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Duer 157099

(17,742 posts) Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:06 PM Mar 2012

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If Zimmerman had "stood his ground"

Martin would have probably just walked right past.

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If Zimmerman had "stood his ground" (Original Post) Duer 157099 Mar 2012 OP

Most likely you are right. N/T GreenStormCloud Mar 2012 #1

Nope zipplewrath Mar 2012 #2

Correct. Trayvon was nowhere near Zimmerman until Zimmerman chased him down and shot him. yardwork Mar 2012 #10

Message deleted by the DU Administrators libodem Mar 2012 #3

"A Contract Killing" DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2012 #5

I agree, but I think like most people davidpdx Mar 2012 #6

The Incident Happened About Fifteen Miles From Where I Live Now DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2012 #7

That's got to be hard davidpdx Mar 2012 #21

You might want to change the wording of that post UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #9

Please edit your post. It is against TOS to advocate violence on DU. yardwork Mar 2012 #11

Isn't that what Zimmermand did? geardaddy Mar 2012 #12

He Didn't Do It On DU DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2012 #13

Of course not. geardaddy Mar 2012 #14

He Killed The Kid And Ruined His Own Life In The Process DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2012 #15

Agreed. geardaddy Mar 2012 #16

For all intents, Zimmerman is done. bluestate10 Mar 2012 #20

libodem swims with the fishies. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2012 #17

He was a coward Tveil Mar 2012 #4

Is a coward. He has packed up and left. n/t EFerrari Mar 2012 #18

the kid felt no malice towards the punk madokie Mar 2012 #8

Good point. Unless he was on a moving sidewalk, his ground would have been far away from Martin. freshwest Mar 2012 #19

GreenStormCloud

(12,072 posts)

1. Most likely you are right. N/T

Reply to Duer 157099 (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 04:38 PM

Mar 2012

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)

2. Nope

Reply to Duer 157099 (Original post)

Wed Mar 21, 2012, 05:10 PM

Mar 2012

Most likely wouldn't have gone anywhere NEAR him. Zimmerman had to go chasing trouble down.

yardwork

(61,693 posts)

10. Correct. Trayvon was nowhere near Zimmerman until Zimmerman chased him down and shot him.

Reply to zipplewrath (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 10:58 AM

Mar 2012

Response to Duer 157099 (Original post)

libodem Message deleted by the DU Administrators

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

5. "A Contract Killing"

Reply to libodem (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:37 AM

Mar 2012

?????????????????????

He needs to be brought to justice. The rule of law is what separates us from the rule of the jungle.

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

6. I agree, but I think like most people

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:59 AM

Mar 2012

There's doubt justice will be served. I listened to the 911 calls today and it just pissed me off even more then I was before. The longer this goes on the more pissed people are going to become (including me).

My 4500 post dedicated to Treyvon...

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

7. The Incident Happened About Fifteen Miles From Where I Live Now

Reply to davidpdx (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:08 AM

Mar 2012

And about two miles from where I used to live.

Just a tragic confluence of ignorance, racism, and guns...

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)

21. That's got to be hard

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #7)

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 10:14 PM

Mar 2012

I'm in China so I only pick up stuff if I'm online reading and watch Maddow or some other program.

UnrepentantLiberal

(11,700 posts)

9. You might want to change the wording of that post

Reply to libodem (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 10:57 AM

Mar 2012

before you get TOSed.

yardwork

(61,693 posts)

11. Please edit your post. It is against TOS to advocate violence on DU.

Reply to libodem (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 10:59 AM

Mar 2012

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

12. Isn't that what Zimmermand did?

Reply to libodem (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:01 AM

Mar 2012

Take the law into his own hands?

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

13. He Didn't Do It On DU

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #12)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:18 AM

Mar 2012

The law will deal with him.

Who are we?

The Sopranos.

There's lots of odious people out there.

Should there be contract hits on them?

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

14. Of course not.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:22 AM

Mar 2012

He should be tried to the fullest extent of the law.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts)

15. He Killed The Kid And Ruined His Own Life In The Process

Reply to geardaddy (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:25 AM

Mar 2012

He definitely is not all there.

geardaddy

(24,931 posts)

16. Agreed.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #15)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:20 PM

Mar 2012

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)

20. For all intents, Zimmerman is done.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #15)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:28 PM

Mar 2012

Even if Zimmerman escapes jail, he just as well move to a jungle and eat nuts and fruit for the rest of his life. No one that care about their business will hire him, no one.

UnrepentantLiberal

(11,700 posts)

17. libodem swims with the fishies.

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Reply #13)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:47 PM

Mar 2012

Tveil

(108 posts)

4. He was a coward

Reply to Duer 157099 (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 08:08 AM

Mar 2012

He was bigger and older.

EFerrari

(163,986 posts)

18. Is a coward. He has packed up and left. n/t

Reply to Tveil (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 12:49 PM

Mar 2012

madokie

(51,076 posts)

8. the kid felt no malice towards the punk

Reply to Duer 157099 (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:13 AM

Mar 2012

I'd bet money on that anyway and I don't like betting.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)

19. Good point. Unless he was on a moving sidewalk, his ground would have been far away from Martin.

Reply to Duer 157099 (Original post)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 09:15 PM

Mar 2012

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