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In reply to the discussion: Gun related post here, feel free to avoid the territory [View all]gejohnston
(17,502 posts)72. even if the other were alive, doesn't matter
        any conflicting evidence goes to the defendant.  We still have three witnesses and forensics.  There is no doubt Martin had Zimmerman in a ground and pound beating his head in on the sidewalk.  There is little doubt Zimmerman was the one screaming for help.  
No, it is not a legal order.  "We don't need you to do that" is not an order as the operator said.  There is no evidence Zimmerman wasn't walking back to his car when he was attacked.
 will politely agree to disagree with you because, as far as I'm concerned, being told that officers were on the way and "we don't need you to do that" (following him) means to wait at your vehicle until the officers arrive... even if it wasn't a lawful order.
 except that he was walking back to his vehicle when he was ambushed and attacked.
 This is why I didn't get into all the threads about it when it happened, and this is the last I'm going to say about it. Zimmerman hunted Trayvon down, Trayvon may have confronted him... and shit went bad quickly. You can have the last word if you wish to... 
 There is no evidence to support the claim.  The evidence (including Trayvon's phone dump) shows Trayvon as the initial aggressor.  I know the phone wasn't admitted, but should have been and could have been a reversible error.  I think he was in the bushes by Jayne Surdyka's house waiting for Zimmerman to walk back to his car.  She said she heard the louder voice several minutes before the confrontation. The person with the deeper voice, possibly talking on the phone.Edit history
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        How many other people given a fair trial and found not guilty do you want incarcerated?
        Lurks Often
        May 2016
        #121
      
        
        Bingo.......and this is why I believe that Florida passed new legislation post Z
        pablo_marmol
        Mar 2015
        #19
      
        
        Zimmerman was the first aggressor, plain and simple. He was armed, playing self appointed
        Ghost in the Machine
        Mar 2015
        #22
      
        
        "He was not told to stay in the car". When it first happened, that's what I read somewhere...
        Ghost in the Machine
        Mar 2015
        #57
      
        
        He was told that officers were already on the way, then Zimmerman said "he's running away now"
        Ghost in the Machine
        Mar 2015
        #71
      
        
        All you have to do is look at what Martin was doing when he was shot and what was happening
        braddy
        May 2016
        #126
      
        
        You strongly implied, suggested, or inferred it, obviously, gejohn....Maybe an edit or an apology?
        Fred Sanders
        Mar 2015
        #35
      
        
        So if was not a personal attack it was  just an ad hominem attack on mathematicians? Still not cool.
        Fred Sanders
        Mar 2015
        #56
      
        
        Could be a strawman attack then? Imputing general incompetency from one dubious example?
        Fred Sanders
        Mar 2015
        #63
      
        
        What do my calculus classes have to do with Goerge Zimmerman's Gunstalking?
        stone space
        Mar 2015
        #40
      
        
        If George Zimmerman shows up in my calculus class armed, he's going to jail.
        stone space
        Mar 2015
        #42
      
        
        Zimmerman is a racist cold blooded murderer, and his DU supporters are trolls.
        stone space
        May 2016
        #100
      
        
        More personals attacks from you, just shows that you don't understand criminal law
        Lurks Often
        May 2016
        #101
      
        
        How is that a personal attack? Folks who support cold-blooded murder are trolls.
        stone space
        May 2016
        #104
      
        
        Quick! You need to alert Skinner in ATA to all the Trolls on his website you've found!
        DonP
        May 2016
        #107
      
        
        How many other people given a fair trial and found not guilty do you want jailed?
        Lurks Often
        May 2016
        #120
      
        
        I voted "other." Zimmerman broke no current laws, and I'm not sure if the laws need...
        Eleanors38
        Mar 2015
        #43
      
        
        It is not against the law for a white man to stalk and murder a black teenager wearing  a hoodie
        Agnosticsherbet
        Mar 2015
        #51
      
        
        I've been watching the courts for years, and in most cases such murders are unpunished.
        Agnosticsherbet
        Mar 2015
        #53
      
        
        The races aren't going to be reversed. We are discussing reality not a fantasy novel.
        Agnosticsherbet
        Mar 2015
        #69
      
        
        In what other DU group would 62% of respondents say Zman acted reasonably?
        stone space
        May 2016
        #133
      
        
        How many other people given a fair trial and found not guilty do you want incarcerated?
        Lurks Often
        May 2016
        #140
      
        
        The jury disagreed with you, as do most people who understand criminal law
        Lurks Often
        May 2016
        #156
      
        
        Time to resave the list. I see that it is changing from last time I copied it.
        stone space
        May 2016
        #79
      
        
        I voted "other." He broke no laws, but he blurred the line twixt neighborhood patrol...
        Eleanors38
        May 2016
        #84
      
        
        I would contend that the only reason why this poll scores majority support for Zimmerman...
        stone space
        May 2016
        #93
      
  