Originally Posted by catmandoo62

i believe it was NBC that aired a story on a company in north sioux city S.D. about the lean finely textured beef whereas in the story they refered to it as pink slime.BPI the company lost lots of business and shut down 2 of 3 plants because of it.they are suing NBC for something in the billions.IN S.D. district court.NBC tried to move it out of state to federal court but the judge denied it.hope they take an a$$whoopin.same here.

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I don't understand why a voice analysis could not tell who was screaming on the tape. Can anyone answer that? Is the autopsy report available to look at? I still wonder about the weight of Martin.

OK, I found the autopsy report on line. TM was 5' 11 and weighed 158#. Autopsy remarked average musculature and a BMI of 22. It mentioned injuries to the knuckles and really nothing else in the way of injuries.

Originally Posted by Dudesky

Looking like his legal team has other ideas.



With ‘Not Guilty’ Verdict, Zimmerman Legal Team Sets Sights On NBC And The Media - TVNewser

Originally Posted by Air&Road

Paul, have you even followed the trial?

Originally Posted by JB3

My view is that if he was aquitted by a jury of his peers, then I will stand by their decision in judging him not guilty, no matter what my opinion prior was.

Cases like this are always a media circus, and its difficult for third party spectators like ourselves to really be sure what's hype, what's fact, and what's media milking of guranteed story.

Originally Posted by P.C.

Could they have compelled Zimmerman to provide a comparative voice sample? Obviously, they could not secure one from Martin, unless they somehow could have made previously-recorded voice samples work.

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

I am not asking who will prevail.

I saw a clip of the Z attorney sitting on top of a foam dummy shaking it so its head hit the floor. The dummy Must have weighed three pounds.

I'd like to see a demonstration of an average 5' 11 seventeen year old weighing 158# shaking a mature man weighing (what do you guess?) 230#. If I had been the prosecutor I would have been on that like ugly on ape.

I am still not buying that the kid could have killed Z that way....not even if their physical sizes had been reversed.

Originally Posted by P.C.

Remember his tirade against Kerry when Kerry stated that he was considering buying an old Suburban to tow a sailboat?

Originally Posted by cmac2012

No shinola Sherlock! Hence, one of the bigger problems with carrying a gun period: it puts deadly force very much on the table, escalates the stakes in a big way.

Originally Posted by Dubyagee

A picture of the jurors has been released.







I keed I keed

Originally Posted by t walgamuth

Heck if the perp even burps in a tv or movie they can recognize the voice from satellite monitering of cell phone conversations! I saw it in Clear and Present Danger!

A time motion study would have helped too perhaps.

Its easy to say what should or could have been done, sitting here in front of my computer. But the reality is that people with the responsibility to get all the facts out for consideration did what they could and it did not result in a conviction.

I'm not gonna demonstrate on the streets nor go into mourning for TM. He might have been a punk, what do I know?

...but although a verdict has been rendered has justice been done? Perhaps or perhaps not. I suppose its the best that they could do.

It will be interesting to see if there is any follow up civil action.

Originally Posted by Pooka

The trial might be over, but for Zimmerman this case will never be over.

First, a bit of financial info.... Broadcast TV can easily run $4,000 a minute to produce. If you are offered a live feed of something that folks might watch there is no way you are going to turn down free money. But to get the eyeballs you need to hype the trial. All the nets that did this and each is as guilty as the next.

So when people say this was a media circus they are not far off.

And even if you can't get your hands on the feed you can always come up with loony things to write about concerning the trial. Got a point of view you wish to push but you seem to be running out of new ways to do it? Grab on to Zimmerman and wring all the money out of him you can. The worst thing that can happen is that the trial will end and you will have to go back to making up stuff about other people.

So..... Zimmerman is going to be dealing with this for the rest of his life. I am sure he wishes the evening had not gone as it did, but it did and now he is an object of wonder. A free object because he is 'news' and everything he does until the day he dies and likely for months thereafter will be 'news'. And cheap news, too.

Zimmerman might think his days in the meat grinder are over, but I would bet they are just getting started.

Originally Posted by spdrun

^^^

2nd Amendment isn't the downfall of American society. Unhealthy obsession with guns, as is the case in many Southern and Western states will be the downfall.

Your little neighbor to the South -- Vermont -- has unrestricted carry and the most lenient gun laws in the country. You don't hear about many school shootings or fools like Zimmerman doing their thing. Why? Because while it may be legal, fear to the point that people feel the need to carry a pistol everywhere isn't in the culture there.