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Originally Posted by eroticsexxx
The standard that will be applied is whether a reasonable person, a civilian at that, would normally feel comfortable following someone at night who is suspicious enough to call 911 about. Knowing the risk of a confrontation would a reasonable person even get out of their vehicle?
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Okay, let's take the definition of murder two:
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Murder with a Depraved Mind occurs when a person is killed, without any premeditated design, by an act imminently dangerous to another and evincing a depraved mind showing no regard for human life.
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Zimmerman is in his gated neighborhood. He can assume a certain level of security. It's not like if he was walking around the worst neighborhood in the state. He sees an unknown person and decides to approach them.
How can that be considered a dangerous act? Specially if the person is an innocent, clean cut with nothing to hide upright citizen.
Did Zimmerman approach Martin with his gun drawn out? The facts up to now say no. Did he yell to Martin to stop or he'd shoot? Again, what we know up to now says no.
Now we get into determining Zimmerman's state of mind. Please try to prove how Zimmerman showed disregard for human life in
approaching Martin.
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Originally Posted by eroticsexxx
Zimmerman knows that he made a grave error. He probably will plea bargain his way out of this and serve a lesser sentence.
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I agree with the error. I think, with the little information that we have up to now is this:
Zimmerman sees Martin walking around. Martin sees Zimmerman and gets nervous. For some reason Martin runs away, Zimmerman chases him.
Zimmerman loses sight of Martin. Martin, feeling threatened attacks Zimmerman. Zimmerman freaks out and shoots Martin.
A horrible, tragic series of bad judgement calls and errors, both on Zimmerman and Treyvon's side.
What should DEFINITIVELY be investigated is why the initial incident was treated with such lightness by the police.