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Originally Posted by privateer
Surely you jest???
A whole freaking Nation is crying out about this!!
Who do you want to look into things?
Castle?
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No, it does not matter that the nation is crying out about this, we do not operate on a system of mob rule.This is a local Law Enforcement matter and they made a decision not to charge him(Law Enforcement Officer's have discretion) based on Florida STATE Law, if they arrest someone when they are legally protected, they open up their department to lawsuits, bad publicity etc.The State Attorney's Office surely looked into this and felt that regardless of his actions, an altercation ensued and he used the force he deemed necessary to protect himself.There is no evidence to show this was racially motivated, every negative interaction between two people of different racial backrounds is NOT always a racial matter, in fact I will argue that it is rarely a racial thing now days. The way many people try to stretch hate crime laws is that if you get into an altercation with a minority or a homoesexual, you committed a hate crime, even if the crime was not motivated by prejudice.Bottom line, the guy is protected under Florida Law so those who have business in the matter, the Sanford Police and State Attorneys Office(they are sending it to a grand jury now) have the call here and the Feds have no reason to step in yet.Evidence surfaces to show that it was a racially motivated crime, Feds should then investigate.I think hate crime laws are silly, no one group should be protected more than others but that is a different discussion.
I am not defending Zimmerman, he is an idiot.Overzealous wannabe cop(must be a real f*ck up to not be able to be an actual cop, it's not that difficult, look at the people who become cops) who went looking for trouble and found it.Some type of altercation occurred and perhaps the kid was kicking his ass , he felt in danger and shot him.Legally, he is covered, it sucks but he is.The stand your ground law was put in place because people who defended themselves were prosecuted when they never should have been.
Governor Scott is calling for a review of the law and that is fine but Zimmerman has the law on his side in this one, like it or not.