Originally Posted By: Mykl
Originally Posted By: Nick R
Please. Here is the deal here.
The key here is innocent until proven guilty, and reasonable doubt.
Basically, because this man claims self defense, there has to be evidence to prove otherwise. Right? Now nobody else saw this. At all. So he CLAIMS that Martin attacked him. Do we know if he did or not? Nope. Will we ever? Nope. Was zimmerman actually shooting in TRUE self defense? Possibly. Do I think he was? No.
Here is the problem with the stand your ground law as written. Basically, Zimmerman was able to claim that it was self defense, and because there is NO EVIDENCE to the contrary, he gets away with it. He wanted to shoot Martin, it's obvious. Who is irresponsible enough to walk around with a loaded gun? Or did he specifically load the gun, because he had every intention of shooting zimmerman. Maybe Zimmerman grabbed Martin, and martin fought back, like any reasonable person would. And then zimmerman shot him.
The truth is NOBODY KNOWS. The reason he was acquitted? Lack of physical evidence. All the logic and reason based on Zimmermans history of a wannabe cop and obvious lies says that he is guilty. But physical evidence? Not enough of it.
So he walks free.
So basically... you desire the system to be changed to "guilty until proven innocent"?
Because that's what you're advocating.
Not exactly. What I'm saying is that he should be guilty of SOMETHING. If not murder. He IS responsible for this. Wrongful death maybe. I dunno, I'm not a lawyer. But the fact that he has ZERO responsibility in the eyes of the law... That is disgusting to me.
You are assuming that GZ is telling the truth and that Martin DID attack him first. There is no evidence to support that is the truth. That is what he CLAIMS. So just as you are saying that there is no evidence that ZIMMERMAN attacked first, there is no evidence to the opposite either. But you WANT to believe that the man with the gun was right. Because you desperately want to make people with guns look like the good guys.