George Zimmerman punched in face for allegedly bragging about killing Trayvon Martin

I don't feel like reading the whole thing. Never really cared about him anyway. The whole idea of getting all aggravated about something I didn't witness seems a waste.

 

What was the verdict then?

 

Well that's too bad hoo! I missed you.

 

People always argue this. I don't get it.

1. In this country you are INNOCENT until proven guilty.
2. The man was acquited.

What is there to argue?

 

Welcome back sir. I always appreciated your perspective and was happy to see you back on the boards.

 

I believe it was "not guilty." I was playing gotcha, I think google could explain better than me if you want to know the difference.

 

He may be a douche nozzle, but yes I agree. There is nothing to argue w/that. He was proven innocent.

Nah.. No need. I don't play google law

 

So was OJ . . . Not Guilty in the legal, provable sense and innocence aren't the same thing.

 

Everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, yes or no?

 

The courts are not the court of public opinion. Sure, it's a good rule of thumb to reserve judgement until all of the facts have been presented, but just because 12 people can't convict somebody, doesn't mean that everyone outside of the courtroom can or should set aside their own interpretation of the facts or cede judgement about somebody's character. Case in point: should everyone have just "moved on" and pretended OJ was innocent because two prosecutors, a police department and 12 numbnuts couldn't get a conviction? He was/is almost certainly guilty as a motherfucker and the outcome of the trial doesn't change that.

In Zimmerman's case it wasn't too difficult to suss out that he provoked an incident with Travon Martin. In that incident Martin and he struggled and whatever the reasons, he killed an unarmed kid. Maybe it wasn't murder? maybe it was justified? But most of the things we keep hearing about George Zimmerman since the outcome of that trial seem to point to somebody who is probably a bad actor.

 

It sounds like he is a worthless pos and good candidate for retroactive abortion.

 

Well, Did Martin going to Whoop Ass have any bearing on the end result?

 

White or black if somebody was stalking me and acting aggressive, I'd go "whoop ass" too.

 

Me too. All the while knowing that I should have called 911 and that whatever the outcome, it is partly my fault.

 

All the times in my teen years that I urged a friend to street race someone, I knew it could be my death or some bystander. Very few people have no blame when something bad happens.

 

When you feel threatened in the street and there's no time to call 911 what do you do? Sometimes shit happens and sometimes you just have to throw down and defend yourself. I'm guessing Trayvon Martin felt like this with an aggressive adult stalking him and confronting him. The trouble I have is that it seems like George Zimmerman was too much of a coward to take an ass whipping like a man.

 

I didn't follow it, can't speak to what happened.

All of that could be, I was turned off of the story for three reasons.

1. Everyone decided what happened immediately.
2. The media kept saying white, he is hispanic.
3. No video.

 

Well come on down! I will introduce you to how a neighborhood watch program works. It is a pretty fucking stupid idea to go whoop ass on the watch in your neighborhood.
I would be amused to meet a guy that likes the idea though. I started the watch program in our neighborhood about 15 years ago.

 

WTF? Are you serious? Or just retarded?

 

How the fuck is somebody supposed to know if a guy is "Neighborhood Watch" by sight? You make it sound like Martin had it coming because he dared to challenge Zimmerman's faux authority. But I guess I'm retarded if I'd defend myself against somebody who is aggressively stalking me on the street. Fucking authoritarians. You're all the same.