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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
Zimmerman wasn't some random stalker on the streets following people around, he was working as a neighborhood watchman or whatever it's called and he saw someone that he thought looked like they were up to no good,
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I think you're missing the fact that being a neighborhood watchman doesn't give him any more legal power than Trayvon had. If you get elected to your neighborhood watch, you picked to "watch to see if you see anything suspicous or wrong so you can report it to the authorities." Being in the neighborhood watch does not make you an authority. It doesn't give you a badge, and it doesn't give you a special right to carry a gun. I could go be the neighborhood watch in my neighborhood with absolutely no background credentials. You act like he had some sort of fucking power as the neighborhood watchman. It's not like he was a security guard in a uniform and marked vehicle in a gate community.
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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
and when that person started to violently attack him his suspicions were confirmed. Then, in order to save his own life, he decided to use his weapon on the attacker.
People will try to justify Trayvon's attack on Zimmerman because Zimmerman was "following him," but that's not the way the law works, it isn't legal to beat someone up simply because they are walking near you.
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So Trayvon just ran up to Zimmermans truck, yanked him out of it and started beating the shit out of him unprovoked? I'm supposed to believe that Zimmerman was staying back, minding his own business and observing (like he should have been as a neighborhood watchman), waiting for the PROPER authorities to arrive, and that out of nowhere, Trayvon just decided to attack him? Jesus, this is the most retarded shit I've ever heard in my life. I love how you downplay Zimmerman's role in this: "he was walking near him." Yeah, sure he was. The accounts I've read of this indicate that Zimmerman was doing far more than simply "walking near" Trayvon. Good lord....lol.
I guarantee you that Trayvon felt threatened and that's why he attacked....if in fact he even attacked first. But do I think he handled the situation right? Fuck no.
I'm trying to look at both sides, and I acknowledge that BOTH parties involved made poor choices, and you're so hell-bent on seeing one side that you can't be objective and see things for what they are: a total fucked up situation where both people made the wrong choices.