WhiteFangGirl06
Reborn Resolve
However this case goes it should not be investigated and pulled up by race claims or "civil rights" It prob wasnt a race shooting just some radical black people and media escalating it. A real Civil rights case would be against the black panthers for issuing a bounty on the head of Zimmerman.
This was a race thing no doubt about it. I mean he even called Trayvon a coon in the 911 call where the police told him to stop following Trayvon.
Def of Coon:
Slang: Disparaging and Offensive . a black person (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/coon)
2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/coon)
He has made 49 other 911 calls that were similar to the one before Trayvon was killed all were about people of non white color. He also assaulted a Police officer. Thats laughable that you would think there was no civil rights case here where a kid was killed by an older male because he was black, but you call for one in the case of the new black panthers setting up a bounty that trash Zimmermans head, I say good job on the new Black panthers parts the jerk has it coming, an eye for an eye. I'm sick of the injustice and double standards about time someone took things into their own hands.
If Zimmerman is charged with the second degree murder charge he won't be in jail for life which is bs. If it was a white kid killed by a black man the black man would be sentenced to death and or life.
As I read this I couldn't help but wonder if you are able to see the racism and double standards in your own post.
And Zimmerman is listed as Hispanic, not white but what ever he was if is racist that is wrong.
A white (or in this case apparently Hispanic) man kills a black man over wrongs (real or perceived) done by the black man and you think it wrong and unjust (it is).
A black man (or in the case of the Panthers a group of black man) recommend murdering a white/hispanic man over the wrongs they perceived he did and you are all for it.
Vigilante justice is vigilante justice not matter the color of the skin of the person doing it.
As to the charge being second degree murder, they probably charged him with the most serious crime they felt they had a chance of convicting him on. There was probably some debate whether to charge him with manslaughter vs murder. The general distinction between first and second degree murder is:
"Generally, second degree murder is common law murder, and first degree is an aggravated form. The aggravating factors of first degree murder are a specific intent to kill, premeditation, and deliberation. In addition, murder committed by acts such as strangulation, poisoning, or lying in wait are also treated as first degree murder."
It would probably be MUCH easier for Zimmerman to convince a jury he did not premeditate or intent to kill Trayvon (remember, he only needs to create a reasonable doubt). "Yes I shot him but I just wanted him to stop attacking me" - or what ever. You may not agree with it from your long distance limited knowledge of the facts but you'd probably also be pissed if the they made the charge too high for the evidence they had and he walked without any conviction at all (which could still happen even with second degree).
I fail to understand why some people think illegal activities done to one group of people is okay but the same or similar activities are horrible if done to a different group of people. The only explanation I can think of is racism.
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