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Why do you think they were

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:05:18 +0000

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Why do you think they were "friends". It's already been discussed that his father was a retired magistrate from *Virginia*, not Florida.

Anything that doesn't fit our desired image of the proper outcome must be ridiculed? Could it be the higher ups simply didn't think there was a winnable court case?

Really, all you need to know

jollyroger — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:38:31 +0000

In reply to Trayvon Martin Case and Zimmerman Police Station Surveillance Video

Really, all you need to know is that the cop on the job wanted to charge Zimmermann and was over ruled by higher ups...Friends in high places...are friends in need.

SOP? Seriously? Hard to

Aunt Sam — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:35:27 +0000

In reply to The cops also dry cleaned his

SOP? Seriously? Hard to 'tell' sarcasm and tone from text.

Discerning 'exactly who is

NCD — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:28:03 +0000

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Discerning 'exactly who is entitled to stand their ground' is easy, any black is disqualified from this entitlement.

The cops also dry cleaned his

NCD — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:22:28 +0000

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The cops also dry cleaned his jacket and pressed it, and provided physical therapy for his back injury, along with prescription pain meds. It's SOP in Florida for shooters.

According to Todd at MSNBC,

Richard Day — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:04:54 +0000

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According to Todd at MSNBC, 33 states have adopted versions of the Castle Law originally drafted by the NRA.

The following year, Baxley, a state representative, worked closely with the NRA to push through Florida's unprecedented "stand your ground" law, which allows citizens to use deadly force if they "reasonably believe" their safety is threatened in a public setting, like a park or a street.

People would no longer be restrained by a "duty to retreat" from a threat while out in public, and would be free from prosecution or civil liability if they acted in self-defense.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/nra-pushed-stand-your-gro_b_1379617.html

The problem here is how to discern exactly who was entitled to stand their ground once a dead person is found lying upon the ground!

I guess that we are to assume that if you are still standing following a shooting you are in a better position to use the stand your ground legislation than the one lying on the ground?

It would seem that if you do choose to be present in a public place; you better be armed and on the ready!

Also note that from interview

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:31:57 +0000

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Also note that from interview with Joe Oliver, Zimmerman was cleaned up by police at the scene of the shooting, though how a "serious cut to the back of the head" could be handled without bandages, I've no idea. (i.e. station video doesn't show any bandage on the head. broken nose was apparently realized the next day).

My guess is that "serious cut" was his lawyer's version, not the police's.