Journal damn_registrars's Journal: Pot meet kettle 22
factions remain who "want to take the law into their own hands"
You mean like George Zimmerman, who took the law into his own hands and chased down a teenage boy?
Oh, wait, that quote comes from Zimmerman's brother, and he's claiming that there are hacks like his brother who want to kill his brother.
Well, if he felt safer with his gun, he can take that gun back now. That was what it was for, right?
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Imagine same situation with a black Zimmerman and a white Martin.
Case closed in less than 60 seconds.
Instead, the jury just announced it is "open season" on young black males, if there'd been any doubt...
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You will never see a black man upheld by SYG. No in the south. Not in KKKUSA. Never.
I remember Bobby Seale. I remember Huey.
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Well, of course! SYG is whites only [cbsnews.com]...
Pro tip: Do not fire "warning shots".
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Why the fuck is anyone mentioning SYG? At the time of this writing, I haven't read any interviews with the jurors, so I'm not sure what the reason was for acquital. I'm assuming self defense. If that's the case, you need to address that issue, which is more alike than different, in 49 states.
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One of the jurors said yesterday that SYG was the reason for the verdict and said she'd like to see SYG repealed.
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One of the jurors said yesterday that SYG was the reason for the verdict and said she'd like to see SYG repealed.
That juror was retarded, sir.
It's also not an answer to my overarching question, rather a fig leaf used to avoid it.
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Why the fuck is anyone mentioning SYG?
As I have mentioned SYG several times, I will say why I am talking about it.
Just because the the GZ defense did not use the phrase SYG explicitly in court, the idea of SYG and the "expanded castle doctrine" were clearly being tried here (far more so than concealed carry). It was understood by the state that a guilty verdict against GZ would pretty well guarantee that the state would need to reexamine SYG and everything that connects to it. The jurors, being Floridians, were likely fans of SYG and every
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We know no such thing regarding the request to not follow. An equally valid interpretation is that the request was made when GZ was already out of his vehicle. There is at least as much evidence (from Rachel Jeantel's testimony) that TM was at the house he was staying and for some reason headed back in the direction of the T.
I would also like to know where in this country you live that walking around a neighborhood is creepy behaviour that is tantamount to starting a confrontation that negates the use of f
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Uh, what?
It was the defense that declined to use SYG, thus saving it from scrutiny of the racial overtones on which it is based, as shown in the case where a black woman got 20 years (see link in other post), and it may be that they made an agreement with the state precisely for that purpose
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Oh, you mean the black woman who left the scene, retrieved a weapon, and returned to the scene? Can't figure out why neither SYG nor self defense worked there.
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Well Mr. Z was told to stay away also. He was in no danger in his vehicle.
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SYG had no more to do with this case than did Maritime Law just because it was raining that night.
Florida 776, their Justifiable Use of Force law, has several sections, a couple of which (776.012 and 776.013) get into SYG, but the immunity section (776.032), which was what prevented the police from arresting him absent evidence that it was not a case of self-defense, is separate from the SYG sections and not dependent on them.
The argument for a "not guilty because he was acting in self-defense" verdict in h
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Yep, the punk deserved to die.
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But if we're all theologically equivalent, then I cannot deny my inner Trayvon.
Thus, I'm not prepared to set my self up in judgement and say, cosmically, what he "deserved".
There was an altercation; Martin didn't back down; tragedy ensued.
A substantial number of people want to go all Hammurabi on George Zimmerman, but, in the heat of a moment, with someone besetting you,
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Martin didn't back down?? Obviously you see things differently. No point in arguing this one.
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...right?
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Case closed in less than 60 seconds.
And for even less attention span, let that death happen in Chicago, or an abortion clinic.
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Case closed in less than 60 seconds.
And for even less attention span, let that death happen in Chicago, or an abortion clinic.
Quiet you, that guy from Glee died.
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Imagine same situation with a black Zimmerman and a white Martin.
Case closed in less than 60 seconds.
Instead, the jury just announced it is "open season" on young black males, if there'd been any doubt...
Look at closure rates for 'typical' black on black murder. This was just another case of a 'white' doing something black people had made cool and been doing for years/decades.