Guns don't kill people ....

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

"without giving him a trial" is what the protests are about.

What's the point of a trial when under Floriduh law he's going to be found not guilty? It would be a show trial and the verdict would probably cause even more anger and possible riots.

[Lamplighter]

Originally Posted by glatt

What's the point of a trial when under Floriduh law he's going to be found not guilty? It would be a show trial and the verdict would probably cause even more anger and possible riots.

Federal law may come into the picture... to determine if killing Trayvon Martin violated his civil rights.
That may sound strange, I know, but it's possible with the FBI being involved.

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by glatt

What's the point of a trial when under Floriduh law he's going to be found not guilty? It would be a show trial and the verdict would probably cause even more anger and possible riots.

If he's found not guilty because of "stand your ground", rather than some technicality or exculpatory information yet to be mentioned, it may be useful for altering the "stand your ground" law for the better.

[wolf]

Originally Posted by glatt

What's the point of a trial when under Floriduh law he's going to be found not guilty? It would be a show trial and the verdict would probably cause even more anger and possible riots.

Tain't necessarily so.

Listen carefully to the 911 tape, ignore the inflammatory comment for the time being.

He followed the kid around in his car.

Of course, we don't know what happened, but on it's face it would appear that a cop wannabe who made forty or so calls to 911 in the preceeding weeks and did not identify himself as Neighborhood Watch to the 911 dispatcher on this incident who told him not to follow the teen. Could he have provoked the situation that lead to the shooting?

I'm hoping to be able to listen to Michael Smerconish's show on Monday. He said today that he was going to go over the case point by point based on public information about the case. Should be interesting.

Stand Your Ground <> Stalk Through The Neighborhood.