It's Watch!... Neighborhood Watch. Not shoot.

I assumed you were following the thread: http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/posts/3632827/

 

He was going to get off, no questions asked, until the media started paying attention to the case.

 

But he didn't. You certainly assume a lot.

 

Who cares that WFTV-Channel 9's Bill Sheaffer says the former teacher at Seminole State College, was "devastating" to the state’s case.

I was watching and I saw the prosecution use the teacher's testimony to prove that Zimmerman was a liar.

 

I took a Microbiology class in college (twice actually). That doesn't mean I remember a damn thing from that class. The only thing I remotely remember is for one semester I sat next to a future Miss USA.

I guess one day, that microbiology professor could take the stand and say I lied about not being familiar with microbiology.

 

Were you planning to pursue a career in Microbiology?

 

At one point in my life, yes. Then I realized that 8 a.m. was too damn early to be listening to a lecture on microbiology.

So, instead, I chose the path of poverty and journalism.

 

I'm thinking he was planning to pursue the future Miss USA instead.

 

Definitely out of my league.



Although I was kind enough to take notes for her when she missed class (which was pretty much every day). She, too, wised up and did something else with her life outside of the science field.

 

By "pursue" do you mean "stalk'?

 

Let me preface this: None of this would happen if George Zimmerman hadn't been a paranoid wannabe cop. He didn't catch Trayvon Martin burglarizing a house or car. He didn't catch him vandalizing anything. While we know now that Trayvon was hardly an angel, he wasn't doing anything that night except walking home. Zimmerman needs to do time, if for nothing else but interjecting himself into a situation the police asked him not to.

That said, it's pretty tough to find justice in a situation where one side is only going to accept one decision, or else there will be violence. At least if you believe the rantings on Twitter and Facebook.

By the way, where is Facebook and Twitter on these posts and pages threatening violence? Isn't that at least against their regulations if not the law?

 

Totally agree with you. It's going to be an all-or-nothing verdict in the eyes of some. If there's not a murder charge with subsequent life in prison sentence, there will be backlash.

As for the part bolded, that's such a huge misconception about this case. A 911 dispatcher told him not to follow Martin, and he said OK. It's in the transcripts. Either way, a 911 dispatcher is NOT A POLICE OFFICER. They are only there to answer the phone. The dispatcher telling Zimmerman "we don't need you to do that" is more of the dispatcher trying to protect Zimmerman than Trayvon Martin. Earlier in the call, that same dispatcher told Zimmerman to let the dispatcher know if Martin did anything.