The Zimmerman Trial

angelatc

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Anybody watching it? No, me either. Instapundit just opened my eyes about why the media has been so quiet on the daily coverage:

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/171502/

UPDATE: Reader Bill Lux writes: “If their goal is prepping the battlefield then they might get their wish. The mainstream coverage of the trial is so abysmal that I don’t think casual observers realize what a farce this is and how weak the State’s case is (Andrew Branca’s tweeting has been indispensable). If there’s an acquittal, many people will be outraged because they’re so ill-informed.” That’s not by accident.

There's only one more paragraph, but you should definitely click over and read it, too. It's dead on.
 
If non-guilty we will have riots claiming the justice system is racist and if guilty the will be protest about how there was not enough evidence to prove Zimmerman guilty. The only reason why this is a high profile case is because it is a hate crime, is murder that is not a "hate crime" also bad?
 
If non-guilty we will have riots claiming the justice system is racist and if guilty the will be protest about how there was not enough evidence to prove Zimmerman guilty. The only reason why this is a high profile case is because it is a hate crime, is murder that is not a "hate crime" also bad?
All murder is a hate crime.
 
If non-guilty we will have riots claiming the justice system is racist and if guilty the will be protest about how there was not enough evidence to prove Zimmerman guilty. The only reason why this is a high profile case is because it is a hate crime, is murder that is not a "hate crime" also bad?

I don't think there will be much protesting if Zimmerman is found guilty. Appeals, yes. Protests, no.

If you read the link, you'd see a different theory about why this is a high profile case.
 
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I knew Zimmerman / Martin would eventually be dredged back up here. It was a matter of time. So I'm going to say the most un-PC think possible from either "side" of the Zimmerman / Martin divide. If Obama and "big sis" get their way, there will be a lot more Zimmermans, only they will be liberals. Hell, Zimmerman himself might be liberal or might have been before all this. Remember Obama talking about a "civilian national security force?" One of the things that prosecutors have been trying to get brought into this trial is all of Zimmerman's false alarms. Someone in his neighborhood that didn't look like him and he didn't recognize? He would "see something, say something." Every unfamiliar face was a potential criminal suspect. Well....isn't that the world we are headed to? And sure, right now they're using Zimmerman as a "disarm the public" scapegoat. But Obama said he wanted his civilian national security force to be "just as well armed and just as well funded" as the military. I know some want to hold Zimmerman up as the poster child for responsible gun rights. I no more see him like that than I see Trayvon Martin as the poster child of the sweet innocent black kid. I see Zimmerman as a statist that got caught up by the same statist system that he idolized and secretly wanted to be part of.
 
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You know you might be in trouble when your own lawyer starts off with a knock knock joke. Especially one that implies the jury is stupid.

 
I see Zimmerman as a statist that got caught up by the same statist system that he idolized and secretly wanted to be part of.


Probably, yes. This case has nothing to do with the "stand your ground" laws being referenced, but those will be attacked again regardless of verdict.
 
I don't think there will be much protesting if Zimmerman is found guilty. Appeals, yes. Protests, no.

If you read the link, you'd see a different theory about why this is a high profile case.
You caught me making a bad post, busted:D
 
So is it worse to hate somebody while you are murdering them?
I don't know. Maybe? But in any case, it is possible to murder without hatred.

I'll kill a man in a fair fight...
or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight...
or if he bothers me, or if there's a woman...
or if I'm getting paid.

Mostly only when I'm getting paid.

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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-_uGEbtuJnhbmmn/serenity_2005_wondering_about_reavers/

The embed is not working for me on this video. Does it work for anyone else? Maybe they need you go to the actual Metacafe site to watch their commercial.
 
claiming the justice system is racist

The thing that bothers me most is that people need a scapegoat to think this.
I mean, COPS has been showing how racist our system of justice is for 20 years now, on prime-time TV.
Why do people need a high-profile case to come to this conclusion?
 
I knew Zimmerman / Martin would eventually be dredged back up here. It was a matter of time. So I'm going to say the most un-PC think possible from either "side" of the Zimmerman / Martin divide. If Obama and "big sis" get their way, there will be a lot more Zimmerman's, only they will be liberals. Hell, Zimmerman himself might be liberal or might have been before all this. Remember Obama talking about a "civilian national security" force? One of the things that prosecutors have been trying to get brought into this trial is all of Zimmerman's false alarms. Someone in his neighborhood that didn't look like him and he didn't recognize? He would "see something, say something." Every unfamiliar face was a potential criminal suspect. Well....isn't that the world we are headed to? And sure, right now they're using Zimmerman as a "disarm the public" scapegoat. But Obama said he wanted his civilian national security force to be "just as well armed and just as well funded" as the military. I know some want to hold Zimmerman up as the poster child for responsible gun rights. I no more see him like that than I see Trayvon Martin as the poster child of the sweet innocent black kid. I see Zimmerman as a statist that got caught up by the same statist system that he idolized and secretly wanted to be part of.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. So if it's un-pc then we both are, go figure...
 
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