George Zimmerman Witness Can't Read Letter She 'Wrote' About Shooting

Obama "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon..."

 

Yep. Our Race Hustler In Chief. He just can't help reverting back to his community organizing roots. Remember what he said about the Cambridge Police?

 

I remember they wanted to make this a federal matter. W t f because he shot a guy that was bashing his head on the concrete?

hoop fam

 

President Barack Obama says police in Cambridge, Mass., acted "stupidly" this week when they arrested Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, someone they knew was in his own home.

In the final question of a live prime time news conference this evening that largely dealt with health care, Obama was asked about the Gates case.

"My understanding is that Professor Gates then shows his I.D. to show that this is his house and, at that point, he gets arrested for disorderly conduct, charges which are later dropped," Obama said.

Police dispute the extent of Gates' cooperation, saying he didn't initially provide identification when asked and berated the police.

However, Obama continued, "I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played in that [Gates case]. But I think it's fair to say, number one, any of us would be pretty angry; number two, that the Cambridge police acted stupidly in arresting somebody when there was already proof that they were in their own home; and, number three, what I think we know separate and apart from this incident is that there's a long history in this country of African-Americans and Latinos being stopped by law enforcement disproportionately. That's just a fact."

 

If some vigilante asshole was following me on the street and confronted me because of my presence there you can bet your ass I'd tell him to get fucked and I'd do my damnedest to smash his skull in if he pulled a weapon.

If somebody wants to confront people on the street like some kind of ersatz cop, they shouldn't be surprised when they don't get the kind of compliance they crave.

 

thats the crux of the situation, did zimmerman instigate it

if he did, and im not positive on the law, but it seems that you shouldnt then be able to kill the guy if you are getting beat up

 

This.

Also this.

 

Yep, it's not like he was one of the good blacks.

 

this is why i always say that black children should carry guns, for self defense

 

And always wear hoodies, so we don't know if they are black.

 

Of course you are totally far removed and dispassionate from this case.

hoop fam

 

You seem to be trying to make this Zimmerman guy into some kind of poor sympathetic character who was acting in self-defense against some street thug. He initiated the confrontation one way or another and the person he had no legal authority to detain resisted him and got shot for it.

I see it as a civil liberties issue and that's the only part I am passionate about.

 

Following someone isnt initiating. Its necessary but not sufficient for the altercation to occur.

hoop fam

 

So now it's against the law to follow someone, and then stop following them. Or, you're allowed to beat the hell out of someone you think is following you.

Got it. Good luck with that one.

 

If Zimmerman wanted to kill Trayvon on purpose, why did he allow himself to get his head bashed into the concrete, and then call 9/11 immediately after shooting him?

 

Right. That's exactly what I said.

 

For what it's worth I doubt he intended to kill him. He probably tried to detain him, got into a scrap with the kid, got overwhelmed, panicked and pulled the gun. Terrible accident at a minimum, manslaughter at worst.

 

How did Zimmerman "detain" Trayvon Martin? The prosecution isn't even making the claim that Zimmerman had his gun pulled on Martin and was "detaining" him.

Perhaps you should inform yourself on the prosecution's case before chiming in, eh?

 

Maybe "detain" isn't the right word, but they certainly came into contact at some point and a physical altercation ensued ...

 

Ha! Well think twice before you march yer arse into an area with Neighborhood Watch sign.
Some of those folk even own the street and graciously accept guests and want to know the difference.