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Originally Posted by hardwood
That is not Trayvon. But Trayvon is more than the media wants to show. His twitter posts show him giving the finger, bragging about how he assaulted a bus driver, and his invilvement with drugs, possibly as a dealer. He was in fact suspended from school for a drug infraction when he went to stay with his father in Sanford where he was killed.
But those things will likely not come up at trial as they will be deemed irrelevant to the case. That is, unless the prosecution tries to portray him as an innocent 13 yr old.
The irrefutable facts are that Zimmerman called in a suspicious person to 911. A conflict occurred where Trayvon was killed. Zimmerman was photographed with a broken nose and bloody gash on the back of his head.
The prosecution speculates that Zimmerman was a vigilante wannabe cop that confronted/assaulted Martin and killed him. They will contend that when Zimmerman was instructed by the 911 operator to end the pursuit, that he disregarded them and therefore caused the confrontation that led to Martin's death.
The defense will counter by saying that Zimmerman broke off the pursuit and was returning to his vehicle when Martin surprised him and punched him and instigated the attack.
The jury must decide at what point was an illegal action committed. The moment Zimmerman began to follow Martin, or when Martin first struck Zimmerman.
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The issues that will be focused on for the jury........will be the fact that the Neighborhood watch assosication, specifically states that members are not suppose to be armed. That was their rules and the same rules nationally.
Secondly, in his position as a watch volunteer....(which he was the head of for his neighborhood) He was suppose to call police and not get involved with said "assailant" or suspect. He should have waited for the police after he made the call. He was even told to not get out of his vehicle and engage the individual.
THis is the most important facts of the case. Because had he followed those rules nothing else would have happened. Everyone seems to forget this when talking about the case. This is the reason he should be found guilty.
You can't stalk someone and then claim self defense..(Becasue the kid was "Suppose" to be where he was at the time)..when the person you are stalking don't know who you are and only defending themselves.
Sanford has along documented history of racial problems....which is one of the reasons for the outrage when this initally happened.
I think he will get a manslaughter conviction........with time served and perhaps probation, if he does anytime it will be less than 4 yrs.
If he gets off and is found not guilty.....all hell is going to break lose.
TRAYVON Martin??
