Florida's Stand your Ground law

@ Cy and JTT: From the link posted by Cy I found this at the very top of the page.

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If murder is committed within the borders of a state, that state has jurisdiction. Similarly, if the crime is committed in the District of Columbia, the D.C Superior Court (the equivalent of a state court in the District) retains jurisdiction, though in some cases involving U.S. government property or personnel, the federal courts may have exclusive jurisdiction.[1] If the victim is a federal official, an ambassador, consul or other foreign official under the protection of the United States, or if the crime took place on federal property or involved crossing state lines, or in a manner that substantially affects interstate commerce or national security, then the federal government also has jurisdiction. If a crime is not committed within any state, then Federal jurisdiction is exclusive: examples include naval or U.S.-flagged merchant vessels in international waters and U.S. military bases worldwide. In addition, murder by a member of the United States military anywhere in the world is a violation of Article 118 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and can result in a servicemember suspected of murder being tried by a general court-martial. In cases where a murder involves both state and federal jurisdiction, the offender can be tried and punished separately for each crime without raising issues of double jeopardy, unless the court believes that the new prosecution is merely a "sham" forwarded by the prior prosecutor.[2]

So I will ask again, why is the FBI involved. This crime didn't take place on federal land and Trayvon wasn't a federal officer, employee or an ambassador.

Of course, Zimmerman didn't stay in his car in the first place.

After you've changed your diaper, Om, could you tell me again that tale about the lady who seduced a young Dave?

Which 1, J ?

I used to think that eventually, because of them, communist tanks
woud come rolling down my street and I 'd have to put a round
into my mother 's head to rescue her from them, Kennedy's friends

The information as it has been presented is this. He stayed put while the police showed up, was taken into custody and questioned. After he was questioned the police let him go. In the time since the shooting a Grand Jury has been convened. It’s not as if he has gotten away with anything.

He should have stayed in his car and for that I find him guilty of involuntary man slaughter.

David says:

I used to think that eventually, because of them, communist tanks
woud come rolling down my street and I 'd have to put a round
into my mother 's head to rescue her from them, Kennedy's friends

Did you bother to ask your mother if she wanted you to murder her to "save" her from imaginary communist tanks and the Kennedys, or did you decide you'd murder her without asking her, David?

I can see why she said she thought you came from some other planet.

50 years of paranoid fantasies.

What a wasted life.

The information as it has been presented is this. He stayed put while the police showed up, was taken into custody and questioned. After he was questioned the police let him go. In the time since the shooting a Grand Jury has been convened. It’s not as if he has gotten away with anything. I have a feeling the Grand Jury is going to find him guilty of the shooting and not following the letter of the law when it comes to the Stand Your Ground Law.

He should have stayed in his car and for that I find him guilty of involuntary man slaughter.

That maybe true, but he was instructed to stay in his car.

He didn't do that and put himself into a bad position.

Now a kid is dead and the world thinks hes a racist.

I would think that not listening to the cops led him to commit involuntary man slaughter.

Today, Newt Gingrich weighed in on the issue. He said that while this is a tragedy,
it shouldn't be used to roll back stand-your-ground laws.

The culprit here wasn't standing his ground with his gun, he was chasing someobdy down with it.

It's a reasonable point to make, but I wonder why Gingrich stopped there. I wonder why he didn't encourage young Blacks to carry guns as they shop for groceries in the future. After all, the vigilante committed exactly the kind of tyranny that the 2nd Amendment was supposed to make difficult. What a marvellous teachable moment in gun rights for oppressed minorities! What a pity that it's being wasted by their putative champions!

He alleges that decedent perpetrated violence upon him.
It can be true.