Zimmerman was Hispanic, does that kill your beat up ****** bash thread?
So far, what we know isTrayvon Martin initiated a verbal confrontation.
it seems like the young man might have started a physical confrontation after he started a verbal confrontation, all before he knew the guy had an equalizer ... poor kid, but he acted stupidly. a tragedy for all involved.
The reports say Zimmerman was attacked and had a bad bruise on his face from being hit in the face with a soda can. A witness said the young man was on top of him beating the older man. That tells you the kid wasn't innocent in this either and there was a confrontation.
The chief listened to what Zimmerman said, there are reports that Zimmerman had wounds on him, and there is an eyewitness who saw him on the ground before he shot the kid.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/03/trayvon-martin-case-timeline-of-events/
According to the Sanford police report, George Zimmerman, 28, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain, is found armed with a handgun, standing over Martin. He has a bloody nose and a wound in the back of his head.
Sanford police on Thursday also challenged a WFTV-Channel 9 report, in which
Mary Cutcher said police largely ignored her even though she told them, "I know this was not self-defense. There was no punching, no hitting going on at the time, no wrestling."
Police said they twice tried to interview her without success, and
the third time, she wrote a very short sworn statement for her roommate that was consistent with Zimmerman's account.
George Zimmerman's father on Trayvon Martin: My son is not racist, did not confront Trayvon Martin - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
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According to the victim's own girlfriend who was on the phone with him, the victim started a verbal confrontation:
young man: "why you following me?" -
Hispanic man: "what are you doing around here?" -
a struggle ensues on girlfriend's call and call ends with NO shot heard.
so, a guy follows a kid. kid confronts the guy starting a verbal confrontation. a physical fight ensues. kid ends up shot and dies.
where is the crime?
So far, what we know isTrayvon Martin initiated a verbal confrontation. [/B]
it seems like the young man might have started a physical confrontation after he started a verbal confrontation, all before he knew the guy had an equalizer ... poor kid, but he acted stupidly. a tragedy for all involved.
Good job loser.
You make it seem as if Trayvon just simply walked up to Zimmerman and started cussing him out. Good use of the word "verbal confrontation". He asked the random grown male why he was following him.
I don't see how that's wrong or warranting his own demise in anyway.
I think it's a pretty fair question. If there's a random guy chasing you through a neighborhood it's a question that maybe might be going through your head. "Hmmm... why is this man chasing me?"
Then again black males don't ask questions we "start verbal confrontations". We're not allowed to asked questions. It's Zimmermans right to chase us through random neighborhoods and harass us because we "look suspicious". Self-defense was thrown out the window when this kid was born with dark skin.
What WE KNOW is that Zimmerman was in a car following this kid at one point, while on the phone. The kid spotted him and by Zimmerman's own admission ran away. Zimmerman stated "these guys always get away" on the phone with the dispatcher. Told the dispatcher that the kid was running. Zimmerman followed him. According to the girls account Trayvon Martin asked Zimmerman "why are you following me?" then she heard Zimmerman say "what are you doing here?" (as if that was any of his business, but I guess black males need reasons to walk down the street these days). So then you draw the conclusion that Trayvon starts a physical altercation.
How so? It just couldn't be the one who chased Trayvon, followed him down the street, seemed to be convinced that he was on drugs, up to no good, and probably a thief who start the confrontation hmm?
It couldn't have been the one who was complaining to the dispatcher that these guys "always get a way"?
Maybe in Zimmermans mind he was going to make sure this one didn't get a way. What he didn't realize was Trayvon may not have been armed but he wasn't a punk and he's not going to let some random grown man grab him or confine him. As he shouldn't. He has just as much of a right to defend himself as Zimmerman and Zimmerman HAD NO RIGHT TO HARASS HIM. Sorry he didn't. Trayvon was not on his property, he does not have a badge, he was not in any immediate danger. Trayvon very well could have been acting out of fear. Which makes sense because he ran in the first place. I would have ran if I'm in a neighborhood in Florida that I'm not familiar with by myself and some guy in a car on the phone is following me. That's a HUGE red flag. I come from a neighborhood were we were told run first ask questions later. Then for the man to get out of the car and chase him makes it worse.
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