Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What would be the most efficient means of keeping guns away from criminals? [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)OJ was reasonable doubt, there was a lot of evidence of his guilt. Zimmerman should have never gone to trial because there was ZERO evidence of guilt. OJ was not malicious prosecution. Zimmerman was. 100 percent of the evidence showed self defense. It was a show trial because Sharpton threatened violence and Rick Scott caved. There were also issues of the State withholding exculpatory evidence, which is a crime in Florida.
You think someone who cares about the neighborhood and gets out of the car to see where someone is running is being an asshole? While tactically stupid, but not being an asshole. The gun had nothing to do with Zimmerman's impulsive stupidity that set himself up for an ambush. The only thing different would be Zimmerman would be dead or a brain damaged and if Trayvon didn't take off before the cops got there, he would be either dead or in prison. Regardless of your opinion of Zimmerman, it doesn't change the fact that Martin was committing a violent felony when he was shot. You can't escape that. Based on the data dump from Trayvon's phone, if it wasn't Zimmerman that night it would have been someone else somewhere sometime. More on that later.
What if Zimmerman stayed in the car and drove off? Trayvon would be behind Jane Surdyka's bushes, where he dropped his burglary tools, longer than planned. Go back to his Dad's girlfriend's house?
The data dump from Trayvon's phone was very interesting. There were a lot of issues surrounding it which deserves an entire conversation in itself. Among the texts and social media posts about drug sales, an illegal gun transaction, fights, saying that he wants to beat the shit out of someone again because "he didn't bleed enough". I also told a friend that he learned an MMA technique where you sucker punch someone, stunning them so it is easier to get them to the ground. Then you straddle them and enables the attacker to pound their fists into the victim's face without the victim being able to block or defend themselves. Martin also said that he was looking forward to trying out on someone. That is what Zimmerman described happened to him, and that is what witnesses saw. As the lead investigator said, there was no evidence inconsistent with self defense.
Innocent child my ass. Had it not been Zimmerman that night, it could have been the occupant of a home he broke into. Remember the burglary tools. Maybe it would be someone walking to the mail box or school bus days later. We don't know.
You know that photo of the 11 year old kid that was waved as being Trayvon? It was as phony as the claims that Zimmerman is a racist.
Williams and a friend were minding their own business. Three drunk rednecks were making racial slurs, a couple of the white racists got physical. Williams is black.
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/28972473/prosecutors-rule-fatal-waffle-house-shooting-case-of-self-defense#.VdXJB3UViko
Is Williams a coward and an asshole for carrying a gun? If it is a different standard for him, that is racist.
Yes, I understand where you are coming from. You are making assumptions based on ideology and nothing else. Ideology is OK, but it only goes so far. Pushing ideology when it is proven wrong is dumb and irresponsible. It also takes away any credibility. Just like the false meme of Zimmerman being a racist, based on no evidence and contrary to a ton of evidence showing otherwise, just like the claim that "SYG is shoot first, ask questions later" is also a lie. Anyone half way literate who takes the time to read the statutes or jury instructions with an ounce of curiosity knows that is bullshit. Yet, you stick to using poorly written scribbling in the Daily Kos vanity press as "news". Never mind none of those people have the intellect or curiosity to bother to do any research.