* Kid was minding his own business. * Kid was from out of town and had no idea who Zimmerman was. * Zimmerman was on neighborhood watch, not on neighborhood confront-anyone-suspicious-you-see * He armed himself and went looking for a confrontation. * He was not supposed to be armed while fulfilling his watch duties. * Zimmerman was obviously pissed at the lack of results from the police and he was going to make sure "this asshole didn't get away". The kid was guilty in his eyes the moment he saw him. * The 911 dispatcher told him not to confront the kid. He is not required to obey the dispatcher and so confronted the kid anyway. * The kid probably (rightly) feared for his life when Zimmerman confronted him. * Zimmerman ended up with a broken nose and the kid ended up dead. * witnesses said the kid was yelling for help before the shot. Some reported two shots, which means that a potential second shot completely missed and hit something else. * Some have claimed that Zimmerman fancied himself a vigilante/unofficial cop, but that is here-say. If true, he likely has buddies on the force which could explain the lack of police interest.
I am sorry, but the moment you initiate a confrontation, you lose the right to claim you were standing your ground. He could have really been defending himself, but he put himself in that situation. At the very least, he needs to be arrested and charged with manslaughter, reckless endangerment, whatever using a firearm in a residential area law they have and assault with a deadly weapon. Maybe even bump that manslaughter up to a murder since Zimmerman armed himself with the expectation that he might have to shoot someone. So, a little bit of premeditation there. People have gone to prison for a long time for less. On 3/21/2012 11:14 AM, Cameron Childress wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Eric Roberts< > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> From what I have read, there is. The Justice department and FBI are >> getting >> involved now since they have refused to arrest Zimmerman. > > > There is absolutely no reason for Zimmerman to be walking free right now. > This was an unarmed kid, walking around in his own neighborhood, targeted > and harassed by someone who did not have the authority to even make a > single demand from the kid. He was instructed by the police not to confront > the kid, but did so anyway. I guarantee that any neighborhood watch > training also included instructions to never approach any suspicious person > directly. > > If someone is actively breaking into your house that is one thing, but this > kid was doing nothing at all. Zimmerman was out to be a local hero by > catching a criminal and his overzealousness caused another person's death. > There is really no other way to interpret it in my eyes. > > -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:348912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
