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Originally Posted by TigerTank77
SO, there's a new report out on the whole thing.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nat...143,full.story
If it's legit, then it's really going to change the entire perception of the case. Although I can't speak for how credible the article is, so if anyone can affirm or dissaffirm, please do so. |
Ben, since one of the participants is dead, we unfortunately cannot get a full accounting. To this point, there are a few things clear: The first is that people are inclined to believe what they want based on very personal factors that probably have little to do with the actual events.
The second is that the cause of this incident, which is really the issue and is currently being overlooked, at least in this discussion here, is that there's a law on the books in Florida that basically put a person (Zimmerman) with a gun on the street with the clear intent of finding situations they believe they can use them. Or, because they had a gun, put himself on the street in some self proclaimed role as 'Vigilante'. That's called 'incitement'.
There's no doubt *something* occurred between Trayvon and Zimmerman, but the issue is if it necessarily needed to happen, and who was responsible...and what society can do to prevent it. Trayvon wasn't doing anything illegal, and as a result, Zimmerman really had no reason (or justification) for getting in his face. He is not a law enforcement official! So, Zimmerman used a law to justify violating someone's rights (to be walking down the street) to incite a situation based on his race and appearance, without any authority to expect Trayvon's compliance, provoking a situation that might have turned into a self defensive one, and then standing the law on it's head to justify killing him. The point is, he didn't have either the authority or the 'Probable cause' in the first place to even stop him.