The George Zimmerman Trial — Page 12

Where is Stevie Wonder going to perform??

Here's a rundown of the states with laws mirroring the one in Florida, where there's no duty to retreat in public places and where, in most cases, self-defense claims have some degree of immunity in court.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
California
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois (The law does not include a duty to retreat, which courts have interpreted as a right to expansive self-defense.)
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Mississippi
Montana
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon (Also does not include a duty to retreat.)
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Washington (Also does not include a duty to retreat.)
West Virginia

I want one of you SORRY ASS MOTHER F*CKERS hiding behind your screens to IM asking me to change my avatar so I can have the pleasure of telling you what you can do with yourself!

The jury gave George Zimmerman the benefit of the doubt. George Zimmerman gave Trayvon Martin the benefit of the guilt. Black boys and young black men get the message that that's how it's going to be in this culture from the time they are children.

This is why, in discussions like this, white people do not get to declare that this case "isn't about race." I know we white people are told from the time we are children that *we* get the last word, but we don't. I have had it up to here with white people thinking they understand what it's like being a young black male in this culture, of sneeringly using the phrase "playing the race card," of honestly thinking that if they declare "this isn't about race!" it isn't!

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Ditto!

Did you see her interview on Piers Morgan last night? It was slightly cringeworthy, but she keeps it real and is very straightforward. I love that.

"Who the hell do you think you are taking a scolding tone towards a person you don't even know? "

And you know me. Shut the hell up for once!

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It was a private message making a request. Owen 22 didn't try to publicly shame Jordan. Why didn't Jordan simply privately decline (with extreme prejudice if need be) instead of making it public? Now we have a page that's ALL about Jordan and his avatar - and THAT's what's disrespectful. If anyone has a response to this, please do it via PM. Thanks.

On topic - twitter defeats one of the juror's bright ideas about writing a book.

eta: so many personal attacks here. Can't we just stick to the damn topic?


Juror B37's book deal derailed

Updated On: 7/16/13 at 01:09 PM

"The jury gave George Zimmerman the benefit of the doubt. George Zimmerman gave Trayvon Martin the benefit of the guilt."

It was kind of hard for Zimmerman to not give Trayvon the "benefit of the guilt", seeing as Zimmerman witnessed Martin in a criminal act.

A criminal act that Zimmerman himself provoked. I don't think walking down the street in early evening is a criminal act.

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Javero, your presumption that the woman needs to be warned not to mess up her "once in a lifetime opportunity" (your words not mine) is, in some way, not reflective of the same presumption of failure that have always kept black people down in the US? Please explain how it is different.

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And I was going to change my avatar today but since getting more nasty emails from Owen22, I think I'll keep it up a little longer.


This should send his faux outrage into overdrive

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Which act did Zimmerman witness prior to the stalking, the harassment? Which act did Zimmerman witness before he murdered Trayvon Martin?