The police said "we don't need you to do that" when he said yes he was following him, Plenty of time to walk the other way and allow the proper authorities to look I to it, no gun even need be drawn in that scenario
Same to you beegs.
Or better yet prove me wrong. You think gunning down an unarmed kid can be justified?
I'm all ears.
end of the day- people are acting like a lynch mob, without details of the case, nobody knows really what happened yet
Aw, c'mon, you're just making excuses. Why shouldn't a guy follow someone, especially after he's been told not to?
But, if beeg's account is correct, I still say that the Black kid should have been armed ... before he tackled the guy who was bigger than he. I'd say a .45 slug would have been much more effective than hand-to-hand combat. Then again, when these type of things happened, the reports usually found that the victim was high on something, maybe pcp. Yep, like I said, I bet plenty of scenarios will arise where Mr. Zimmerman was only acting reasonably.
if a stranger was chasing you down the street would you fight to defend yourself?
if he was getting pummeled by a 6'2 football player and shot in self defense, did he gun down someone?
Describing Nixon climbing up the hotel to the fire escape, Leaville quoted a cop: "'Look at him go,' says a policeman. 'Just like an ape.'"
In his final paragraphs of his piece, Leaville declared that "...civilization has left Nixon practically untouched. His hunched shoulders and long, sinewy arms that dangle almost to his knees; his out-thrust head and catlike tread all suggest the animal," evoking simian imagery common in the mainstream press at the time.
Leaville summed up his description of Nixon:
"He is very black-- almost pure Negro. His physical characteristics suggest an earlier link in the species."[9]
Hmm, "nobody knows really what happened yet." Not true, somebody knows. He's home. Do you think he should be tried at all? Or, given that, as you say, "nobody knows," should we just let it go as self-defense?
should "we" let it go? i didnt know you were a cop lol or a judge.
of course i think the people involved in the law should gather all the evidence and present a case if thats usual procedure.
when someone is followed is that a crime? i dont think so unless its often and is stalking? im not sure on the law.
so if someone was assaulted and had evidence of bleeding and being beaten and shot someone in self defense, are they usually arrested for that?
This is classic. I studied old newspaper reports about Black criminals, and invariably the perpetrators got bigger and bigger and more threatening as the days went by. There was a case in Chicago (that Richard Wright used as a basis for Native Son) where the perpetrator was reported by the police to have "arms that dragged the ground as he walked, just like an ape).
Anyway, the point is "if he followed a six-foot football player, then the football player, feeling threatened, assaulted him, who was acting in self defense? Does that mean that if I take my piece out and chase you down, you're going to ...? And, with all the excuse making, the reason that Trayvon Williams attacked Zimmerman hasn't been given. Was it a robbery? Naw, we know that it wasn't that from the calls. Or, was it because a suspicious guy was following him?
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