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Grand jury assembling in civil-rights case involving George Zimmerman

Buck Ewer said:
Gotta be guilty of something...He looks black...
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Unbeleivable. We have known this was an edit of what he really said for two years but liars are still trying to push this nonsense.
 
The racists are still trying to fit up Zimmerman for protecting himself.
 
 
ataturk said:
The racists are still trying to fit up Zimmerman for protecting himself.
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His best friend:

Following Zimmerman's acquittal on a murder charge, Taaffe has reversed his position and now says that he believes Zimmerman was motivated by race the night he followed then shot Trayvon in 2012.

Taaffe cites a phone conversation he had with Zimmerman in the days following the shooting but before Zimmerman was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
"What I know of George and his tendencies and also my opinion is that he racially profiled Trayvon Martin that night because if that had been a white kid on a cell phone, walking through our neighborhood, he wouldn’t have stayed on him the way he did and that’s a fact and I believe that in my heart," said Taaffe.
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you deleiberately misquopted the 911 call so your testiminy is pretty much rubbish.
 
Buck Ewer said:
All the Grand Jury is looking for is any indication that the murder may have been racially motivated.
Taaffe, a very close friend and associate of Zimmerman is exactly that indicator.
They can not ignore him.
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There was no murder. There was a trial for a "murder" that was never committed as evidenced by the whole not-guilty with no double jeopardy thing.

The idea of giving a private citizen voluntarily involved in a neighborhood watch a "civil rights trial" as though he was a part of the government is also absurd.
 
JayDubya said:
There was no murder. There was a trial for a "murder" that was never committed as evidenced by the whole not-guilty with no double jeopardy thing.

The idea of giving a private citizen voluntarily involved in a neighborhood watch a "civil rights trial" as though he was a part of the government is also absurd.
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Ah you don't understand. In teh rare happening that a Black person is killed by a white person its is not a normal crime. It is a political crime for which someone MUST be found guilty.
 
Buck Ewer said:
Zimmerman has already been cleared of A crime.
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so now we have to scurry around looking for a new one, so as to get around double jeopardy and bring the case back into the news, maybe even send Zimmerman to jail for...

...for violating someone's civil rights? What sort of a penalty does that carry anyway?
 
Buck Ewer said:
Hate is thought.
When acted upon...
...it becomes a crime.
They are crime police.
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And crime police need evidence- which is sorely lacking in this case. Dont get me wrong "Z-man" is not my hero and I bet was race was a factor.

That aside, there is a huge gap between race being a factor and the incident being racially motivated. Unless Z-man is an active member of Stormfront, or posted his own version of Mien Kamph on Face Book, there is no way they are going to have enough evidence to proceed against him.

At the end of the day, I doubt Z-man is a dogmatic rascist. Rather, he is just a loser who happened to find a new purpose in life as "Watch Commander".
 
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More info in regards to Taaffe's GJ testimoney.


Former Zimmerman supporter appears for grand jury testimony


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Taaffe said he expected to testify about a phone call days before Zimmerman's arrest from someone who claimed to be Zimmerman and made a "racial comment" about the case, Taaffe said.

He said the call came from an unknown number, so he couldn't be 100 percent sure it was Zimmerman.

Taaffe said FBI agents also have asked him about comments he made while Zimmerman's jury was deliberating. Taaffe claimed to have been tipped off about the jury's discussions, which are supposed to be secret.​


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Former Zimmerman supporter appears for grand jury, says Trayvon was profiled - Orlando Sentinel​
 
Excon said:
More info in regards to Taaffe's GJ testimoney.


Former Zimmerman supporter appears for grand jury testimony


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Taaffe said he expected to testify about a phone call days before Zimmerman's arrest from someone who claimed to be Zimmerman and made a "racial comment" about the case, Taaffe said.

He said the call came from an unknown number, so he couldn't be 100 percent sure it was Zimmerman.

Taaffe said FBI agents also have asked him about comments he made while Zimmerman's jury was deliberating. Taaffe claimed to have been tipped off about the jury's discussions, which are supposed to be secret.​


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Former Zimmerman supporter appears for grand jury, says Trayvon was profiled - Orlando Sentinel​
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The above is not admissible evidence in any sort of trial. It might have been Zimmerman?
 
If a police officer would not be brought up on these kinds of charges in the same scenario, then Zimmerman shouldn't either.

I don't understand the connection between the racial profiling and the actual shooting.

Even if Zimmerman followed him because he was black, that has no bearing on how Martin jumped him and tried to kill him.
 
Dittohead not! said:
The above is not admissible evidence in any sort of trial. It might have been Zimmerman?
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Not in court, but before a GJ hearing yes.
It is called grasping.
 
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Dittohead not! said:
Probably a reprehensible attempt to get around Constitutional guarantees against double jeopardy.
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double jeopardy is in the same court for the same charge. OJ can not be tried on murder charges in state court again. He was sued in civil court and could have been sued in federal court.
 
Dittohead not! said:
It's called hearsay.
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Odd. It is like you are trying to have an argument when we both agree. Strange.

Secondly, my comment was obviously in regards to the GJ. That is why I stated "GJ".
And presenting such info to a GJ is called "grasping".
 
1750Texan said:
double jeopardy is in the same court for the same charge. OJ can not be tried on murder charges in state court again. He was sued in civil court and could have been sued in federal court.
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Exactly, so come up with a new and improved charge, and you can have a new trial. It's making an end run around double jeopardy. It's legal. Reprehensible, but legal.
 
Dittohead not! said:
Exactly, so come up with a new and improved charge, and you can have a new trial. It's making an end run around double jeopardy. It's legal. Reprehensible, but legal.
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I don't think that "double jeopardy" means what you think it means.
 
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