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Originally Posted by Honus
I know you hate it when I say this, but I don't know enough about the evidence to say one way or the other. For one thing, we have not heard from the defendant. At some point, Zimmerman will lose his right to claim the Fifth and will have to testify under oath. The discovery process in that case might give a better idea of what happened.
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Who is "we"? "We" is the public who is represented by the LEO. The LEO ( and other LEO's after that- including the FBI) heard from the defendant, and interviewed him over hours and hours and again at the incident scene. They do this for a living. They and the DA concluded that there should not any charges pressed against GZ. I'll trust their version and the evidence presented at the trial before I decide I should believe otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Honus
Hard to say one way or the other without knowing all the facts. Even if your version describes what happened in this case, it is not hard to see a similar scenario involving a scared kid being followed by a creepy *** cracker deciding to take matters into his own hands.
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If TM
"took matters into his own hands" he'd be guilty of A&B. Can you imagine a white kid followed by a creepy a** n****r black kid who
"took matters into his own hands"??? 'nuf said here.
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Originally Posted by Honus
That point might not have much to do with stand-your-ground, but it does relate to why armed neighborhood watchmen should not follow "suspects."Again, you know more about it than I do, but I kind of get the sense that he did exactly what he was trained not to do.I assume that he wanted to follow the guy to make sure he didn't get away. I doubt that he wanted the sort of confrontation he got.
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Should armed NH watch folks follow suspicious folks in the 'hood? Depends on the circumstances. Generally not IMHO, but I also don't believe you can make an enforceable law that says you cannot. I doubt he wanted the sort of confrontation he got- and neither did TM- but I still give GZ props to be the guy who volunteered to help his community stop criminals from preying on members.