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timmah said:
enditall727 said:
timmah said:

Are you really going to blatently misrepresent what I'm saying? Really? I never said or insinuated anything of the sort. You have quite a habit of jumping to rash conclusions. I was simply explaining why there was reasonable doubt, and why her story cannot be considered as 100% fact by the jury, it has to be weighed along with other evidence and testimony. It's a simple matter of how a court of law is supposed to work, and how the jury is supposed to view testimony and evidence in total. I fully believe that she is confident that she heard Trayvon, I don't think she's lying about that, but you have to at least try to understand why a jury cannot take the testimony of one individual as gospel and decide the whole case on that, especially when there are so many what-ifs and seeming contradictions from other witnesses. The evidence and all the testimonies in total left reasonable doubt, so the jury could not convict. I'm at a loss as to why you can't grasp this simple concept. Maybe if she was the only witness and there were no physical evidence presented you'd have a point, that's not the case.


I dont care about the jury and didn't i say that it was speculation?

Got it. In that case I'm going to speculate that Trayvon was hopped up on vampire blood, thought he was a vampire God and was hovering above the ground, which is why Zimmerman thought he looked suspicous. If you're going to argue based only on speculation then there's no point in any of this.

Who is "arguing" only on speculation?

 

Have you read each of my posts in here?

 

Looks like somebody is getting angry ;)



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enditall727 said:


What?? Lol

 

The dude is mixed with white and spanish. He identified himself as being white so it is what it is lol

 

I believe Obama identifies his self as being black for the most part 

Spanish people are white...

Zimmerman's mother is either Peruvian Amerind or mestizo, with some black ancestry. His father is German-American. That would make him pretty decidedly not white but mestizo. I don't believe we have any evidence of him identifying as white (or anything else other than Hispanic), and he is only called a "white Hispanic" because the media desperately needed him to be white for their narrative.



enditall727 said:
timmah said:

Got it. In that case I'm going to speculate that Trayvon was hopped up on vampire blood, thought he was a vampire God and was hovering above the ground, which is why Zimmerman thought he looked suspicous. If you're going to argue based only on speculation then there's no point in any of this.

Who is "arguing" only on speculation?

 

Have you read each of my posts in here?

 

Looks like somebody is getting angry ;)

I should have used the word 'debate'. No, not angry, just realized we were debating two different things, LOL. Since the thread was about the verdict, I assumed you were debating the verdict itself (in which case using pure speculation wouldn't make sense), not just posting your own conjecture apart from that. Twas just a misunderstanding, that's all.



timmah said:
drunk said:
timmah said:
drunk said:

lol, there a many ways to know if someone is stalking you.  and we already know from the facts in this case that he was... thats why the cops told him not to do it.   derp, someone looks suspicious... thats not good enough.   you stalk someone when that person didn't do anything wrong.  thats harrassment... and an ass whooping thats ready to happen.   go ahead, at night stalk some random guys who "look suspicious".  lets see how fast you get your ass beat. lol

Ok, you've just shot every bit of your credibility out the window. He wasn't stalking, he was following, this was evident throughout the trial and corroborated by testimony from law enforcement experts. Stalking is defined as:

A person who intentionally and repeatedly follows or harasses another person and who makes a credible threat, either expressed or implied, with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily harm is guilty of the crime of stalking.

You have to prove intent and a credible threat, none of that was proven in court, there was never an alligation of 'stalking'. Based on Zimmerman's recorderd coversation with the dispatcher, his intent was to track Trayvon, not to harm him. Intent is everything in a stalking case. Get your facts straight please.

Secondly, you also showed how much you don't know about the case by saying 'the cops' told him not to follow. It was a civilian 911 operator who suggested he go back to his truck, and he told her he was going to, he also stated to the police he was going back to his truck when he was confronted by Martin. Whether you believe this or not is irrelivent, there was not any evidence to the contrary. Juries have to convict on Evidence, a concept that is apparently lost on some here.

yup he was such a threat.  those skittles in his pockets are lethal.  why are they being sold where children can buy them.

Um... I don't think you read my post. I wasn't saying anything about Martin being or not being a threat, but that Zimmerman was not guilty of stalking by the definition of the legal term.

they basically the same thing when you consider the possible threat while being alone at night.  if someone is "following" you at night, you're not gonna ask questions first.  that might end up in a mugging or raping.  stalking or following someone at night is what criminals do, not normal people.  not expecting a negative reaction is  dumb.



badgenome said:
enditall727 said:


What?? Lol

 

The dude is mixed with white and spanish. He identified himself as being white so it is what it is lol

 

I believe Obama identifies his self as being black for the most part 

Spanish people are white...

Zimmerman's mother is either Peruvian Amerind or mestizo, with some black ancestry. His father is German-American. That would make him pretty decidedly not white but mestizo. I don't believe we have any evidence of him identifying as white (or anything else other than Hispanic), and he is only called a "white Hispanic" because the media desperately needed him to be white for their narrative.


I read somewhere that Zimmerman filled out some type of paper right after he shot Trayvon and he identified his self as being "white" in that form or whatever it is he filled out

 

He also supposedly had a myspace page with some rather offputting words for some spanish people from 2005

 

Edit: yea i also ran into a youtube comment claiming that Zimmerman has black in him and they said to look up a specific name on google that i cant remember to find out

 

And this is another reason why i said that i think i'm done with this lol



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drunk said:
timmah said:

Um... I don't think you read my post. I wasn't saying anything about Martin being or not being a threat, but that Zimmerman was not guilty of stalking by the definition of the legal term.

they basically the same thing when you consider the possible threat while being alone at night.  if someone is "following" you at night, you're not gonna ask questions first.  that might end up in a mugging or raping.  stalking or following someone at night is what criminals do, not normal people.  not expecting a negative reaction is  dumb.

He was not stalking by the legal definition of the word, so stop using that term, stalking requires proof of intent to inflict harm or legitimate threat, this was not the case. Zimmerman's clearly stated intent was to keep track of Martin until the police arrived. Zimmerman did not inflict harm until he was being beaten and felt he was in danger of serious harm or death.

Followning a 'suspicious' person in the dark is dumb, but not illegal. Beating somebody just for following you is dumb... and illegal (there are non-violent, verbal ways to confront somebody). Shooting somebody who is in the process of beating you down when you feel your life is in danger is neither dumb nor illegal. It's pretty simple.

There was not enough evidence to convict beyond reasonable doubt, that is also pretty simple.

EDIT: Read this carefully. To be considered as 'stalking' in the legal sense of the word, the individual must be going after the other person 'with the intent to place that person in reasonable fear of death or serious bodily harm'. It is not possible to prove Zimmerman had that intent before the altercation based on the conversation with the 911 dispatcher and the evidence. Period. There was no stalking charge ever brought against Zimmerman by the prosecution either.



timmah said:
TheBlackNaruto said:
Max King of the Wild said:
Serious_frusting said:
American laws are so screwed. He should have got locked up. The thought of someone stalking me whilst in possession of a gun is scary. You can get arrested in the UK for following someone. I dont care what colour these people are. Its irrelevant to the case.

The way it sounds to me,

Man follows boy.
Boy dont like it
Man and boy get into fight
Boy is winning?
man kills boy with gun.

Maybe you should have actually followed the story because none of that actually happened. Stalking is illegal. When detective was asked if Zimmerman did anything illegal following Trayvon the response was no. Prosecution threw around stalked all the time because their case was so weak they had to use shit like that. No, following someone as you report it to the authorities is in no way stalking. What really happened was:

Man follows suspicious looking TEENAGER/MAN and calls authorities due to break-ins in the neighborhood recently. If Trayvon can be tried as an adult in the courtroom why was he referred to as a boy in the court room? lol so stupid to call him a boy. More accurate would call him an man being that he is old enough to consent to sexual relationships and be tried as an adult.

Teenager doesn't like it, loses the pursuer and decides to turn around to confront pursuer.
Teenager sucker punches man, gets on top of the man and continues to punch him and slam his head into the pavement
Man defends his life.

But what made him follow this ONE boy out of all people? Why did he get out of the car? What made him confront this boy? And he is only 17 that is still a kid no matter how you try to spin it. A CHILD lost his life because a man ASSUMED he looked suspicious, followed him in his car, got out of his car, CONFRONTED the boy(seeing as he was the one following him then he had to of confronted him first) then they SUPPOSEDLY got into a fight(even though that is hear say as well) the boy was winning and then got shot.

I Agree the justice system worked because the prosecution did a HORRIBLE job and the defense did a muich better job, it is sad because if this man had not followed and confronted this boy he would still be alive today. The case in general though should not have went to the media like it did. And Zimmerman getting charged with NOTHING is just crazy. But that is the way the system works I guess.

Stop calling him a boy, you sound silly.

The media presented him as young, innocent Trayvon...

This is him on the night of the encounter...

A bit bigger and stronger than how he was portrayed, right?

Part of the problem is that the media deliberately portrayed him as a young looking, helpless 'little kid' to facilitate their false narrative, leading to the false perception many have today. Hell, they even called Zimmerman white even though he was hispanic, then went to 'white hispanic' after that... what the hell is a 'white hispanic'?? Now your race is determined not by ethnicity, but by how much of a tan you have? Would I be a 'brown caucasian' when I get a good tan? They just have to throw the word white in there to keep the 'white vs black' narrative, and many have sadly fallen for this race baiting for ratings. Trayvon was a big guy, obviously very capable of inflicting bodily harm on Zimmerman if he wanted to, not some hapless little 15 year old. He also had a history of fighting, otherwise known as a propensity for violence. There are two sides to every story, and if you've been sucking of the media's teat for this one, you've probably gotten some false info.

A little side note, a friend of our family lost her mom several years back, she was beaten to death by a 'boy' (by your definition) about 6'3" (Trayvon was 6'2") who was just a few months older than Trayvon. She 'looked at him wrong' and he beat her senseless. After she went unconsious, he got up and kicked/stomped her until her internal organs were bleeding. he had no rap sheet, but was into the 'thug life'. she died on Christmas eve a couple days after the incident. That 'boy' was tried as an adult and is serving the rest of his life behind bars. Who's to say that Zimmerman wouldn't have been beaten to death had he not defended himself? His statement to police said that Trayvon told him 'You're going to die tonight muthf*****'. Should he have just laid there and let himself be beaten, hoping that he would survive so as not to offend anybody? The lack of any common sense in your 'argument' is just sad. Had the races been reversed, this wouldn't even be in the news, and if it was, the same people who sided with Trayvon would have sided with the dude who shot the white guy in self defense. Race should not be an issue, the evidence should.

  • Zimmerman tried to follow Martin in his car after dialing 911.
  • Zimmerman left his car to follow Martin (not a good idea, but also not illegal)
  • Martin "approached him" and asked, "You got a problem?" Zimmerman said no, and Martin responded, "You do now."
  • Martin punched Zimmerman in the face, Zimmerman fell backwards. Martin jumped on top of him. - TRAVON STARTED THE VIOLENT ENCOUNTER, THIS IS BACKED UP BY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
  • Zimmerman yelled for help multiple times, but Martin told him to "shut the f*** up." Martin started smashing Zimmerman's head into the sidewalk.
  • Martin went to grab for Zimmerman's now exposed firearm and said, "You're gonna die tonight, mothaf*****."
  • Zimmerman unholstered the gun first and shot Martin.
  •  

    The above sequence of events is what Zimmerman said happend, and what the evidence seems to point to as well. Though it is a tragedy that Trayvon died, this was not murder, or even manslaughter by the law. I would hope that I would be allowed to defend myself if I felt somebody was trying to beat me to death regardless of his skin color... just sayin'.

    I agree with all you said but you still leave the key part were Zimmerman started the whole affair. If someone is following me from their cars then stop and approach me. I will fight, you do realize that people who usually stalk other people are usually thiefs, rapists, murderers, serial killers and so forth. I will make my move before the other person. And if during a fight the man following has a gun then how do I know he was not planning on killing me. It seems like Martin was defending himself or thought that is life was threatened just like Zimmerman. Had Martin survived the gun shot and the story been the same, and less sensationalize by the media do you believe Zimmerman would not serve at least some time. THe law has to discourage confrontations and this ruling tells us otherwise.

    In other news, out of florida. A lady shot a warning shot at her husband because the latter was threatening her, which he testified. She is now spending 20 years in prison. Zimmerman felt threatened and shot a much younger fellow who did not ask to be bothered in the first place, and now he is free. There seems to be some inconsistency when you look at both stories, what does the law say. If you are threatened can you, or can you not use your gun. Why was it allowed in one case and not the other. Why was the person who was confirmed to be in danger the one that wasn't allowed to use the gun for even a warning shot might I had.

    If the law as you put it, was consistent people would not be mad. This is the problem of the Zimmerman case, this is the problem that we are having with it.



    timmah said:
    drunk said:
    timmah said:

    Um... I don't think you read my post. I wasn't saying anything about Martin being or not being a threat, but that Zimmerman was not guilty of stalking by the definition of the legal term.

    they basically the same thing when you consider the possible threat while being alone at night.  if someone is "following" you at night, you're not gonna ask questions first.  that might end up in a mugging or raping.  stalking or following someone at night is what criminals do, not normal people.  not expecting a negative reaction is  dumb.

    He was not stalking by the legal definition of the word, so stop using that term, stalking requires proof of intent to inflict harm or legitimate threat, this was not the case. Zimmerman's clearly stated intent was to keep track of Martin until the police arrived. Zimmerman did not inflict harm until he was being beaten and felt he was in danger of serious harm or death.

    Followning a 'suspicious' person in the dark is dumb, but not illegal. Beating somebody just for following you is dumb... and illegal (there are non-violent, verbal ways to confront somebody). Shooting somebody who is in the process of beating you down when you feel your life is in danger is neither dumb nor illegal. It's pretty simple.

    There was not enough evidence to convict beyond reasonable doubt, that is also pretty simple

    you keep talking about things after the fact.  i'm talking about the moment.  at that specific moment Zimmerman is a stalker whether you like it or not.   he's a stranger that keeps following someone who didn't do anything.   things got settled and information came out after the fact, but not at that moment.    you sound like someone on the defense team for muggers and rapists.



    secpierre34 said:
    timmah said:

    Stop calling him a boy, you sound silly.

    The media presented him as young, innocent Trayvon...

    This is him on the night of the encounter...

    A bit bigger and stronger than how he was portrayed, right?

    Part of the problem is that the media deliberately portrayed him as a young looking, helpless 'little kid' to facilitate their false narrative, leading to the false perception many have today. Hell, they even called Zimmerman white even though he was hispanic, then went to 'white hispanic' after that... what the hell is a 'white hispanic'?? Now your race is determined not by ethnicity, but by how much of a tan you have? Would I be a 'brown caucasian' when I get a good tan? They just have to throw the word white in there to keep the 'white vs black' narrative, and many have sadly fallen for this race baiting for ratings. Trayvon was a big guy, obviously very capable of inflicting bodily harm on Zimmerman if he wanted to, not some hapless little 15 year old. He also had a history of fighting, otherwise known as a propensity for violence. There are two sides to every story, and if you've been sucking of the media's teat for this one, you've probably gotten some false info.

    A little side note, a friend of our family lost her mom several years back, she was beaten to death by a 'boy' (by your definition) about 6'3" (Trayvon was 6'2") who was just a few months older than Trayvon. She 'looked at him wrong' and he beat her senseless. After she went unconsious, he got up and kicked/stomped her until her internal organs were bleeding. he had no rap sheet, but was into the 'thug life'. she died on Christmas eve a couple days after the incident. That 'boy' was tried as an adult and is serving the rest of his life behind bars. Who's to say that Zimmerman wouldn't have been beaten to death had he not defended himself? His statement to police said that Trayvon told him 'You're going to die tonight muthf*****'. Should he have just laid there and let himself be beaten, hoping that he would survive so as not to offend anybody? The lack of any common sense in your 'argument' is just sad. Had the races been reversed, this wouldn't even be in the news, and if it was, the same people who sided with Trayvon would have sided with the dude who shot the white guy in self defense. Race should not be an issue, the evidence should.

  • Zimmerman tried to follow Martin in his car after dialing 911.
  • Zimmerman left his car to follow Martin (not a good idea, but also not illegal)
  • Martin "approached him" and asked, "You got a problem?" Zimmerman said no, and Martin responded, "You do now."
  • Martin punched Zimmerman in the face, Zimmerman fell backwards. Martin jumped on top of him. - TRAVON STARTED THE VIOLENT ENCOUNTER, THIS IS BACKED UP BY PHYSICAL EVIDENCE.
  • Zimmerman yelled for help multiple times, but Martin told him to "shut the f*** up." Martin started smashing Zimmerman's head into the sidewalk.
  • Martin went to grab for Zimmerman's now exposed firearm and said, "You're gonna die tonight, mothaf*****."
  • Zimmerman unholstered the gun first and shot Martin.
  •  

    The above sequence of events is what Zimmerman said happend, and what the evidence seems to point to as well. Though it is a tragedy that Trayvon died, this was not murder, or even manslaughter by the law. I would hope that I would be allowed to defend myself if I felt somebody was trying to beat me to death regardless of his skin color... just sayin'.

    I agree with all you said but you still leave the key part were Zimmerman started the whole affair. If someone is following me from their cars then stop and approach me. I will fight, you do realize that people who usually stalk other people are usually thiefs, rapists, murderers, serial killers and so forth. I will make my move before the other person. And if during a fight the man following has a gun then how do I know he was not planning on killing me. It seems like Martin was defending himself or thought that is life was threatened just like Zimmerman. Had Martin survived the gun shot and the story been the same, and less sensationalize by the media do you believe Zimmerman would not serve at least some time. THe law has to discourage confrontations and this ruling tells us otherwise.

    In other news, out of florida. A lady shot a warning shot at her husband because the latter was threatening her, which he testified. She is now spending 20 years in prison. Zimmerman felt threatened and shot a much younger fellow who did not ask to be bothered in the first place, and now he is free. There seems to be some inconsistency when you look at both stories, what does the law say. If you are threatened can you, or can you not use your gun. Why was it allowed in one case and not the other. Why was the person who was confirmed to be in danger the one that wasn't allowed to use the gun for even a warning shot might I had.

    If the law as you put it, was consistent people would not be mad. This is the problem of the Zimmerman case, this is the problem that we are having with it.

    You have to stop with all this opinion crap and look at the law, which is what resulted in the verdict. Zimmerman did not break the law by following Trayvon, Trayvon did break the law by assaulting Zimmerman. By law, Zimmerman was within his legal rights to act with deadly force in self defense based on Eyewitness testimony and physical evidence. That's all the jury can really consider.

    Are you really saying that, if somebody was following you, you'd punch them in the face, then get on top of them and pound their head into the pavement? If so, you'd go to prison for that in a heartbeat.

    Also, comparing those two cases is just a waste of your time. You obviously didn't actually read all the details of either one. The case your referring to was completely, catagorically different in every way.



    drunk said:
    timmah said:

    He was not stalking by the legal definition of the word, so stop using that term, stalking requires proof of intent to inflict harm or legitimate threat, this was not the case. Zimmerman's clearly stated intent was to keep track of Martin until the police arrived. Zimmerman did not inflict harm until he was being beaten and felt he was in danger of serious harm or death.

    Followning a 'suspicious' person in the dark is dumb, but not illegal. Beating somebody just for following you is dumb... and illegal (there are non-violent, verbal ways to confront somebody). Shooting somebody who is in the process of beating you down when you feel your life is in danger is neither dumb nor illegal. It's pretty simple.

    There was not enough evidence to convict beyond reasonable doubt, that is also pretty simple

    you keep talking about things after the fact.  i'm talking about the moment.  at that specific moment Zimmerman is a stalker whether you like it or not.   he's a stranger that keeps following someone who didn't do anything.   things got settled and information came out after the fact, but not at that moment.    you sound like someone on the defense team for muggers and rapists.

    The prosecution didn't charge him with stalking. By the legal definition of the word, he was not at any time a 'stalker'. There is no two ways about it, really. Again, you have to look at legal definitions when dealing with a court case, following and stalking are very different things and have to do with intent. Unless intent can be proven, the term stalking does not apply. You have absolutely no argument on that term if the prosecution didn't even charge him with it.