Why hasn't Zimmerman been arrested?

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  1. BringDownMugabe

    BringDownMugabe Well-Known Member

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    A 17 year-old unarmed kid is shot and killed for walking down a street that he was allowed to be on, and there has been no arrests? This is absurd and the entire Sanford police department needs to be investigated.
     
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The new Stand Your Ground law in Florida says that someone can use deadly force even if they could avoid or retreat from the incedent, if they reasonable believe necessary to prevent serious bodily harm.

    How does a prosecutor prove in this case Zimmerman could not have had such a "reasonable believe" when there is no other witness but Zimmerman?

    This law is an abomination.

    It lets killers get away with murder.
     
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    BringDownMugabe Well-Known Member

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    But not even arrested? Can't a grand jury determine this case?
     
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    JohnnyMo Moderator Staff Member Donor

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    I hope you're wrong
     
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    Iriemon Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    The DA decides whether to impanel a jury. They probably should.

    But with this law, it's an almost impossible case to prove.
     
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    Glad we live in a republic and not a mob controlled democracy.
     
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    You are being rather elliptical in your interpretation of SYG. Why?
     
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    Agreed

    convenience for their anti-gun agenda
     
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    Because his father is a retired judge and has used his connections to keep his cowardly ass out of jail.
     
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    exotix New Member Past Donor

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    I think special prosecutor Angela Corey has already offerd Zimmermans' attorney a plea-deal for his client ...
     
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    who are you even talking to? lol

    superbadbrutha has gone :spin: with enragement....
     
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    Yep and Zimmerman's dad has used his connections to protect his coward ass son.
     
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    There were eyewitness accounts of Martin attacking Zimmerman.

    Also, for the record, I fully support a law that allows you to shoot your attacker instead of being forced to run away.

    /thumbs up from me.
     
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    From what? He didn't commit a crime. You mean from the Sharpton lead lynch mob?
     
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    While it is plausible you would have to prove that.
     
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    ........murder was considered as a crime.
     
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    Please post the witness accounts of Martin attacking Zimmerman.
     
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    Not when it's in self defense.
     
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    You'll have to explain what you mean.
     
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    Are you going to be surprised when Zimmerman is convicted of manslaughter?
     
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    Given the information I have seen on the case so far, I would be very surprised. But then again, I wasn't there and don't claim to know what happened.

    If what I do know is true and he is convicted, that would be a grave injustice. So far I am operating on the assumption that what was determined by the initial investigation is in fact what happened.

    If Martin attacked Zimmerman, or at least if there is no evidence that Martin did not attack Zimmerman, there is no basis for a conviction.
     
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    Why haven't the New Black Panthers been prosecuted for putting a $10,000 bounty on a man's head who has not been charged with anything?

    I'll expect you to be consistent with your outrage.
     
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    I think that I would have reacted in a manner similar to the dead 17 year old and resisted any attempt of kidnapping or illegal detention by a person that I did not know or was not wearing a police uniform. That being said, I agree with a charge of something analogous to attempted kidnapping even if a manslaughter charge isn't warranted.

    On the other hand, I am familiar with Camden, NJ. The black community (i.e. the lazy part which might be as high as 70 % of the population) is the most irresponsible and reprehensible group in the USA. A changing community (i.e. Sanford, FL) is going to experience problems just as Camden did 30 years ago. The media is trying to convict a person with emotion. To that I say, bring on the chaos black people. I've been patiently waiting and paying my taxes to support your lazy asses in the mean time. I think that it is a serious time to discuss segregation as a means of making the lazy blacks being supported by the rest of the blacks as opposed to distributing it other races.
     
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    The law is considerably more complex than you are describing.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law

    Now, why are you being so deliberately disproportionate in your interpretation of the law?

    Explain yourself.
     
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