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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
In my experience, a lot of people are very quick to label someone suspicious. No one is an 'authority' on it, but people sure seem to think that they know who is and isn't suspicious.
Are you trying to imply that Zimmerman has no responsibility for what's happened? Most everyone I've been seeing agree that a fight was happening, and it takes two to fight. He has been found not criminally responsible, but he's going to be paying for this for the rest of his life.
This thread, and many like it that have sprung up around the 'net, make me feel like I missed a major sporting event to which everyone else had ringside seats. Everyone trying to argue from a position of authority, no one actually knowing anything.
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Having to bear repercussions isn't the same as bearing responsibility. Beside, in the long run he stands to gain more than lose. He'll get talk show money, maybe even book money, plus he is already soliciting his "supporters" to send him money to pay for his defense. The short attention span of American society will all but ensure that people forget him sooner rather than later.
It's true that no one knows the whole story, which is one of the things I am taking exception to. The character assassination of Martin by some is way over the top. The kid is dead, and it has not been proven that he started anything, yet there seems to be a lot of people that think he had it coming. We'll never know his story.
Some people seem to think that a not-guilty verdict proves that Zimmerman's account is the true story, but those people need to look up "reasonable doubt" and furrow their brows a little harder. The outcome of this case does not substantiate Zimmerman's account by any means, but a lot of people seem to believe it proves that Martin was original aggressor. It only means that under the law, there was not enough evidence to disprove his defense. For the record, I agree with the verdict.
The other thing I take exception to is when people use his participation in a Neighbourhood Watch as some type of defense, or implies that he has additional qualifications or authority. As has been pointed out, he was acting outside of the Neighbourhood Watch program when he made the choices he did, so maybe it's about time people take that off the table. He was just one citizen spying on/watching/following another.