Such a strange and unfortunate case. Hate crime, or over zealous reaction from a neighborhood guy trying to move up the ranks of Law enforcement? Who knows.

The guy, George Zimmerman, is a Latino (Peruvian) guy too. He's also half white on his Military father's side, which could lead to a whole other discussion.

SupremeCommander wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:For once Lebron was about somebody more than himself, so we applaud that.

Such a strange and unfortunate case. Hate crime, or over zealous reaction from a neighborhood guy trying to move up the ranks of Law enforcement? Who knows.

The guy, George Zimmerman, is a Latino (Peruvian) guy too. He's also half white on his Military father's side, which could lead to a whole other discussion.

from what I read, this isn't a hate crime. It's some 28 year old idiot who is a wannabe cop. Apparently he phoned stuff into the station regularly. So his fantasy of being a cop likely kept escalating. Maybe his prejudices played into the incident but I don't think he's a card-carrying member of the KKK

The guy's actually Hispanic.

I read up on some the Stand Your Ground Law. Sounds like, at least, he should get nailed with a manslaughter charge.

Uptown wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:good for him

this is unfortuante. I truly hope that this rumored cell phone call to his girlfriend invalidates the FL "stand your ground law"

More like a "shoot first, questions later" law

The "Self Defense" Law is ridiculous especially when you consider that Trayvon Martin was not armed, excpet for a bag of skittles. The girlfriend was on the phone with him and according to her, Martin was running from the guy so, Zimmerman obviously chased him down. Also, its been a reported that a Neighbor heard Martin screaming for help befofe he was shot. Its crazy that this guy is not behind bars yet.

what's bullchit is that with such a law you ALWAYS have an out. "Uh, officer, he was confrontational and he, uh, jammed his hand in his pocket real fast and withdrew. It was, uh, self defense."

If this wannabe cop can't be prosecuted, the lawmakers themselves should be prosecuted.

SupremeCommander wrote:

Gymkata wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:

ChuckBuck wrote:For once Lebron was about somebody more than himself, so we applaud that.

Such a strange and unfortunate case. Hate crime, or over zealous reaction from a neighborhood guy trying to move up the ranks of Law enforcement? Who knows.

The guy, George Zimmerman, is a Latino (Peruvian) guy too. He's also half white on his Military father's side, which could lead to a whole other discussion.

from what I read, this isn't a hate crime. It's some 28 year old idiot who is a wannabe cop. Apparently he phoned stuff into the station regularly. So his fantasy of being a cop likely kept escalating. Maybe his prejudices played into the incident but I don't think he's a card-carrying member of the KKK

The guy's actually Hispanic.

I read up on some the Stand Your Ground Law. Sounds like, at least, he should get nailed with a manslaughter charge.

I do find it interesting that the agressor's family rushed to the media to say that "he's hispanic" as a defense against racism. Whites aren't the only racists

As for the manslaughter charges, I would be interested to hear more

Uptown wrote:

SupremeCommander wrote:good for him

this is unfortuante. I truly hope that this rumored cell phone call to his girlfriend invalidates the FL "stand your ground law"

More like a "shoot first, questions later" law

The "Self Defense" Law is ridiculous especially when you consider that Trayvon Martin was not armed, excpet for a bag of skittles. The girlfriend was on the phone with him and according to her, Martin was running from the guy so, Zimmerman obviously chased him down. Also, its been a reported that a Neighbor heard Martin screaming for help befofe he was shot. Its crazy that this guy is not behind bars yet.

Its not crazy, its sad as this case follows the same qualities of other horrendous crimes where the aggressor has an irrational and violent reaction against an unarmed and misjudged person who happens to not be white and as soon as the police shows up they side with the aggressor and change their regular protocol in such situations so that the aggressor is relieved of guilt and responsibility.

Really, how many times have we seen something like this happen? And we are supposed to believe we are safe and we can trust authorities and law enforcers? We are in freaking 2012 and this still happens in front of everybody and it is allowed to continue to happen. Im sorry if this offends anybody but things like this really get under my skin and make me not only wonder the kind of world we live in today, but how little progress we seem to be doing as a society when things like this keep happening and instead of giving the right punishment to the responsible people, we protect them and prolong the sickness in society.