Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

KW is just being a crybaby as he doesn't agree with the verdict in a trial by jury....He thinks it's illegal for anyone to be able defend themselves...He thinks that GZ should have let TM pound him to death...

KW Conch Loc: USA

The verdict doesn't affect my life at all. I don't really care. I just find it amusing that almost all of the conservatives were defending GZ the day after the story appeared. This was before any of the facts appeared.
Look over this board. Long before the trial, conservatives were defending GZ. At this point I'm sure GZ wishes he had called 911 and then let the police handle everything from there.
I don't want to rehash all this again. It's over. The jury based it's verdict on what they had to work with.
It was strange that the night that the jury went into deliberations, the Drudge Report was running reports on how biased the judge was. Just preparing excuses in case the verdict came in the "wrong" way.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Knowing the facts that were presented at the trial you still feel the same way?...

KW Conch Loc: USA

Feel the same way about what ?

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

The outcome of the trial...

KW Conch Loc: USA

I think that I said that the outcome of the trial was correct based on the testimony presented. The only problem is that TM didn't have an opportunity to present his side of the case.
We have no idea what provoked TM to double back and attack GZ. I have read a number of emotional responses on this board which appear to be racially motivated, although only a few will admit that.
I have no idea what really happened that night. I accept the verdict and I probably would have had to vote the same way with the evidence (or lack of it on the other side)presented.
I'm not upset. I don't really care one way of the other. I'm getting ready for a 16 day trip to the UK and Ireland.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

Enjoy your trip !!! I'm jealous !!

KW Conch Loc: USA

Thank you, Scott. We will be gone from August 8-24. I'll be sure to take lots of photos and post them when I return. :)

letmedance Loc: Walnut, Ca.

My guess is a case of inflated EGO and the Machismo that all of us had at that age is what got TM in trouble. Instead of doing the wise thing he did the Manly thing. Unfortunately he won't have the chance to learn from that mistake. I only hope that others learn from it.

Enjoy you outing
John

NOSLEEP Loc: Calgary

July 22, 2013

http://abcnews.go.com/US/george-zimmerman-emerged-hiding-truck-crash-rescue/story?id=19735432

George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today.

Zimmerman was one of two men who came to the aid of Dana and Mark Gerstle and their two children, who were trapped inside a blue Ford Explorer SUV that had rolled over after traveling off the highway in Sanford, Fla. at approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.

The crash occurred at the intersection of I-4 and route Route 46, police said. The crash site is less than a mile from where Zimmerman shot Martin.

By the time police arrived, two people - including Zimmerman - had already helped the family get out of the overturned car, the sheriff's office said. No one was reported to be injured.

Zimmerman was not a witness to the crash and left after speaking with the deputy, police said.

It's the first known sighting of Zimmerman since he left the courtroom following his controversial acquittal last week on murder charges for the death of Martin. Zimmerman, 29, shot and killed Martin, 17, in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2012. The jury determined that Zimmerman shot Martin in self-defense.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Your reasoning is illogical; Martin did not attack anyone else THAt night, therefore Zimmerman must have done something to provoke him. By that standard all of us can brutally beat one person per night, because if that was the only one, we must have been provoked. The facts indicate that Zimmerman shot Martin to put an end to the assault Martin was visiting on him. There is no evidence of any injury Zimmerman caused Martin, except for the fatal shot in self defense. Like all Martin advocates, you justify his assault before any injury, but do not grant Zimmerman even the right to self defense against proven injuries.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Pepper: GZ was on patrol, he was doing his duty as the neighborhood watch volunteer. That’s what the neighborhood watch people do, they watch the neighborhood and TM didn’t want anyone watching him.


Conch: Pretty weak answer. TM didn't attack anyone else on his way home.


Nagy: What is weak is your response, not Pepper's. The argument that Martin did not attack anyone else that night is hardly any reason to judge his attack that night. Whether it was justified or not does not hinge on whether it was the only time he had done it that night. By that measure all of us would be free to beat the crap out of one person a night.

pounder35 Loc: "Southeast of Disorder"

Was race involved? Was the family white or Hispanic? If they had been black would GZ had kept going and make this a racial issue so the media can jump all over it. If the SUV had been a foreign model maybe that could have raised a racist issue. Come on media. There's got to be a way to milk this and spin it. Maybe GZ actually caused the accident and is lying about not witnessing it. Hmmmm. :shock:

NOSLEEP Loc: Calgary

I was thinking it must have been a racist accident too. :mrgreen:

lacsar Loc: Columbia SC and Newland NC

So what you're saying is that it would have been ok if Martin shot and killed Zimmerman?