I think the bouncer was being racist. I saw some mexican guy doing the harlem shake in the corner. no justice, no peace.
The Florida "stand your ground" law isn't a bad one. The courts still should sort out a case like this. It's painfully obvious that there's little an unarmed 17 year old could do that was threatening enough (i.e. life threatening) to warrant shooting him. Zimmerman certainly took the law into his own hands and the whole thing turned out far worse than it should have. The police are a disgrace. They should have arrested the guy and charged him with manslaughter at the very least. It's not their place to decide what a judge might rule based upon the law. The courts should sort these things out, and that includes the 911 tapes, the eyewitness testimony, and any other evidence both sides can bring forward.
From what I understand, this is a very high crime area. The demographic is pretty even mix. There had been a rash of robberies as of late and the Hispanic nieghborhood watch would have checked out anyone that was not from the area. This is a gated community where most residence are known to one anouther.
A few points on that article: Did the police take photographic evidence of this beating? Zimmerman said he was reaching for his cell phone. If this is a high crime area at night and Martin was approached by a stranger who had been following him, how does Martin know what Zimmerman was reaching for? Only Zimmerman and Martin know what happened in that 1 minute when the two met. We basically have one man's word against a dead boy. All the more reason for this to be properly investigated and be sent to the justice system to sort out
Seems like someone was a little trigger happy. A grown, overweight man jumps a 140lbs high school kid and then decides something warrants shooting him? I'm not saying Zimmerman was an evil person. But, it seems like he had a little misguided understanding of his job and was drunk with power. I worked years in the security business. Too many rent-a-cops out there looking for trouble rather than letting it show up to them. Someone's always trying to be the next hero. I think he should do time, atleast some time for being such a fool.
Yeah, it seems easy to play he-said she-said when there's no witnesses and the other half of the incident is dead.
Some more on Treyvon's suspension(s). Implications of burglary, which would probably provide some credence to Zimmerman's claim that he appeared suspicious. http://www.miamiherald.com/2012....on.html
