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BamaD -> RE: Zimmerman III - Should the jury have a manslaughter option (7/7/2013 2:59:18 PM)
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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic
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ORIGINAL: BamaD
that sounds like we can't prove anything but let's convict him anyway.
I disagree. 2nd degree murder was an over the top charge for this case to begin with.
What I find lacking, again and again, among the "Zimmerman did nothing wrong" crowd, is any empathy whatsoever for the victim, and the circumstances he found himself in, prior to jumping the creepy ass cracker who was stalking him. There doesn't seem to be any comprehension that this young man had every right to wander around, and take his time getting back from the store, and that in a "stand your ground" culture he should not have been expected to just run home when some pervert kept staring at him.
We will hear that Zimmerman was neighborhood watch, to justify the stalking, but few acknowledgements that neighborhood watch are not supposed to be armed in the first place.
I don't think either of the players that night were perfect little angels, or despicable demons. Bad shit happened that night, and bad choices Zimmerman made led to it.
Manslaughter/negligent homicide seems to me to most appropriate charge in the case, and I think that option should be there for the jury.
Not speaking for anyone else but I stated repeatedly over a year ago that I think Zimmerman has a clear cut self defense. I also stated repeatedly that had the police arrived a couple minutes earlier and arrested Martin I would support his claim of self defense. He, thinking Zimmerman was going for a weapon attacked when Zimmerman reached for his cell phone.
This justifies self defense on his part. Since Zimmerman was not reaching for a weapon this does negate his right to self defense. Only lynch Zimmerman people argued against this somehow claiming that reaching for your cell phone did in fact negate that right.
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