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Re: Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman - July 19th 2013, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Maverick. View Post
1.I never said the community was all white. There are lots of black people in Florida having a big Creole population.

2.If I were in Zimmerman's shoes and supposedly being a neighborhood watchmen in alert of there being a high burglary scene, I would have confronted Trayvon, (Please note that as a watchman, your job is to watch and not be police) and said "Buddy, or son, my name is George and I live in Apt X, and .... and that's how it should have went.
So you are saying that if you were out in the middle of the night and saw someone looking suspicious who matched a description of a suspect, you would just approach that person and ask them what they were doing, not even knowing if they had a weapon or not? I'm sorry but that sounds like the most reckless thing to do. "Hey there's something over there that could be dangerous, let's go poke it with a stick."


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