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Originally Posted by MTUpower
Who is "we"?
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You, me, and everybody else who may have opinions about the case.
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"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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If Martin's family files a civil action against Zimmerman, which seems likely, they will probably have no shortage of competent attorneys and financial resources to drill down on Zimmerman's story. If Florida's procedures are anything like Virginia's, they will have tools available to them that were not available to law enforcement.
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If TM "took matters into his own hands" he'd be guilty of A&B.
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Maybe. That depends on whether he acted reasonably. And what difference does it make? Even if Martin made a bad judgment about whether to go after Zimmerman, well, that's what 17-year-olds do. They make bad judgments. That is one reason why armed neighborhood watchmen should not stalk 17-year-olds.
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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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Yes I can imagine that. I just can't connect it to anything we've been saying here.
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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.
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I agree with all of that.