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

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!, Mar 8, 2012.

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  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Seems odd that the "authorities" who keep leaking all these stories don't release any real evidence to support them. But I'm sure Mr. Zimmerman will be more than happy to come out of hiding and end all this speculation by making a public statement.
     
  2. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    His nose looks pretty normal for having been broken a short time before that video. I've seen broken noses. That's the first one that wasn't bandaged for days after.
     
  3. Zeke12

    Zeke12 Guest

    Not to mention swollen to all hell.

    They guy in that video hadn't been in a serious altercation recently.
     
  4. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    A Hispanic man shoots an unarmed black juvenile and the real victim in the whole ordeal is, wait for it, the White Man.
     
  5. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    Yes. You're right. The good white people of Sanford discriminated against Jackie Robinson 65 years ago ... along with the good white people of every other Southern town and some in the North. That must mean every single white person in Sanford is a bigot right now.
    That like stereotyping kids who wear hoodies as criminals.
     
  6. Point of Order

    Point of Order Active Member

    Sanford, Florida must have the world's greatest paramedics.
     
  7. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    The whole thing is a clusterfuck and the tragedy is that no one is behind bars.
     
  8. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Plus it's Jacksonville that's the really racist Florida town. :)
     
  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    No it's not. But an investigation worthy of the name would be a start.
     
  10. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    +1.

    We should be trying to learn all the facts, and make sure justice is served.

    Both Trayvon and Zimmerman deserve justice.

    Our whole legal system is based on protecting the rights of the accused. We don't just ignore that because we have a sympathetic victim, in a racially charged case, that has drawn national media attention.

    That said, if they can prove that Zimmerman acted in a way that was illegal, I hope he is charged, and convicted.
     
  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Burden of proof, however, is entirely on Zimmerman and the cops in this case.
     
  12. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Yes, but in this case there is no accused.
     
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