HE clearly felt threatened and chose to become the aggressor.Quote:
Originally Posted by markabilly
Martin "clearly" felt threatened? Or was he just just pissed off? Not you, I or anyone else knows that for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
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Originally Posted by Ranger
The only thing in common between those two cases was a gun was involved. Main reason she got such a high sentence was the mandatory minimums they have in Florida for gun crimes.
They both could have made different choices to alter the situation that night. But zimmerman wasn't doing anything illegal, and he had legitimate reasons to be concerned about crime in his neighborhood to begin with, as well as to be suspicious of martin. Martin decided to break the law and assault someone for no good reason. He had a good 4-5 minutes to get home when his house was only 30 or so seconds away. He wasn't scared. He wanted a fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
Nor was Martin.Quote:
Originally Posted by vhatever
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Originally Posted by schmenke
You mean besides assault and/or attempted murder?
Before Zimmerman approached him, Martin was doing nothing illegal.Quote:
Originally Posted by vhatever
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Originally Posted by schmenke
In summary, zimmerman wasn't doing anything illegal and martin was. Welcome to 4 posts ago, Matlock.