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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
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.
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True, and most of the people who I've seen supporting him haven't absolved him of the responsibility part of this tragedy.
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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.
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I don't know, I think that the character assassination on both sides is ridiculous and over the top.
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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.
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To me, especially in my profession, Neighbourhood Watch doesn't mean anything. When people see suspicious stuff, they generally will report it, NW or not.