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do you believe zimmerman will become a target once found not guilty?

The procecutors threw that out when they did not charge him with simple manslaughter. The jurors must determine for the crime of 2nd degree murder.



My understanding is that the Judge could instruct them otherwise....
 
assuming zimmerman will be exonerated, do you believe he will have attempts on his life thereafter?
he went into hiding prior to the trial
will he have to live in hiding from the same people thereafter?

As much animosity as I have heard over what happened from TM's supporters...Sadly yes I do believe that he will have to live in hiding.
 
As much animosity as I have heard over what happened from TM's supporters...Sadly yes I do believe that he will have to live in hiding.

Idle curiosity, have you heard a lot of animosity towards Trayvon and his family?
 
Opinion doesn't "have" to comport with anything, that is why it is labeled "opinion"....

sounds like something dr shiping bao would say
 
A few racist comments but other than that, nothing even remotely on the scale that Zimmerman has faced.

People here have made comments about Trayvon dying because he had bad parents on multiple occasions.

Racist innuendo on a somewhat regular basis. I really don't think Zimmerman was a racist...but some of the posters here - definite possibility.:(

Trayvon's life was reduced to a low life thug that did little but smoke pot, steal, drink "lean" do whatever his thug persona on facebook says.
 
People here have made comments about Trayvon dying because he had bad parents on multiple occasions.

Racist innuendo on a somewhat regular basis. I really don't think Zimmerman was a racist...but some of the posters here - definite possibility.:(

Trayvon's life was reduced to a low life thug that did little but smoke pot, steal, drink "lean" do whatever his thug persona on facebook says.

Umm...perhaps I didn't answer your question correctly? I was assuming that you were talking about Zimmerman possibly having to go into hiding due threats and what not so aimed my response towards that being applied to the Martin's.

As far as disparaging Trayvon and his family, yeah sure...seen lots of that. But still, nothing on the scale that has happened to Zimmerman.
 
I think there is plenty of evidence...

....for the defense.

He has been proved to be a liar,

Only in the minds of those that think miniscule differences in statements is "lying". The experts disagree with you.

so nothing that he has said can be believed

Seems to me like many people made that decision before the trial even started.

... He started it..He followed the young man after being told by the dispatcher to stay put....

There has been no testimony that he kept following after the dispatcher said, "We don't need you to do that" and GZ said, "Okay."

He was huffing and puffing at one point so probably broke into a run when the kid started running away

Can you link to what you're talking about here?

.....what about the boy's right to "stand your ground"?

He has every right to defend himself, just as GZ does. What you're saying is you'd rather that TM had killed GZ instead of the other way around, right?
 
Yes.

He'll have to go into hiding if acquitted.

If he goes to prison, he'll probably just have an "accident."
 
Sorry, but creating pity party threads for an admitted killer seems a little bizarre.

Only if one fails to employ a level of cognitive proficiency suitable to any person mature enough to be able to get their shoes on the correct feet at least four times out of five.
 
Hopefully people will leave him alone so he can again work on that college degree. It would be awful to have his 9 years of college go down the drain.




maybe some people people will take up a collection for him.
 
I've always thought this event was a terrible, human tragedy with more victims than horrendous villains. What got this launched into the News as such an injustice was the lack of any formal charges in the beginning. A grave error in judgment was made, which will probably result in at least a manslaughter conviction. If he gets off with self defense he'll need to hide for awhile or leave the country.
 
assuming zimmerman will be exonerated, do you believe he will have attempts on his life thereafter?
he went into hiding prior to the trial
will he have to live in hiding from the same people thereafter?

Obama has people threatening to kill him every day, too. Members of congress get death threats all the time. There was a case a while back where a high school basketball player kept taking cheap shots at the opponent, it was caught on camera and put on Youtube. He received death threats, too. People are big talk, little action. Plus, this country isn't like it used to be. It's not every day, or every month, or every year, or even every decade that you see a lynch mob take somebody out.

Zimmerman should be fine. He's got a lot of supporters too, you know, and he'll get police protection should he be found not guilty. I hope he isn't, because if you're really against vigilante mentality, you'd oppose Zimmerman's actions in the first place. Nobody ought to pretend to be a police officer, or a judge or a jury.

Case in point - even the Westboro Baptist Church isn't the target of violence. If Fred Phelps can survive, so can George.
 
Obama has people threatening to kill him every day, too. Members of congress get death threats all the time. There was a case a while back where a high school basketball player kept taking cheap shots at the opponent, it was caught on camera and put on Youtube. He received death threats, too. People are big talk, little action. Plus, this country isn't like it used to be. It's not every day, or every month, or every year, or even every decade that you see a lynch mob take somebody out.

Zimmerman should be fine. He's got a lot of supporters too, you know, and he'll get police protection should he be found not guilty. I hope he isn't, because if you're really against vigilante mentality, you'd oppose Zimmerman's actions in the first place. Nobody ought to pretend to be a police officer, or a judge or a jury.

Case in point - even the Westboro Baptist Church isn't the target of violence. If Fred Phelps can survive, so can George.

:shrug: I would say that the people most likely to want to engage in violence against him should he be exonerated are also those most likely to engage in it. Maybe he will get protection - hopefully his family will to; else someone seeks their own branch of "justice for Trayvon".
 
Hopefully people will leave him alone so he can again work on that college degree. It would be awful to have his 9 years of college go down the drain.

Jealous?
 
this seems premature, no? ... or is he all but sure to be found not guilty? from what I've seen, I can see him convicted of a lesser charge ,,, but if you want an answer, no, I don't think anything would happen to him ... it's much more likely that he'll end up making some serious money of it (especially if he gets some advice from Sarah Palin) and will become even more of a hero to the "we-have-to-control-them" crowd ... When you're done with this topic, I have a question: Would Zimmerman have stalked Trayvon if he had been white?
 
this seems premature, no? ... or is he all but sure to be found not guilty? from what I've seen, I can see him convicted of a lesser charge ,,, but if you want an answer, no, I don't think anything would happen to him ... it's much more likely that he'll end up making some serious money of it (especially if he gets some advice from Sarah Palin) and will become even more of a hero to the "we-have-to-control-them" crowd ... When you're done with this topic, I have a question: Would Zimmerman have stalked Trayvon if he had been white?

If Zimmerman goes to jail he will not gain monetarily in Florida... All his income will go to the victim's family. He won't have commissary, TV or phone privileges..

Zimmerman would not have stalked a white teen..
 
If Zimmerman goes to jail he will not gain monetarily in Florida... All his income will go to the victim's family. He won't have commissary, TV or phone privileges..

Zimmerman would not have stalked a white teen..

good to know, but I was referring to if he is found not guilty (I wish the prosecution had not charged him with second degree, but a lesser charge) ...
 
good to know, but I was referring to if he is found not guilty (I wish the prosecution had not charged him with second degree, but a lesser charge) ...

In FL he can be convicted on a lesser charge that falls under Murder 2... like aggravated manslaughter that includes killing a minor with a handgun.
 
If Zimmerman goes to jail he will not gain monetarily in Florida... All his income will go to the victim's family. He won't have commissary, TV or phone privileges..

Zimmerman would not have stalked a white teen..

You are right, he didn't stalk a black teen either!
 
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