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Originally Posted by TheSquealer
Based on WHAT would race play a role? How does race play a role in anything? Thats pretty extreme. This is an assertion that as usual was immediately made by the family (mother?). If race plays a role its merely because everyone is insisting that race plays a role, even though there is no factual basis for that.
Listen to them analyze the 911 call in court. Sounds like he was quite calm and just doing his job. No one says "there's a negro here, can i shoot him because he's a negro". In fact, the call is pretty clear that he is calm, sees a guy that shouldn't be where he is based on how he is acting, how he is wandering all over the place - in and out of peoples yards and so on. He didn't even describe him as being black until he walked closer to Zimmerman as he was talking to the dispatchers (who were already en route). He followed him because the guy was running away and he wanted to keep his eyes on him until the police arrived.
You just can't listen to the 911 call and think "this is a guy who wants to commit an act of violence". he's just calmly doing his job and reporting what he's seeing.... in a neighborhood that's had 8 burglaries in 15 months committed by,... wait for it..... wait for it... wait for it... young black males, who were either witnessed committing the crimes or were subsequently arrested.
And the prosecutor is really a dipshit. Another witness totally devastating his case for him. What a turd.
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According to the transcript I read Zimmerman did say, "These assholes. They always get away" while he was following Martin.
This doesn't mean that he meant that black people always get away with it. However, my point about race is that the prosecution is trying to paint the picture that Zimmerman profiled Martin and pursued him because he was black. If Martin's race was one of the main reason that he stopped then pursued him then it has a place in the trial. That is all I am saying.