Zimmerman may be charged with a hate crime

[BDBoop]

FBI may charge George Zimmerman with hate crime | www.wftv.com

SANFORD, Fla. — WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.

State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him, so the FBI is now looking into charging him with a hate crime.

/snip

But if Zimmerman is charged and found guilty of a federal hate crime involving murder, he could face the death penalty.

I honestly don't know how I feel about this.

 

[Ariux]

As I've pointed out from the start, the shithead racist lynch mob will demand federal charges after Zimmerman is acquitted of murder. The Obama/Holder administration is looking for any excuse for those charges. But, again, there's absolutely zero evidence that Zimmerman is guilty of a capital thought-crime of believing the truth about Afros. The stupid Jew-Hispanic probably liked Afros. With any luck, the Obama/Holder administration will back away when the jurors say they found no evidence of racial motivation to the shooting.

And, we've all learned our lesson. If you have to shoot an Afro in self-defense, don't call 911, flush the corpse down the toilet like a turd. Shooting is self-defense against an Afro. The toilet is self-defense against Afro-kind.

 

[BDBoop]

Well, that's not the post I was expecting.

 

[The Infidel]

Well, that's not the post I was expecting.

I did

 

[BDBoop]

Well, that's not the post I was expecting.

I did

Maybe I should add a poll. See if I can, anyway.

 

[hortysir]

No such thing, Mr. Orwell

 

[BDBoop]

Translation, por favor.

 

[Ariux]

Well, that's not the post I was expecting.

I did

Thank you for a good laugh. The whistling icon is icing on the cake.

 

[hortysir]

Translation, por favor.

I despise the Orwellian "Thought Police" definition of 'hate crimes'.

Why should a white dude get a harsher sentence for killing a black guy than if that same white guy was to invade my Granny's home and kill her?
(we can transpose the words 'white' and 'black' if it makes anybody uncomfortable)

 

[BDBoop]

Translation, por favor.

I despise the Orwellian "Thought Police" definition of 'hate crimes'.

Why should a white dude get a harsher sentence for killing a black guy than if that same white guy was to invade my Granny's home and kill her?
(we can transpose the words 'white' and 'black' if it makes anybody uncomfortable)

Okay - but this is a man's life. It's not abstract.

 

[hortysir]

Translation, por favor.

I despise the Orwellian "Thought Police" definition of 'hate crimes'.

Why should a white dude get a harsher sentence for killing a black guy than if that same white guy was to invade my Granny's home and kill her?
(we can transpose the words 'white' and 'black' if it makes anybody uncomfortable)

Okay - but this is a man's life. It's not abstract.

Calling something a hate crime and giving harsher sentences to them is the very definition of someone not getting equal protection under the law.

 

[The Infidel]

Translation, por favor.

I despise the Orwellian "Thought Police" definition of 'hate crimes'.

Why should a white dude get a harsher sentence for killing a black guy than if that same white guy was to invade my Granny's home and kill her?
(we can transpose the words 'white' and 'black' if it makes anybody uncomfortable)

Okay - but this is a man's life. It's not abstract.

I dont think Zimmerman has a racist bone in his body, but then again... who the fawk am I?

Whole thing is a kangaroo court




Eyes of justice are blind my ass

 

[BDBoop]

I haven't even pieced together how this would work. Double jeopardy. They can't try him for the same crime twice, but apparently if you change what it's called, then you've changed the charge. Right?

 

[BDBoop]

I voted no because despite the fact that I am in favor of capital punishment, I don't think it's a logical sentence in this case.

 

[The Infidel]

 

[Ariux]

I haven't even pieced together how this would work. Double jeopardy. They can't try him for the same crime twice, but apparently if you change what it's called, then you've changed the charge. Right?

I think it's unconstitutional Double Jeopardy to try someone twice for the same crime. But, our Liberal courts think that if you're a white guy then it's not double jeopardy to charge you twice for the same crime, as long as one of the charges is a federal hate crime.

Trial 1) You killed the man in cold blood.
Trial 2) You killed the man in cold blood because you don't like blacks.

Fifth Amendment: No person shall... be subject for the same offense to be twice.

When Afros and Civilization meet, one must retreat.

 

[MikeK]

The concept of "hate crime" laws is absurdly redundant.

Hate is an emotion. Without a great deal of substantive evidence, including statements credibly witnessed or in writing, how can a prosecutor hope to prove that a defendant hated the person he/she allegedly killed or assaulted? And what difference should it make?

I believe we all can recall reading about incidents in which a man or a woman kills a spouse or a lover because of jealousy. Othello's strangling of Desdemona is one classic example. Such incidents are typically reported as "love crimes." But is there a specific category in the Criminal Law which imposes special or additional penalties for "love crimes?"

It is very likely that Zimmerman does in fact hate Blacks. Based on what I've read and heard about Zimmerman I have a clear impression that the man is not rational. So if a strong case can be made that he did in fact "hate" Trayvon Martin, whom he had never met before the minutes in which he killed him, would this not also support an equally strong case that Zimmerman is insane? And if he was truly convinced that he was justified in killing Martin, wouldn't that suggest he doesn't know right from wrong?

So maybe charging him with something as stupid as a "hate crime" will work out to Zimmerman's advantage.

 

[Artevelde]

FBI may charge George Zimmerman with hate crime | www.wftv.com

SANFORD, Fla. — WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.

State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him, so the FBI is now looking into charging him with a hate crime.

/snip

But if Zimmerman is charged and found guilty of a federal hate crime involving murder, he could face the death penalty.

I honestly don't know how I feel about this.

The concept of "hate crimes" is a fundamentally flawed one.

 

[The Rabbi]

The concept of "hate crime" laws is absurdly redundant.

Hate is an emotion. Without a great deal of substantive evidence, including statements credibly witnessed or in writing, how can a prosecutor hope to prove that a defendant hated the person he/she allegedly killed or assaulted? And what difference should it make?

I believe we all can recall reading about incidents in which a man or a woman kills a spouse or a lover because of jealousy. Othello's strangling of Desdemona is one classic example. Such incidents are typically reported as "love crimes." But is there a specific category in the Criminal Law which imposes special or additional penalties for "love crimes?"

It is very likely that Zimmerman does in fact hate Blacks. Based on what I've read and heard about Zimmerman I have a clear impression that the man is not rational. So if a strong case can be made that he did in fact "hate" Trayvon Martin, whom he had never met before the minutes in which he killed him, would this not also support an equally strong case that Zimmerman is insane? And if he was truly convinced that he was justified in killing Martin, wouldn't that suggest he doesn't know right from wrong?

So maybe charging him with something as stupid as a "hate crime" will work out to Zimmerman's advantage.

Zimmerman was partners with a black man. How many racists do that?
I think you're insane. Insanely stoopid.

"Hate crime" is the left's catch-all term. I dont know why you'd kill someone if you loved them. I would hate a guy bashing my head against the ground too. Certainly try to kill him.

 

[Truthseeker420]

The concept of "hate crime" laws is absurdly redundant.

Hate is an emotion. Without a great deal of substantive evidence, including statements credibly witnessed or in writing, how can a prosecutor hope to prove that a defendant hated the person he/she allegedly killed or assaulted? And what difference should it make?

I believe we all can recall reading about incidents in which a man or a woman kills a spouse or a lover because of jealousy. Othello's strangling of Desdemona is one classic example. Such incidents are typically reported as "love crimes." But is there a specific category in the Criminal Law which imposes special or additional penalties for "love crimes?"

It is very likely that Zimmerman does in fact hate Blacks. Based on what I've read and heard about Zimmerman I have a clear impression that the man is not rational. So if a strong case can be made that he did in fact "hate" Trayvon Martin, whom he had never met before the minutes in which he killed him, would this not also support an equally strong case that Zimmerman is insane? And if he was truly convinced that he was justified in killing Martin, wouldn't that suggest he doesn't know right from wrong?

So maybe charging him with something as stupid as a "hate crime" will work out to Zimmerman's advantage.

Zimmerman was partners with a black man. How many racists do that?
I think you're insane. Insanely stoopid.

"Hate crime" is the left's catch-all term. I dont know why you'd kill someone if you loved them. I would hate a guy bashing my head against the ground too. Certainly try to kill him.

How many Republicans used Cain and West?