"Unless the kid grabbed the gun and pulled the trigger himself, it is Zimmerman who fired the shot and therefore his fault that the kid is dead."
Uhhh. There are at least two main narratives here. One says Zimmerman killed Trayvon for some twisted or misguided reason and the other is that Zimmerman killed Trayvon in self-defense. If the latter turns out to be true, then it is not Zimmerman's fault. If it is the former, then yes, it is his fault. At this time, fault should not be assigned. The truth is probably somewhere in the middle, where both parties contributed to the tragedy, maybe one more so than the other. "There are hard facts (like recordings) that have been made public. Based on those, I cannot see a situation in which it is conceivable to say anything other than Zimmerman stalked him." When you say that "you cannot see", you are implying opinion. You are entitled to your opinion, but you cannot call it fact. "What happened in those moments seems far less clear and that is where the areas of doubt seem to be resting." Exactly. That's why people should wait for things to settle down and the facts to become apparent before assigning fault, accusing someone of a crime, accusing someone of stalking, of being a delinquent, of being a racist, of being a thug, of being a thief, and so on. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349185 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
