there was a lot of crime and he was trying to be a guardian to the neighborhood. was he overzealous? probably, but we don’t live in his neighborhood, so we can’t really judge. he thought the teen was suspicious. we didn’t witness what he witnessed. maybe trayvon was running up to the sides of homes to get out of the rain, and to george it looked like he was casing the homes. we just don’t know. that really doesn’t even matter in regards to the shooting. and i see no evidence he was racist at all. he mentored black kids.
I agree that Mr. Zimmerman could have leapt to conclusions about Trayvon without it being about Trayvon’s race. In a neighborhood where the crime rate is perceived to be high or the neighbors think a brazen thief is on the loose, and someone gets a burr under his saddle not to let the “a*****s” get away with it again, this is the kind of thing that could happen between two strangers of the same race. It could’ve happened to a kid who looked like he could pass for Mr. Zimmerman’s brother, if Mr. Zimmerman thought a thief could look like him…and with an kind of law enforcement classes, I don’t doubt that he would think just that.
slate, i just went back to the video where abc had put a ridiculously large graphic over george’s head, something that i have never seen abc or any news programming do for that matter… and now that video is gone. guess they got called out for being so unprofessional.I generally give the benefit of the doubt, but the info banner isn’t even in a relevant location. This looks sneaky to say the least
unless they hired him or it was an official position, i don’t think they have any right to tell him he couldn’t arm himself. most neighborhood watch programs are where people agree to keep an eye out for suspicious behavior, but it’s informal.
You went from saying you saw a broken nose to saying you saw a mark on the back of his head. Doesn’t really add up too well. It seems you accept and incoherently repeat any bit of fake evidence supporting Zimmerman. What’s up with that?
scott, you must think i’m the biggest dummy, but i can’t seem to follow your acronyms. i did a google search for aca and here is what came up:Ya, thanks. I had to watch Obama propaganda about the ACA before watching it…
not to barge into your conversation, but do you think the police report that stated george had injuries to the back of his head and nose was fake?
please cite.
cite what? my question i asked you?
I said it shouldn’t be too hard to find out if he had a broken nose or not and that the wounds on the back of his head were visible. I really don’t think I’m that hard to understand, am I?
All I’m saying is if Zimmerman walks you still ain’t gonna be happy and the race baiters will still blame it on race.
EMT’s don’t fix injuries, they stop the bleeding and determine the patients needs. If the patient wishes they can go to the hospital, which I believe he did following his trip to the police station. Unless your a qualified medical person, please don’t assume what an EMT can or can not do.
is the police report what you what me to cite? wasn’t sure, because it’s been cited numerous times already. anyway here it is.
Affordable Care Act.scott, you must think i’m the biggest dummy, but i can’t seem to follow your acronyms. i did a google search for aca and here is what came up:
american counseling association
american camp association
american correctional association
american canoe association
american chiropractic association
american canine association
and
american cornhole association!
Mr. Zimmerman has repeated why several times.
Actually, you have your facts wrong. Trayvon was not walking back to a relatives house. He was walking back to his father’s fiancee’s house.
It now appears that the attorneys for the Martin family have a problem with the truth. The State Attorney Norm Wolfinger has stated that the lead detective never asked that charges be filed that night and has asked that the justice department investigate where or why that claim was being passed of as fact by the family’s lawyers.
Reportedly he went the next day, from which fact, if verified, the jury will be free to reach its own conclusions regarding the seriousness of the head banging he reportedly received.
On what basis do you conclude that the attorneys are being dishonest? On the word of the State Attorney whom they are criticizing? Don’t get me wrong, I have no great expectation of truth from people adept at spinning it, but aren’t they both lawyers?
Actually, he has only given his impressions of Trayvon, not any behavior that would justify, for example, the opinion that the child might be on drugs or up to no good.