Re: Trayvon Martin was serving a suspension at time of death
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Date: March 27, 2012 02:14PM
Curseu Wrote:
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> 1. Unless you're the police, or someone's on your
> property, you don't approach someone at night in
> the rain. Trayvon RAN and Zimmerman followed him
> in a car. Only rapists, murderers, and robbers do
> that.
> 2. If Zimmerman was threatened, why would you
> approach a tall black kid in the dark? Who does
> that? Except a murderer.
> 3. Trayvon was found in the grass. He was walking
> on the street, then ran. This is significant
> because seeing Trayvon was in the grass, that
> means he ran off the street to get away from
> Zimmerman. Zimmerman followed him onto the grass.
> 4. If a person followed you in a car at night in
> the ran (Trayvon again ran, Zimmerman admitted
> this) and got out of the car, approached you, and
> you saw he had a GUN (Zimmerman said Trayvon
> reached for his gun) you would try to defend
> yourself. Trayvon at this point should have been
> able to stand his ground and shoot Zimmerman (if
> he had a gun). Trayvon was followed and out comes
> a man with a gun. WTF, I would fight like crazy to
> survive. A unknown man with a gun approached him.
> A UNKNOWN MAN WITH A GUN, 100 POUNDS HEAVIER THAN
> HIM, FOLLOWED HIM WHEN HE RAN, AND APPROACHED HIM
> WITH A GUN!!!.
> 5. But we should listen to Zimmerman, and take
> what he says as the truth. We should also listen
> to Trayvon's side of the story....o wait, he's
> dead. It's not like Zimmerman's lawyers would
> fabricate the story to protect him....
> 6. If a 200 pound man followed a 100 pound girl in
> a car, approached her, she started beating him,
> then he shot her, ALLL of you would say how tragic
> this would be. He would have been arrested,
> charged with attempted rape, kidnapping, etc. But
> nothing since he was a black male. Zimmerman said
> Trayvon reached for his gun-if the girl in the
> same situation got the gun and killed the man, she
> would be a hero for killing her attacker. If you
> follow someone who is running away from you, and
> approach them, YOU ARE AN ATTACKER. Trayvon was
> killed by his attacker.
Your entire argument is based on something we don't know - that Zimmerman attacked Martin 1st. We do not know this for sure. Is it possible? Yes, but it is also entirely possible that Martin got violent 1st. The witness who came forward yesterday stated that Martin was on top of Zimmerman pounding on him and Zimmerman was screaming for help. If you believe this witness then you know that at least some point Martin had the upper hand.
I too will not judge until all the facts come out. I believe that both parties probably acted incorrectly. Zimmerman should NOT have got out of his car, followed or approached Martin. I believe this probably set off a chain of events that led to the boy being shot.