SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  
To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (726763)7/15/2013 6:40:02 PM
From: tejek  Read Replies (2) of 1578534
 
Yes. I have explained that the normal physiological response to another person's aggression is to fight or flee. Why should Martin have reacted differently?
Just because someone is tailing you does not give you a license to go beat that guy up.

Even if Martin was fearing for his life, he clearly made snap judgements that turned out to be irrational, such as attacking a guy who turned out to be armed.

Martin's behavior was irrational but Zimmerman's shooting and killing Martin was not. Huh? Jesus, what kind of rational thinking is that?

That's what ultimately got Martin killed, not the fact that he was being tailed in the first place. That's what ultimately put reasonable doubt in the minds of the jurors.

No it isn't. The jury had no recourse but to believe Zimmerman's story even with its flaws. That's why they couldn't convict him of either charge. It helps of course that the jury was 4 whites and one Latina.

But from your point-of-view, even tailing Martin should have put Zimmerman in jail, or at least taken away Zimmerman's right to defend himself after getting attacked. That's nonsense.

I never said that. My argument is that he was racial profiling him, stalking him and then proceeded to use unnecessary force to kill Martin.
Report TOU ViolationShare This Post
 Public ReplyPrvt ReplyMark as Last ReadFilePrevious 10Next 10PreviousNext  

HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News