03-25-2012, 08:31 AM
(03-24-2012, 10:32 PM)username Wrote: I can't believe the undercurrents in this thread. Black people commit a lot of crimes; ergo, it's totally reasonable to suspect, stalk and shoot a black kid wearing a hoodie.
WTF?
It's crazy.
A kid was chased down by a neighborhood watch patroller who claims he thought the kid was involved in burglary or larceny - neither of which is life threatening. After being told by 911 dispatch not to pursue, the patroller took matters into his own hands, tracked the kid down, and confronted and killed him.
You can take the race of the victim, the race of the shooter, and the size of both out of the equation and it's still clearly a case of one man unjustifiably killing another man, based on all we know now. If it turns out the unarmed kid tried to defend himself against the armed patroller, it doesn't change the fact that Zimmerman wasn't "standing his ground" against a threat to his life or property; he was the aggressor. The 911 calls prove that, imo.
Clear cut, to me. But, yeah, I want to hear more details and I hope law enforcement gets them (which they should have done more formally right off the bat).