so? He's still a kid walking down the street with a bag of candy, talking on the phone to a girl. Zimmerman thought be might be looking for something to steal. So he shoots him? The assumption is a bit racist but the logic is DEFINITELY racist. You can't pro-actively shoot black kids so they won't break into apartments, no matter how tall they are ;)
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:17 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From what I hear this kid isn't the little skinny dude the pics we have > seen of this to this point make him out to be but rather larger. > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> There is a line where deadly force is called for and one where it isn't. I >> don't know what went down, but I find it somewhat difficult to believe that >> a 130lb kid was a huge threat to what looks to be a pretty stocky dude >> (Zimmerman). Especially a threat to the point that Zimmerman felt that his >> life was in danger. I just have a really hard time believing that. >> >> People who I have known who are martial arts experts (for example) have a >> slightly different standard for when deadly force is okay to use. They can >> easily kill someone during a simple barfight, and from what I have heard >> (from these individuals), if that happens they could be found guilty of a >> crime. >> >> People carrying around a gun need to have that same expectation. If someone >> punches you, it's not okay to turn around and just shoot that person for >> doing so. >> >> There are still lots of unknown details, and I really don't think there is >> much more for us to know at this point. It's going to be a he said / she >> said situation. >> >> -Cameron >> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:52 PM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > They were in the open and in public. >> > >> > You have no expectation of privacy in public. >> > >> > You also don't have the right to assault anyone. >> > >> > So, maybe it's messed up, but that's the way it would work yeah. >> > >> > *IF* the kid actually assaulted the guy this case is totally different >> than >> > what the media, his family, and all these celebrities are making it out >> to >> > be. >> >> >> ... >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349111 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
