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Originally Posted by Robbie
LOL! You never quit trolling man!
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Not trolling at all. I just really believe in what I am saying.
I don't see this as a "black kid". I see this as my daughter. For reasons I don't understand, teenagers like to wear hoodies. We went out for ice cream the other day, right before the trial started, in 95 degree weather, and there was teenagers there wearing sweat shirts with hoodies.
I close my eyes and I see my teenage daughter walking to her friend's 8pm at night, cutting between houses; I see my teenager running in fear from a man that's following her and then I see my child being shot and killed... All because she want to go to her friend's house.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
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Zimmerman was twenty-nine or is twenty-nine. Martin was 17 - a teenager, a minor. The difference between the two of them is staggering. Zimmerman was a full grown adult about to graduate from college with a degree in criminal law, while Martin was a dumb teen. Zimmerman should have known better.
Zimmerman not only should have known better, he should have handled himself better. In the evidence in Zimmerman's statement, Martin walked around Zimmerman's truck. Why didn't Zimmerman roll down his window and say "I am with the neighborhood watch" or "Can I help you?". He didn't.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
I'm thinking that you see this in your mind's eye as a giant old Mexican man in full pursuit running as fast as he can with a big gun drawn and chasing down a tiny black toddler still wearing diapers and crying.
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I don't see a Mexican or a black teen. I see my white daughter being shot by a local white homeowner who's house was robbed two months ago.
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Originally Posted by Robbie
Seriously man...it's insulting to people's intelligence. Why not just stick with reality? Stop saying "stalked" when you know that's an incorrect use of the word, and stop trying to paint Trayvon as a little kid and Zimmerman as older than he really is.
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I think stalking is the correct word. Zimmerman followed Martin for seventeen minutes (that we know of), to the point where Zimmerman got out of the car. Martin RAN from Zimmerman, and yet Zimmerman was somehow close enough to Martin for a confrontation to take place.
Stalking: Stalking is unwanted or obsessive attention by an individual or group toward another person. Stalking behaviors are related to harassment and intimidation and may include following the victim in person or monitoring them.
Zimmerman stalked this kid for seventeen minutes, following him from his truck and then on foot. That's not following, that's stalking.