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Originally Posted by Jel
A total stranger is on top of you, hitting you in the face, and during this fight, regardless of who started it, you know for sure this guy isn't a madman who is going to stop? In amongst all your bodies' physiological and biochemical reactions?
Damn, that training down at the marines is some hot shit  |
I think the major factor is whether or not the jury believes GZ's claim that during the fight his shirt came up, Martin saw and started going for his gun and threatened to kill him. Everything else is pretty meaningless if you ask me.
I also believe that Murder 2 should have never been on the table, and the prosecution has done a pretty good job thus far at proving why. The major issue here though is the public outcry from the black community wouldn't have accepted a lesser charge of Manslaughter -- or at best imho Involuntary Manslaughter -- so they had to run with a charge they had no chance of convicting just so they could appease a bunch of dumb ass morons.
At the end of the day, I guess no justice is better than "less" justice. And of course, once GZ walks, those same morons will throw a hissy fit and start doing a bunch of dumb shit...