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Originally Posted by Dr.Bobby
I think there's a lot of unnecessary emotion here, it's just very interesting how in the absence of clear fact people determine what they believe to be true.
I'm as confident as anyone, given that a lot of the info is coming in bits and pieces and a lot of it is circumstantial. I also use a bit of understanding about human nature and how that is expressed thru behavior to arrive at my own conclusions about the info I'm getting. And what that tells me is that when someone is so grandiose (and foolish) that they feel entitled to play vigilante without any clear authority to do so, and they strap on a gun and then actively goes looking for trouble....they find it. The fact that there's a law on the books that allows someone to shoot to kill in a self defense situation doesn't take away from the simple reality that Zimmerman engaging in this fantasy created a situation that resulted in his need to shoot someone he provoked in the first place. Think about what you'd do if you were being stalked for no reason and approached by a stranger with a gun.
What it is about that others cannot understand or accept is beyond me.
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Listen just a few days ago I was all for Zimmerman's complete guilt, but having more facts in the case it's much more complicated than that. The fact is that the neighborhood had had several robberies and that Trayvon fit the description of the suspect in those robberies. Had Trayvon been the thief people would have been upset that if Zimmerman hadn't called the cops. He was wrong and stupid to get out of his car to follow him. If he had really felt the need to keep an eye on Trayvon he could have done that from in his car. Now the next thing we know is that Trayvon was aware he was being followed and told his girlfriend he was going to ask Zimmerman why he was following him. Then the girlfriend heard Trayvon ask that question. The BIG IMPORTANT part that is still missing is what happened after that question was asked and before Trayvon punched Zimmerman. If Zimmerman had physically assaulted Trayvon in ANY WAY then Trayvon was acting in self defense and Zimmerman should be charged with manslaughter. If Trayvon indeed threw the first punch then Zimmerman was acting in his defense and that's the end of it. The thing is we don't know what happened, we probably never will know without a doubt. All we have to go on is what Zimmerman says happened and going off of that it's self defense and there's nothing we can do about it. However I still feel that Zimmerman is responsible, though not legally, because the physical confrontation NEVER would have happened if he had stayed in his car.