Trial experts say its going to be hard to convict George Zimmerman

[Eric-Pris 1,606]

Brace yourself for wanna be cops accosting people then killing them knowing that they'll walk free.

You don't know what happened. Keep in mind.... If you feel that your life is in danger, you are allowed to defend yourself using any means necessary.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

You don't know what happened. Keep in mind.... If you feel that your life is in danger, you are allowed to defend yourself using any means necessary.

any means necessary is an oxymoron.

[decocker 7,198]

You don't know what happened. Keep in mind.... If you feel that your life is in danger, you are allowed to defend yourself using any means necessary.

not quite that simple. keep in mind, gz wasn't minding his own business when he was viciously attacked. he was unofficially on duty and in the midst of a hunt, as the self appointed neighborhood vigilante.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

You don't know what happened. Keep in mind.... If you feel that your life is in danger, you are allowed to defend yourself using any means necessary.

Is it self defense if you're the reason you're in danger?

[Bugs 455]

It's interesting, GZ's mom says his background is clearly Afro-Peruvian.

I wonder when or if the African American population will recognize this, and stand-down from any pointed 'backlashing' ?

It would be nice if everyone was colorblind over this, but I just don't think it will happen, namely because many don't believe GZ was. Edited June 4, 2013 by Leon & Mylen

[Teddy B 17,252]

Is it self defense if you're the reason you're in danger?

You should that before Darnell does.

[decocker 7,198]

It would be nice if everyone was colorblind over this, but I just don't think it will happen, namely because many don't think GZ was.

being colorblind would be counterproductive, considering the issue of gz's profiling.

[Bugs 455]

Yeah that's what many believe and is the reason I think there will be a backlash. Heck, there already has been a backlash.

Edited June 4, 2013 by Leon & Mylen

[Teddy B 17,252]

Sorry for the double post, as I quoted the wrong response by Darnall.

No worries, there really is no right post by Darnell, he's a free spirit.

[Bugs 455]

No worries, there really is no right post by Darnell, he's a free spirit.

Lol I see. Well I edited it while I still could lol.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Is it self defense if you're the reason you're in danger?

It can be, but only if you at least make an attempt to withdraw. The real question: Who was the person in danger, and entitled to self-defense -- The one that was walking through a public area on the way to his destination, or the one who "forgot" he had a gun, that wanted to follow an unknown prowler into an unfamiliar area during conditions of poor visibility, into a poorly illuminated area, armed, he "thought", only with a flashlight with dead batteries?

[Darnell 8,478]

Yeah that's what many believe and is the reason I think there will be a backlash. Heck, there already has been a backlash.

I am so waiting on the million man march in Sanford, Florida, this month.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Who was the person in danger, and entitled to self-defense -- The one that was walking through a public area on the way to his destination, or the one who "forgot" he had a gun, that wanted to follow an unknown prowler into an unfamiliar area during conditions of poor visibility, into a poorly illuminated area, armed, he "thought", only with a flashlight with dead batteries?

The less-black guy is always the one is danger. This is America, it's in our Constitution, look it up.

[RGinWA 816]

If blacks rioted upon every legal wrong done to them we'd be burning continually.

JMO

[mota bhai 2,675]

If blacks rioted upon every legal wrong done to them we'd be burning continually.

JMO

Oh, but we are.

This reminds me of something. Many years ago, my freshman year in college, I had just returned to the US after a bit less than a decade. I had a work-study job at the local library. My coworker was this older guy. He looked white but he had dreads and always dressed rasta and spoke with what I believed was some kind of island accent. He spoke slowly and always let the ends of his sentences linger on forever. "Hey, man" was "Hey, mannnnnnn". So anyway. He was majoring in African-American studies which I recall thinking of at the time as a bullsh1t major. He always had a ton of questions about India and liked to tell me how important my experience was and how sad it is that the "white mans media" never talked about me. It was confusing to me, why would any media talk about me or my experiences? But anyway, the real reason this conversation reminded me of him... one day we're talking and he said something about not using banks and hoarding metals at home as a store of value. And I said that's typically something people only do during wartime or when war is imminent and his response was, "you don't think there's a war going on out there, right now?" I looked to my left (towards the window) and said "no....". And he said "they fooled you, mannnnnn".

Edited June 4, 2013 by amriki bhai