It looks like Zimmerman followed him, chased him down, cornered him, and then killed him.
Can you really claim self defense after that?
I can't imagine anyone buying a self defense argument (against an unarmed kid who weighs 100 pounds less) from the guy who admits to starting the fight.
Furthermore, the police told him to back off to stop following.... Zimmerman ignored their instructions and proceeded to steal the life of a 17-year old.
Do away with this white trash and send his soul to hell. He and Josh Powell can have a party.
The mere fact that he hasn't been arrested, exposes racism.
I'm white and I KNOW that this is complete racist ********. From the killing to the lack of arrest.
What pisses me off the most, is that this was completely avoidable. Yet, this society has lost so much common sense....
A dumbass with a long history of porn and a jacked up family and suspected of murder, SHOULDN'T have any custody over his kids.
A dumbass who calls 911 forty-six in one day, SHOULDN'T HAVE A GUN and SHOULDN'T BE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
This is so gross to me. Zimmerman was a waste of air. He shouldn't have taken out his frustration and paranoia out on someone with potential. Yet, I'm more pissed that Zimmerman was even placed in such a position. Someone that should have been in a nuthouse shouldn't have a gun or be placed in any authority.
Zimmerman is hispanic.
From what I have been seeing on tv about this, Zimmerman was not an "official" neighborhood watch. He was just calling himself the neighborhood watch and playing cop.Furthermore, the police told him to back off to stop following.... Zimmerman ignored their instructions and proceeded to steal the life of a 17-year old.
Do away with this white trash and send his soul to hell. He and Josh Powell can have a party.
The mere fact that he hasn't been arrested, exposes racism.
I'm white and I KNOW that this is complete racist ********. From the killing to the lack of arrest.
What pisses me off the most, is that this was completely avoidable. Yet, this society has lost so much common sense....
A dumbass with a long history of porn and a jacked up family and suspected of murder, SHOULDN'T have any custody over his kids.
A dumbass who calls 911 forty-six in one day, SHOULDN'T HAVE A GUN and SHOULDN'T BE A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.
This is so gross to me. Zimmerman was a waste of air. He shouldn't have taken out his frustration and paranoia out on someone with potential. Yet, I'm more pissed that Zimmerman was even placed in such a position. Someone that should have been in a nuthouse shouldn't have a gun or be placed in any authority.
From what I have been seeing on tv about this, Zimmerman was not an "official" neighborhood watch. He was just calling himself the neighborhood watch and playing cop.
He is half hispanic, half white. He is just as much white as he is hispanic.
He is half hispanic, half white. He is just as much white as he is hispanic.
calls 911 forty-six in one day
I don't think Zimmerman was out for blood, but his missteps were terrible, and led to the completely unnecessary death of a 140 pound kid.
Zimmerman was older, much larger, and had training on how to handle the situation. He acted negligently at best. Letting him go would send a terrible message: If you pick a fight, and let the other guy get a few blows in, you're justified in shooting to kill. Zimmerman should be facing some charges, and I think his actions warrant hard time.
The police have handled this situation terribly. Witnesses who have told police that they heard Martin cry out for help have been "corrected" by police. Why? Why weren't homicide detectives sent to the scene (narcotics detectives were sent instead)? Why wasn't Zimmerman's car searched? Why wasn't Zimmerman tested for alcohol or drugs? Why have relevant phone calls, including several 911 calls, been suppressed?
While there'd be some amount of anger over the racial underpinnings of this story even if it were a simple case of self-defense, the unanswered questions, criminal past, racist remarks and aggressive, erratic behavior of Zimmerman, as well as the police mishandling of the case, make all the hate being spouted by the media and various civil rights groups justified in my mind.
Just a terribly mishandled, tragic case.
Do you make the same distinction with President Obama? Many do not.
Where did you hear that?
This is becoming a circus with outrageous claims from leftist race mongers.
Criminal justice student George Zimmerman, 28, the self-appointed head of the neighborhood watch at the Retreat of Twin Lakes in Sanford, Fla., is credited with cracking some crimes and thwarting others, the Herald reports, but his shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is attracting criticism from across the country.
According to the Herald, Zimmerman would often go door-to-door in the neighborhood, warning residents to be careful of young black males. The news organization also reports Zimmerman was energetic in his efforts to protect the neighborhood, and that he contacted police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011, to report disturbances, break-ins and other incidents.
"He would circle the block and circle it; it was weird," Teontae Amie, 17, told the Herald.
From what I have been seeing on tv about this, Zimmerman was not an "official" neighborhood watch. He was just calling himself the neighborhood watch and playing cop.
Exhibit A for why we need to have tighter gun restrictions...