17yr old black kid shot and killed for walking in white suburbia?

[Willie Escalade]

Look what can happen when one stands their ground.

http://moorbey.wordpress.com/2012/04...ars-in-prison/

[Stavros]

Look what can happen when one stands their ground.

http://moorbey.wordpress.com/2012/04...ars-in-prison/

What the Alexander case seems to argue is that it is to the shooter's advantage to kill their 'assailant' and then claim self-defence rather than injure or fire a warning shot! Precisely because she fired a warning shot, this was taken to imply she had other options, that her own life was not in imminent danger: she could have jumped out the window of the bedroom according to the judge (!) -her husband had a history of violence against her but was he going to 'give her a slap' or kill her? She obviously admitted she had a gun and fired it, and the jury took 13 minutes to reach a verdict: this is where the letter of the law is preferred over the more subtle issues of 'intent' and the different moral positions of Alexander and her husband. Morally, she is clearly the victim of an outrageous miscarriage of justice -but isn't this just another desperately sad example of how the trial situation itself is so poor in the USA? Had she actually shot and killed her husband in a state that doesn't have SYG laws, wouldn't she now be on Death Row?

Something wrong with your police, your courts, and your laws!! -And no I am not saying its superior in the UK.

[GroobySteven]

[jamesedwards]

I was shown the light at the age of 15 by a older black friend who taught me the subleties of Scotch vs. Southern Comfort. I have dated more than a few black girls of every stripe.

I have been paying attention to social problems and am not afraid to say what I see.

Don't call me a red-neck.

Oh So you'are a Mason huh? Shown the light through the boy scouts then through a Fraternity and became a Free Mason of the Scottish Rite huh?

[jamesedwards]

Look what can happen when one stands their ground.

http://moorbey.wordpress.com/2012/04...ars-in-prison/

Thank you for that article. a man in New York went through the same thing, he was African american a Caucasian entered his house to rob him, the man killed the robber in SELF DEFENSE. Make a long story short THE AFRICAN AMERICAN IS DOING TIME BECAUSE OF A CAUCASIAN MAN ENTERING HIS HOME AND THE AA STOOD UP TO PROTECT HIS FAMILY AND HOME.

Now that is crazy how the guy gets time and it was surely definite this man tried to rob him and maybe hurt his family yet he gets time. Zimmerman should go to jail if not there is going to be some shit because Marrisa and this man who happen to be DARK gets time.

[jamesedwards]

They said the put a cap on that movie because of the Trayvon case and it's to sensitive. I agree I can't even go watch that movie after what has happened to Trayvon because there is no laughter. This thing is nationwide.

[natina]

zimmerman weeping in jail


http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/17/justic...dmn_topstories


Another analyst came to a similar conclusion using different technology.

The voice analysis is the latest piece of information to cast doubt on the narrative, advanced by Zimmerman and his family, that the Neighborhood Watch volunteer was attacked by 17-year-old Travyon Martin. A police video this week showed no blood or bruises on Zimmerman in the aftermath of the incident, while Martin's funeral director said he saw no signs of a struggle on the teen's body.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1394224.html

[natina]

He didn't appear hurt or anything else."


Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- Someone has stepped up, reporting to have witnessed last month's shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old whose death has sparked nationwide controversy. The witness detailed to CNN the Florida incident from what initially sounded like an argument to its fatal conclusion.

"It would have to be starting with hearing voices, but not seeing, and then, after the voices, opening a window and then seeing -- with two men or two people on the ground, one on top of each other," the witness, who has asked not to be identified, even by gender, told CNN's Anderson Cooper about the February 26 incident in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.

The witness reported hearing through a closed window voices from an area where residents typically walk their dogs. "I thought it was rather loud, but I had just shut my window because it had just started pouring out rain," the witness said. "And then I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, who's out there walking their dog in the rain?' "

But the witness did not immediately look outside to see what the commotion was about, according to the account. "I went and did something else, and then I heard the loud voices again," said the witness, who reported opening the window. "It definitely was a very loud, predominant voice," the witness said. "I couldn't hear the words but it was like, OK, this is not a regular conversation. This is someone aggressively, you know, yelling at someone."

Within a couple of seconds after the shots, one of the men "was walking toward where I was watching, and I could see him a little bit clearer. Could see that it was a Hispanic man. He didn't appear hurt or anything else."

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/29/justic...html?hpt=hp_t1

[natina]

stand your ground law does not protect zimmerman

Author and NRA member Dave Kopel says Florida law does not protect George Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin shooting.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=articl...-kopel-one.cnn

[natina]

Zimmerman makes court appearance

Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin, pursued him, frightened him, confronted him then shot him during a struggle, prosecutors alleged Thursday.

That's what the probable-cause affidavit filed Thursday by Special Prosecutor Angela Corey reveals. It is the first look at the criminal case that prosecutors plan to mount against Zimmerman.


The account is strikingly similar to the story that Trayvon's parents, the family's attorneys and civil-rights leaders have told for weeks — that Trayvon was an innocent victim hunted down and killed because he was black.

Herr found the affidavit legally sufficient to establish probable cause and ordered Zimmerman to appear for arraignment — when defendants formally enter a plea — on May 29 before Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler.

But the probable-cause affidavit, prepared by two investigators in her office, spelled out the bare bones of her case.

To Trayvon, it says, Zimmerman was a scary man, following him for some unknown reason. To Zimmerman, Trayvon was someone who was about to commit a crime, "a f------ punk," the affidavit said.

The affidavit offered evidence the state's position on three key points:

•"Zimmerman confronted Martin," it says, an apparent contradiction of Zimmerman's version of events.

•The state will argue that the voice heard crying for help in the background of one 911 call is Trayvon's. According to the affidavit, Trayvon's mother listened to the recording and identified the voice as her son's.

•State investigators will rely on the testimony of a friend of Trayvon's who told them she talked to the teenager on the phone in the lead-up to the shooting and heard the confrontation.

Based on the description, she appears to be the girl described by Martin family attorneys as his girlfriend.

When interviewed by state investigators, "The witness advised that Martin was scared because he was being followed through the complex by an unknown male and didn't know why," the affidavit said.

Trayvon tried to run home, the affidavit says, but Zimmerman ignored the advice of a police dispatcher and continued pursuing him on foot.

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/...-show-accident