Personally I'm sick to death of the race thing. Race may (or may not) have been a factor in his decision to pursue Trayvon (and that sucks and is wrong if true) but "stand your ground", firearm laws, background checks, neighborhood watch training and rules are more relevant issues to the case and fixing things going forward so it doesn't happen again.
FWIW I don't think Zimmerman is clean but I think he's going to walk. I think he's lying about some things and to lie about a deceased kid to save your own ass and to not take responsibility and speak the truth 100% makes you a total scumbag in my book. I believe he acted in self defense though according to the law (which is ridiculous) but I'm also prone to believing Trayvon was acting in self defense too since Zimmerman was stalking him.
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Originally Posted by Rochard
I find this case fascinating. (Obviously.)
I've been saying this all along.
Oh, Zimmerman got a beat down, but it surely wasn't life threatening.
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It exposes the cracks and holes in the whole Florida "stand your ground" laws. In theory it's not a bad idea but there are numerous problems with it in implementation and too much is left undefined and arbitrary. This should not have happened.