George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin's family, others for $100M

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  1. PARTIZAN1

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    There was need to pursue Civil Rights violation. Usually civil rights violations are pursued against police not a civilian. Zimmerman was not a police officer he was a wannabe police officer. Not the same thing.
     
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    I thought you meant TM knew about cops. :)
     
  3. Robert

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    I know. I simply commented due to a news article I had read blaming Zimmerman for black lives matter.
     
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    That floors me to see that used as an insult given my own daughter applied to a number of police departments and got rejected based on the oral interview. She is not a police officer either. She married a police officer. And he is retired now on disability.
     
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    People that hate Zimmerman's guts forget that Zimmerman was first accosted by Martin when Zimmerman was in his own car. Martin stalked him. He circled the car acting menacing. They do not read the trial records.

    (NEWSER) – There's a new wrinkle in George Zimmerman's version of the night of Trayvon Martin's death. Zimmerman has been telling investigators that while he was on the phone with police, Martin was circling his car menacingly on foot—so menacingly that Zimmerman rolled up his window "to avoid a confrontation," a source tells the Orlando Sentinel. The source says Zimmerman isn't changing his story; he's said this in every statement to police.

    https://www.newser.com/story/145424/zimmerman-trayvon-martin-circled-my-car.html
     
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    Martin thought of himself as a MMA fighter and lost in the end.
     
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    It helped start the ball rolling towards one and in both cases the black males that were killed were responsible for their own deaths.
     
  8. Bluesguy

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    I have noted it several times here and they just ignore it like they ignore all the facts they just wish him guilty and POOF he is guilty. Nothing to support their claims other than "well the jury got it wrong" which means of course the Obama/Holder DOJ got it wrong to, they are just right.
     
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    No he thought he could get away with the assault. People want to claim Zimmerman set out to kill Martin that night when clearly his actions show otherwise.
     
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    The family wanted for one reason but it was investigated by the Civil Rights division and no laws were broken they did not charge Zimmerman he was acting in self defense as the evidence showed and I could care less about your personal attacks on him that does not refute the evidence.

    Now what evidence did the jurors get wrong? What evidence did they get wrong? Where is your proof beyond a reasonable doubt Zimmerman committed a crime that night.
     
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    It was a pivotal incident, imo. Trayvon's killing reverberated through the black community, igniting a thirst for activism against unarmed shootings of black men and setting the stage for protests that culminated in hands up don't shoot, I can't breathe. etc. and continues to this day.
     
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    Actually, people took to the streets in Ferguson because they wanted a movement after what happened to Trayvon and they were looking for an opportunity to take a stand. Mike Brown just turned out not to have been the best example of what they wanted to protest.
     
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    It was 2 years between Martin and Brown, why did they wait that long?
     
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    Media coverage plays a role and they were preparing. Look - if you go to the Black Lives Matter website or google how did it start, it clearly states that the group formed in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman, after the killing of Trayvon Martin. People who have no idea what they're talking about want to blame President Obama for this new era in race relations but there wasn't much that he could have done. Zimmerman was the impetus.
     
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    Self defense is the definition in itself.

    Here's an instance:

    Someone approaches you and starts punching you in the face/head. Then you proceed to use your firearm to eliminate the threat to your life.

    It's a cut and dry thing. Which is why Zimmerman never even had to use "Stand your ground"...

    I know that it angers you, seeing as though you support the side of the attempted murderer.

    10 bucks says you support Mike Brown too
     
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    Who said he was "legally stalking"? He was reporting what he was seeing to the dispatch...lol
     
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    Sure- just cite your evidence to back up your theory. The prosecution tried (and failed miserably- much like your argument).

    If Zimmerman had Defensive wounds, and Tray Tray had OFFENSIVE wounds, how did Z start the fight?

    Don't quit your day job. Being a lawyer isn't for you
     
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    I'm not sure what race has to do with this. YOU were the one who repeatedly kept mentioning the race of the attacker and the clothes he was wearing at the time he executed his attack.

    Why do you keep bringing it up?
     
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    Creeping around is not very accurate since he called 911 and was out in plain view of everyone. Care to guess who creeped around and attacked someone? Trayvon. A guy who wasn’t a resident in the neighborhood. Just a guest. You’re legally allowed to watch someone suspiciously walking in the neighborhood you’re paying to live in. If I saw someone with a hoodie walking slowly in my neighborhood, seemingly casing homes, I’d be calling security too.
     
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    From what I read in the media, it looks like he was a low-life before and after. My thanks, Zimmy after mentioning that he was the impetus for BLM was sarcasm, in the same way that it often is when people say thanks, Obama or thanks, Trump. That said - I have nothing against activism as long as the tactics are kosher and legal.

     
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    Why would you assume that he was casing homes? Wearing a hoodie should not spark suspicion. If his father lived there, he was more than a guest, not that guests should be regarded with suspicion.

     
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    I have already condemned him and all of his ancestors for the past 1,000 generations to the lake of fire. Do you think I should show him mercy?
     
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    He was no worse than Martin. Martin should never have been held up as some shining example of virtue and how a young black male should act.
     
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    Obama could have refrained from injecting himself and concluding Zimmerman was somehow guilty. Just as with the beer summit and other incidences where he did the same. He could have instead of defense of such black behaviors condemned such behaviors and instead of attacking the police and supporting those that did turn into a real black lives matters as in what is the black community going to do about the prevalence of violence in black males especially their young boys and how to turn that around.
     
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    The beer summit over the incident involving Dr. Gates and the Trayvon tragedy both appeared to occur due to racial profiling and a movement against that was bound to emerge, especially when they involve loss of life and liberty. President Obama was correct, If he had a son, he would look like Trayvon. The President couldn't stop the groundswell of outrage over such incidents. He tried to explain the reasons for the outrage from his perspective. He didn't att

    Black behaviors? Youth? Dr. Gates wasn't young. This is about perceived racial profiling, not what you'd like to make it about.

     
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