Michael Moore Tweet

[whatchamacallit]

https://mobile.twitter.com/MMFlint/status/356242431991234560

"Had a gun-toting Trayvon Martin stalked an unarmed George Zimmerman,
and then shot him to death... DO I EVEN NEED TO COMPLETE
THIS SENTENCE?" – Michael Moore

[Hydra]

1. Truth. n/t

[lady lib]

2. Hell no, you do not

need to complete that sentence.

[whatchamacallit]

4. You disagree the verdict would be different if roles were reversed?

[Empowerer]

5. Do you really think he's wrong?

Do you really believe that if the roles were reversed, Trayvon Martin would have been acquitted?

Moreover, what's "inflammatory" about asking others to put the shoe on the other foot?

[Lordquinton]

6. Wrong on every account

No promotion here, unless you call a tweet a promotion, then anyone who tweets about it would be guilty of it.

Enjoy your stay o/

[npk]

7. Apparently some people need to be hit over the head to understand it.

Btw not advocating actual violence.

[Iwillnevergiveup]

8. Agreed

sadly.

[BlueJazz]

9. Trayvon Martin would be sitting in jail tonight. NO question about it.

Remember...This is Florida. I live here. I know things. I look for things to make it go...

[winter is coming]

10. No. He would have been shot while "resisting arrest". n/t

[SunSeeker]

22. They would have blown him away as soon as they saw him with a gun. nt

[defacto7]

11. I questioned the reversal theory before the acquittal....

but for some reason, I don't now.

Sad America. Shame on Florida. Shame on the jurors. Shame on the stupidity that has taken over this country.

[Alan M]

15. The Jury cant do much with a bad law

The Jury can't rewrite a law that makes it lawful to strap on a firearm and patrol public places.

[defacto7]

18. You are correct.. if

this trial included that law you are referring to. But the real tragedy is that he was acquitted "without" that law as a consideration. It had no bearing on this case and was excluded.

The stand your ground law is repugnant to all thinking, social human beings but it seems that is not low enough for this jury and American justice in general.

[Alan M]

20. Well it did just not in the way you think

Here is how it came into play. SYG made Zimmerman's behavior “lawful” under Florida's self-defense law. If it hadn't passed the prosecution could have successfully argued that it was not reasonable for a citizen to patrol their neighborhood with a firearm. They then could have made a lot of hay about the police telling him at the Neighborhood watch meeting not to carry a firearm. They would have had a very good chance of convincing the jury that Zimmerman was acting recklessly when he decided to patrol his neighborhood with a firearm and that he was responsible for Martin's death.

I suspect this is why the prosecution stretched and went for the Second Degree Murder charge. They didn’t want the trial to turn on how could his conduct be reckless when it is spelled out in Florida law that it isn’t.

Furthermore, I have no doubt if law had never passed Zimmerman wouldn’t have been patrolling his neighborhood with a firearm in the first place.

[defacto7]

21. Good points. n/t

[alfredo]

26. It's open season

[snooper2]

12. in this scenario was George not a wimp

and fought the asshole following him?

[Iliyah]

13. I know one thing

this has change . . for the better.

[nirvana555]

14. ...no Michael, unfortunately you don't...we all know the answer and I'm sick to death.....n/t

[Iliyah]

16. Of what?

[liberal_at_heart]

17. no we know what would have happened if it were reversed.

Sometimes you get to peak into the true nature of the beast and it's not pretty.

[Iliyah]

19. Like life

[RepubliCON-Watch]

23. Agree agree agree

It's sad that it's 2013 and still no equal justice.

[Tigress DEM]

24. I had that thought too.

Seriously.

Would the kid have survived the night in jail?

[blkmusclmachine]

25. FL would have probably executed him already.

The South will rise again.