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Originally Posted by Rochard
I don't think Zimmerman had any bad intent that night. He was overzealous and mishandled the event from the beginning. He only wanted to protect his neighborhood. But he got in way over his head.
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I think we agree far more than we disagree.
My personal interest is 1) he was tried and found guilty in the media from day 1. I mean media outlets were doctoring the 911 call to make it sound like something it wasn't (CNN).... race became a huge component - causing a massive outrage even though it plays no demonstrable role and so on. 2) after that conviction in the media, no amount of facts or evidence seems to sway anyones opinion. This is basically a local news story that should have never got national attention. If it was two black guys, we'd never know it happened.
As i said from the start,... what seems to be the simple truth is that two low rent assholes collided in the night and someone got shot. Nothing makes that ok. It's not ok that someone died. Its not a good thing. But the very fact that someone got shot does not automatically mean that only one party has blood on his hands and bears 100% of the responsibility for how events unfolded and came to that final moment. I don't see how either party is innocent. However, I don't see how Zimmerman is guilty of second degree murder under Florida statutes and obviously, i'm not an attorney... so i was curious to see the facts, the witness testimony see how the case was going to be made. Seems very odd they didn't go after him for manslaughter.
It all became more interesting to me recently as the prosecution fucked it up from the opening remarks and then seemed only to slide downhill from there.
I was listening to attorney Mark Geragos,. and he is probably right in that there is a strong possibility the prosecution is not going all out because they just want the appearance of trying Zimmerman and the fact is that Zimmerman is only being tried for murder, cause of the public outcry, the involvement of the governor etc... not because of the facts. The police and DA initially had no plans to charge him with anything at all and found his story credible and consistent with the facts.