Wow... this is simply amazing. I sit here and I watch the hysterical left scream about how this is so horrible. And I agree with them in one respect... IT IS HORRIBLE. This kid did not deserve to die. He did not deserve to be accosted by this guy and then shot. If Zimmerman is guilty of something illegal, then prosecute him to the fullest extent of the law and if that includes the BIG SLEEP, then so be it. But to turn this into a left vs right issue is just ludicrous. But then again, I am dealing with the hysterical left...
I have to tell you... if I could be heard over the ridiculous wailing and knashing of teeth and accusations of "RACIST" (The lefts worn out label for those who do not agree with them). The "stand your ground" Florida law does not apply to this situation. Zimmerman did NOT stand his ground. Despite being told otherwise by the dispatcher, he got out of his vehicle and he pursued the young man. How is that "stand your ground"? The simple fact is that it isn't. The law was designed so that if you are on your property or out in public and someone APPOACHES YOU AND you feel that your life is threatened, you are not required to RETREAT before applying deadly force.
Also, the Sanford police department did not arrest Zimmerman. Okay, they go to the scene and the kid is dead and the ONLY WITNESS to what occurred is Zimmerman. What did he tell the cops originally? Kind of tough to find probable cause for an arrest when your only witness at the moment turns out to be the accused. Not too many people come right out and tell you AT THE SCENE, "Yeah, I shot him and had no reason to." Watch NCIS too much perhaps? Sometimes it takes days and days and days to collect all the information and then decide what to do. And usually it's not the cops who decide, it's the local District Attorney. Could they have done better... ABSOLUTELY. But to say that the Sanford Police Department is patently racist because they didn't make an arrest at the scene is extreme ignorance at the very least.
You know here in Tulsa, there was a 19 year old white kid and his 18 year old white girl friend. They were attending Rhema Bible College and they just happened to be at a park walking around the trails. Two black men, ages 19 and 21 confront them. Didn't know these two from Adam, had never met them before, just randomly picked them out. These maggots make them kneel down and execute both of them with a single shot to the back of the head. Then the guys drive off in the kids car. Funny, I don't remember any marches or protests or anything else. I didn't see the Reverand Al organizing a "million Bible student" march down Main Street.
What I would hate to be is the detective and the Chief of the Sanford PD. No matter what they did, how they did it, or anything else... They are going to be wrong. This is a politcal assasination. They're toast...