Open Thread on Zimmerman Verdict

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Julian_Bashir said:
Assuming you don’t know the meaning of the words “condoning” and “murder,” then yes. I also traded my cow for some magic beans earlier today, ate an apple that made me fall into a deep sleep,only to be awakened with a kiss from prince (made even more awkward when he found out I was a dude), and flew to work today on the back of Falcor from the Neverending Story to avoid traffic.

Yes, all true.
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Psuedo, fake Christians! R u “happy” now? And are you also “happy” since you have been kissed by a prince, who by the way is waiting for you on the other end of the rainbow with a pot of gold as gift for you if you could fly Falcor there… 😉
 
oldcelt said:
Yes…both should have gone their separate ways. TM’s mistake was in returning. GZ’s mistake was in getting out of the car.

Having armed amateurs running around the streets playing cop is Florida’s mistake.
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I think you may have p(name removed by moderator)ointed the main lesson of this tragedy: “armed amateurs playing cop.” Whether racial profiling took place, the attitudes of both Zimmerman and Martin concerning race, who instigated the fatal confrontation between them, while all important to a degree, are secondary issues to the problem of guns in the wrong hands of a hot-tempered non-professional. It might have turned out the other way around, with Trayvon Martin killing George Zimmerman using the latter’s gun, with just as many questions as to the timeline of events and who was to blame. BTW, psychological research has shown time after time that eyewitness testimony is notoriously inaccurate in criminal investigations for a myriad of reasons.
 
meltzerboy said:
I think you may have p(name removed by moderator)ointed the main lesson of this tragedy: “armed amateurs playing cop.” Whether racial profiling took place, the attitudes of both Zimmerman and Martin concerning race, who instigated the fatal confrontation between them, while all important to a degree, are secondary issues to the problem of guns in the wrong hands of a hot-tempered non-professional. It might have turned out the other way around, with Trayvon Martin killing George Zimmerman using the latter’s gun, with just as many questions as to the timeline of events and who was to blame. BTW, psychological research has shown time after time that eyewitness testimony is notoriously inaccurate in criminal investigations for a myriad of reasons.
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mek42 said:
For the first time in US history, a black man is a viable candidate for president and black people vote for him. I struggle to not make a sarcastic comment. A vote for a leader is far different than weighing in on a jury and I pray for you if you really believe that all six randomly chosen black people would condemn a non-black man without adequate evidence provided by the state.

Although, not long ago, if not today, white people condemn black people without adequate evidence, so maybe you are right and I should pray for us all.
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livingwordunity said:
Ok, the first time, I can see that maybe it was because they wanted to see the first black president. But Obama got around 95% of the black vote TWICE. Don’t you think the second time they could have voted on a criteria other than race? If 95% of whites had voted for the white candidate, let’s say the second time Obama ran, what do you think whites would be called? And judging from the reaction in the black community to this case, it’s obvious that most African Americans believe that Zimmerman is guilty BECAUSE HE IS WHITE. Jurors are not supposed to go into it with a strong emotional bias, and that’s probably why there weren’t any African Americans on the jury. I think the way they chose the jury was good since it wasn’t a jury that looked like GZ, and it wasn’t a jury that looked like TM.
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Zimmerman is as white as Obama is…pretty sure no one is noticing that fact. Pray for all involved, and our country!!
 
meltzerboy said:
I think you may have p(name removed by moderator)ointed the main lesson of this tragedy: “armed amateurs playing cop.” Whether racial profiling took place, the attitudes of both Zimmerman and Martin concerning race, who instigated the fatal confrontation between them, while all important to a degree, are secondary issues to the problem of guns in the wrong hands of a hot-tempered non-professional. It might have turned out the other way around, with Trayvon Martin killing George Zimmerman using the latter’s gun, with just as many questions as to the timeline of events and who was to blame. BTW, psychological research has shown time after time that eyewitness testimony is notoriously inaccurate in criminal investigations for a myriad of reasons.
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je333 said:
TM didn’t kill Zimmerman. If I was suspiciously being racially profiled, stalked by a nutbag in my neighborhood, I would beat the **** out of that nutbag. I wouldn’t kill him. It is unneccessary.
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The facts of the case showed that Zimmerman did not “racially” profiled him. There is not way that Trayvon ascertain that Zimmerman wasa “nutbag”. If he did indeed think he was, than he should have called the police or just gone home. It really wasn’t Trayvon’s neighborhood (He was visiting with his father who was staying with his girlfriend) but it was Zimmerman’s. So you beat someone up but you wouldn’t kill them:rolleyes:
No Catholic Pro Lifers should celebrate and praise the verdict!
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No Catholic should advocate beating someone up. You have ignored what has been presented to you of self-defense.
This case unfortunately turned into politics just because Obama was showing Christian compassion for TM.
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:rolleyes::rotfl:
People have become so politically charged and are putting that as a priority over human dignity.
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Yep I do indeed see your politcal leaning showing.😉
I’ve seen in being displayed in actual rally, I’ve experienced it and am seeing this same thing here on this site being high jacked by pseudo fake Christians.
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Like you?
 
meltzerboy said:
I think you may have p(name removed by moderator)ointed the main lesson of this tragedy: “armed amateurs playing cop.” Whether racial profiling took place, the attitudes of both Zimmerman and Martin concerning race, who instigated the fatal confrontation between them, while all important to a degree, are secondary issues to the problem of guns in the wrong hands of a hot-tempered non-professional. It might have turned out the other way around, with Trayvon Martin killing George Zimmerman using the latter’s gun, with just as many questions as to the timeline of events and who was to blame. BTW, psychological research has shown time after time that eyewitness testimony is notoriously inaccurate in criminal investigations for a myriad of reasons.
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I thought the main lesson of this tragedy was juveniles playing thugs result in tragedy.

Had Zimmerman not been armed there is a good chance an innocent man would have been killed that night.
 
sw85 said:
Amen. We don’t need, what, 300+ pages now to find out that people who think GZ was wrongly acquitted either don’t know squat about the case or are deliberately misrepresenting about the details.
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Or seem to be arguing for the sake of it.
 
SamH said:
I thought the main lesson of this tragedy was juveniles playing thugs result in tragedy.

Had Zimmerman not been armed there is a good chance an innocent man would have been killed that night.
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Or…
there’s a good chance two men would be alive; Z may have stayed in his car.
 
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