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Originally Posted by blankall
As I stated in my previous post, I shouldn't have used the word election. He was probably just appointed.
And yes, him being appointed as the head of a neighbourhood watch on private property is relevant to this case. We are looking specifically at what happened directly before the shooting to establish men's rea. It's just as relevant as the prosecutiong and the media using Zimmerman's racist beliefs to establish murder.
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You seem to be giving a lot of weight to his "position" and its relevance to reality.
Going just by the numbers you have provided... 25 people (in a community of 250 homes) got together, watched a powerpoint, and decided this fellow George could be called a co-ordinator.
It sounds all official to say that he was "appointed" to watch over "private property", but in reality he had no more authority than any other regular person.
He was a regular person, carrying a gun, confronting someone who hadn't done anything wrong. Then he shot him.