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George Zimmerman spotted packing heat in Texas

My dear hope is that he'll successfully sue major the news outlets and the mindless commentators that have placed him is such danger until they bleed from their wallets and must apply for food stamps.


Then he can hire a bodyguard company.
 
Excon said:
They both are an issue.
Regardless if you think it is just a slogan.
It is a Public record.
So there is no expectation of privacy at all.
This was not something that was not going to be reported.
Yet they blocked out the plate number.
So you really have nothing to complain about other that your dislike of how public information was disseminated.
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Yes, that is exactly my complaint.
 
joko104 said:
Yeah it does. The number of death threats against him and his family is massive. That officer or someone in his department issued a press/media statement to announce "That guy so many people want to kill? Here's the vehicle he is driving and where he was last seen. This should help those who want to kill him to find him."
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I can foresee a GZ hater spotting him somewhere and twittering his personal info. All they would need his to trace his lic tag. In fact I'm surprised the paparazzi guys haven't found him yet and sold photos to the tabloids. Can you imagine what a good clear picture of him would be worth to them. I can see his picture on an upcoming issue on the Cover of the Rolling Stone Well... maybe not, but perhaps National Enquirer.

Anyway, unless he get's a new identity, change of appearance, and moves to another country... he'll never be safe.
 
Excon said:
You obviously cared enough to respond.


Others may care because it shows he is still armed.

What does it matter to you whether another person cares or not?
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Why shouldn't he be armed? That is his Constitutional Right.
 
I think I'd be minding the posted speed limits if I was trying to keep my whereabouts a secret.

So George might be hanging around my town. Or, the Texas State Troopers could have convinced him to keep traveling. He should go to Arizona. No chance getting pulled over there.
 
Was there a sidewalk in the area?
d0gbreath said:
I think I'd be minding the posted speed limits if I was trying to keep my whereabouts a secret.

So George might be hanging around my town. Or, the Texas State Troopers could have convinced him to keep traveling. He should go to Arizona. No chance getting pulled over there.
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You sure like beating on someone who was proven innocent by a court and protected himself. . .

mak2 said:
he prolly wont have to shoot anyone then.
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One more time, he was not proven innocent.
Lukas105 said:
You sure like beating on someone who was proven innocent by a court and protected himself. . .
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Yes he was, why do you think they had the whole court battle? The prosecution had no evidence to convict him. It was legal self defense.

mak2 said:
One more time, he was not proven innocent.
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This is much more than semantics. Z was not convicted because there was not enough evidence to convict him. In absolutely no way did the court even attempt to prove him innocient, all any court attempts to do is prove someone guilty. Zimmerman was "found" not guilty. By no means was he proven innocent.
Lukas105 said:
Yes he was, why do you think they had the whole court battle? The prosecution had no evidence to convict him. It was legal self defense.
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mak2 said:
This is much more than semantics. Z was not convicted because there was not enough evidence to convict him. In absolutely no way did the court even attempt to prove him innocient, all any court attempts to do is prove someone guilty. Zimmerman was "found" not guilty. By no means was he proven innocent.
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The word games are good, but a person in the US is innocent until proven guilty.
Since the State was unable to prove guilt, the innocents remains intact.
 
It is a difficult concept to grasp, but he was not proven innocent, he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence. There has already been a thred about finding the Z man super innocent or something.
longview said:
The word games are good, but a person in the US is innocent until proven guilty.
Since the State was unable to prove guilt, the innocents remains intact.
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mak2 said:
It is a difficult concept to grasp, but he was not proven innocent, he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence. There has already been a thred about finding the Z man super innocent or something.
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In a criminal court, the State tries to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Defendant is innocent until the State gets a guilty verdict.
If the State fails to get a guilty verdict, the defendant is, as they were before, innocent.
The Court does not prove someone innocent, that is assumed.
The Criminal court tries to prove them not innocent or guilty.
 
Tell him. Thanks.
Lukas105 said:
You sure like beating on someone who was proven innocent by a court and protected himself. . .
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longview said:
In a criminal court, the State tries to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
The Defendant is innocent until the State gets a guilty verdict.
If the State fails to get a guilty verdict, the defendant is, as they were before, innocent.
The Court does not prove someone innocent, that is assumed.
The Criminal court tries to prove them not innocent or guilty.
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Josie said:
And Twitter erupted with a bunch of young idiots saying "ZOMG! He has a GUN??? Why is he allowed to have a GUN?????"
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Just in case he gets jumped by a homophobic black guy?
 
Dittohead not! said:
Homophobic? Is Zimmerman gay now?
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Jeantel explained to Pierce Morgan that when she was talking to Martin after Zimmerman had contacted him (and they went their separate ways) that she told him the reason Zimmerman might be following him was because he was a rapist, and that Martin should be careful not to lead him back to his home because his little brother was there. The physical altercation happened after that when Martin turned and followed Zimmerman. So according to the prosecution's star witness, Martin attacked Zimmerman because he thought he was gay. It doesn't matter if Zimmerman was gay or not, evidently Martin THOUGHT he might be and that was why he attacked him. Last I checked that would be a hate crime.
 
tech30528 said:
Jeantel explained to Pierce Morgan that when she was talking to Martin after Zimmerman had contacted him (and they went their separate ways) that she told him the reason Zimmerman might be following him was because he was a rapist, and that Martin should be careful not to lead him back to his home because his little brother was there. The physical altercation happened after that when Martin turned and followed Zimmerman. So according to the prosecution's star witness, Martin attacked Zimmerman because he thought he was gay. It doesn't matter if Zimmerman was gay or not, evidently Martin THOUGHT he might be and that was why he attacked him. Last I checked that would be a hate crime.
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Yes, it would, most likely.

I didn't know that.
 
mak2 said:
This is much more than semantics. Z was not convicted because there was not enough evidence to convict him. In absolutely no way did the court even attempt to prove him innocient, all any court attempts to do is prove someone guilty. Zimmerman was "found" not guilty. By no means was he proven innocent.
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mak2 said:
It is a difficult concept to grasp, but he was not proven innocent, he was found not guilty due to lack of evidence. There has already been a thred about finding the Z man super innocent or something.
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The position you have chosen is nothing more than an excuse that is used to imply that the person could still be guilty.
Every case where a person is found not guilty it is said the same. It is nothing more than bs!

And that position in this case is wrong, and it is wrong headed to even assert such because of the evidence.

He was not found not guilty due to a lack of evidence.

The evidence was in his favor, and was found not guilty because of it.
 
mak2 said:
This is much more than semantics. Z was not convicted because there was not enough evidence to convict him. In absolutely no way did the court even attempt to prove him innocient, all any court attempts to do is prove someone guilty. Zimmerman was "found" not guilty. By no means was he proven innocent.
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It's not that the state didn't have enough evidence, its that the state didn't have any evidence.

The verdict was not guilty, but the court trial proved him innocent.
 
Excon said:
You obviously cared enough to respond.


Others may care because it shows he is still armed.

What does it matter to you whether another person cares or not?
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He was acquitted. Now if he was a felon, it would be illegal for him to be armed. since he is NOT a felon, the 2nd amendment provides his right to be armed, as does yours and mine.
 
Juiposa said:
I cared enough because I respect a man who was proven to be innocent's privacy. He was acquitted. People should really get over it.

He was pulled over! Who hasn't been pulled over at least once? Why is it noteworthy? Because he has a gun? Isn't that legal in the United States?
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I think he got away with stuff, but you're right, regardless of what anyone thinks, he was found not guilty and he has a right to carry a gun. I predict that he will be arrested one day and may even do some time in the future ... but for now, leave the guy alone ...
 
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