Just when thought he could not stoop any lower...

[garren]

Originally Posted by JU_88

I don't know too much about the details of the Zimmerman case, I feel bad for Martin and his family as it appears that an innocent man was murdered that day.

If Zimmerman hadn't shot Martin then Zimmerman would most likely be dead. He had a right to defend his life no matter what transpired before the shooting.

If Zimmerman was a racist that was never proven in court and would be irrelevant anyways because the use of violence is never warranted against racists unless they pose a clear and imminent threat to your life. Being followed is not a clear and present danger to your life.

We know that Zimmerman took a black girl to prom and tutored black children. Doesn't seem very racist to me towards black people but just to entertain the really ridiculous, maybe he was a closet racist who used black people as a cover for his true intent. LOL!

Martin's girlfriend however testified that Martin was a bit of a racist himself with what she said he told her over the phone before he died - and she was a witness for the prosecution trying to make Zimmerman out to be the racist for simply following Trayvon.

That backfired on the prosecution very badly. It was like them saying it's OK for blacks to be racists towards whites but never the opposite. And them not even having a shred of proof to back up their claim that Zimmerman was a racist to begin with just sunk their battleship. Their whole argument was based on pure speculation and the very racist notion that whenever a white man kills a black man it's automatically an act of racism.

Here's some facts - Following someone is not a crime in America and does not make you a racist. But smashing someone's head against the concrete and breaking their nose is a crime and is a serious act of violence that would lead the person being assaulted to believe their life was in danger - warranting the shooting of their attacker.

Remember, Trayvon wasn't shot in his back. He was shot in his front which makes all the difference in the world in this case. The bloody pictures of Zimmerman's nose and the back of his head sealed the deal in proving his side of the story. He was the victim of Trayvon's assault. He had to defend his life by taking Trayvon's.