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enditall727 said:
Kasz216 said:
sales2099 said:
Can someone give me the rough breakdown of the situation. The crime in question, the main suspects, and why this ruling is justified/makes sense?

A Hispanic Man who wanted to be a police officer and worked for a neighorhood watch before saw a Black teenager walking through his neighborhood in a black hoody after a recent string of breakins by people in black hoodies.

He called the police and reported a suspious individual, asked if he should follow him, and when told it wouldn't be a good idea he did otherwise.

Trayvon Martin Noticed Zimmerman following him


The next part is unclear.

Somehow Martin ended up on top of Zimmerman punching him.  Zimmerman then shot Martin.  (Witnesses saw this part)

 

Zimmerman is the only suspect and he admitted to shooting martin and claimed that he lost martin, and that martin then double backed and confronted Zimmerman starting a fight and shot him.

 

The ruling makes sense because there is no way to ascertain who started the physical altercation.  The burden of proof lies on the prosecution to prove he committed a crime.  They could not prove Zimmerman did not act in self defense.  They could not break his story.


You have to remember that Zimmerman supposedly identifies his self as being white.

 

But he is hispanic and white though

That's like saying Barak Obama is Black and White. 

He is, but nobody is going to care about the white part.

Guy is noticeably Hispanic.  He's not "passing".