The State of Florida vs George Zimmerman: The Trial

Gosh.. and you are the one that claimed having such pictures makes someone a hoodlum. 20-40% of teenagers are likely to have such pictures on their phone. I guess your world is full of hoodlums.

I do not know where you got a 40 percent or even 20 percent figure however I was always of the opinion that the CP laws needed to be change and as a result of taking that position Firefly have call me a pedophile.

Strange that she is now willing to do an 180 degree turn and supported someone she would had been calling to be imprison for decades if it was other then Trayvon Martian.

In any case, the pictures and text messages as a whole show him as a pot smoking, gun handling and women jewelry stealing. fighting loving hoodlum that was also a felon as in just having those naked pictures of underage females is a felony at both the state and federal levels.

I was always of the opinion that the CP laws needed to be change and as a result of taking that position Firefly have call me a pedophile.

In fact there is as much evidence that you are a racist as Martin was a hoodlum.

Well I guess it time to sum up this thread.

The victim not only survived...

...but was found not guilty for daring to survived by employing the legal used of deadly force.

The attacker end up dead and therefore no future danger to any of us.

In the end everything work out just fine.

George Zimmerman gets speeding ticket in Lake Mary
By Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel
September 4, 2013

George Zimmerman, the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer acquitted of murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was pulled over for speeding in Lake Mary on Tuesday, police said.

Zimmerman was stopped and ticketed for driving 60 mph in a 45 mph zone about 10:35 a.m. Tuesday, the Lake Mary Police Department confirmed on Wednesday.

He was stopped on Rinehart Road north of Lake Mary Boulevard near the entrance to a former Siemen's manufacturing plant, according to the speeding ticket he was issued.

He faces a fine of $256. Officer Jason McDaniel, who pulled Zimmerman over, was wearing a camera, and the brief traffic stop was captured on video and released by police Wednesday.

It shows Zimmerman with a beard and wearing a blue plaid shirt, driving a gray Honda Ridgeline truck.

He is polite, apologizes and reaches into his glove box but apparently cannot find his registration. The officer does not make an issue of that. He checks a computer on his motorcycle for outstanding warrants, finds none, then hands Zimmerman the ticket.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/trayvon-martin/os-george-zimmerman-pulled-over-speeding-20130904,0,203011.story/quote]

Trayvon Martin's father leads FAMU football team onto Citrus Bowl field before opener
Tracy Martin says it felt good to spend time with Rattlers before MEAC/SWAC Challenge
September 1, 2013|
By Chris Hays, Orlando Sentinel

Trayvon Martin’s father led the FAMU football team onto the field before the Rattlers’ season opener Sunday at the Citrus Bowl, embracing his role as honorary captain this season.

Tracy Martin, whose son Trayvon was shot and killed in Sanford last year, has been working to raise funds in support of families scarred by violence. He welcomed the opportunity to spend time with the young Florida A&M team. Tracy Martin ran out of the Orlando Citrus Bowl tunnel with the Rattlers shortly before the start of their game against Mississippi Valley State, part of the 9th Annual MEAC/SWAC Challenge.

“It feels good just to be a part of that, man. I had a son that used to go to FAMU and Trayvon wanted to go to FAMU,” Martin said immediately after taking the field. “I’m good friends with coach [Earl] Holmes, the coaching staff . . . some of the kids on the team I even coached them in little league football, so it felt good to run out there with them.”

Martin and Holmes spoke during the summer and they decided it would be a good idea for Martin to be an honorary captain for this year’s squad to help bring more attention to the Trayvon Martin Foundation. The foundation’s purpose, according to the website trayvonmartinfoundation.org, is to raise awareness about how violent crime impacts the families of the victims and to provide support and advocacy for those families.

Martin is slated to assist with the coin toss during FAMU’s home opener against Tennessee State next week.

“Coach Holmes knows the passion I share with the kids at FAMU. He asked me and I gladly accepted,” Martin said of his role.

Martin said opportunities like spending time with the FAMU team has helped him move forward since the George Zimmerman was acquitted in July on all charges in connection with Trayvon Martin’s death.

“We’re just taking the momentum of the people that are behind us,” Tracy Martin said. “We surrounded ourselves with good people … our families and friends. We’re just taking the momentum and trying to turn a negative into a positive.”
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-09-01/sports/os-trayvon-martins-father-leads-famu-football-team-20130901_1_famu-football-team-tracy-martin-trayvon-martin-foundation

UN experts urge United States to wrap up review of Trayvon Martin case, examine laws

3 September 2013 – A group of United Nations independent experts today called on the Government of the United State to finalize the ongoing review of the case involving the death of teenager Trayvon Martin, an African –American teenager who was shot in 2012 by a neighbourhood watchman in the state of Florida.

“We call upon the US Government to examine its laws that could have discriminatory impact on African Americans, and to ensure that such laws are in full compliance with the country’s international legal obligations and relevant standards,” said human rights expert Verene Shepherd, who currently heads the UN Working Group of Experts of People of African Descent.

The death of Trayvon Martin sparked a new debate about racial profiling in the United States after the unarmed black 17-year-old was shot and killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watchman. Mr. Zimmerman, who argued that he acted in self-defence and with justifiable use of deadly force, was found not guilty of all charges against him.

The US Department of Justice, the US Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are currently evaluating the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial, trying to establish potential civil rights charges linked to the case.

“The Trayvon Martin case has highlighted the importance of the need to review those existing laws and policies that can have a discriminatory effect on the basis of race, as African Americans become more vulnerable to such discrimination,” Ms. Shepherd said, recalling that the US has been party to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights since 1992, the International Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination since 1994, and many other international human rights law treaties.

“States are required to take effective measures to review governmental, national and local policies, and to amend, rescind or nullify any laws and regulations which have the effect of creating or perpetuating racial discrimination wherever it exists,” said the Special Rapporteur on racism, Mutuma Ruteere.

According to the 2011 US Department of Justice Hate Crime Statistics, 71.9 per cent of the total number of victims of hate crimes reported to the nation’s law enforcement agencies were victims of an offender’s anti-black bias. In a 2012 survey, the local non-governmental organization Malcolm X Grassroots Movement found that at least 136 unarmed African Americans were killed by police, security guards and self-appointed vigilantes over the course of a single year.

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=45762&Cr=united+states&Cr1=#.UiezQCrD_3g

Black Student Movement events focus on Trayvon Martin
The three-lecture series will explore issues in the case.
By Jordan Bailey | The Daily Tar Heel

Following the fallout surrounding the controversial verdict in the State of Florida v. George Zimmerman case in July, UNC groups are working to ensure students are educated before forming opinions on the outcome.

The Black Student Movement’s Political Action Committee, in conjunction with the Carolina Black Caucus and UNC NAACP, is hosting a three-part discussion series on the Trayvon Martin case.

The events, which kick off Wednesday, will allow students to have open conversation and ask questions about the case.

“We hope to give those attending more insight to develop knowledgeable criticisms of the case,” said Brandon Napier, BSM’s Political Action Committee co-chairman.

“We want to clear up any misconceptions about criminal law trials so that when they’re making opinions about the Trayvon Martin case, they’re able to be knowledgeable in those (opinions) and be able to consider all of the factors that went into the case.”

Martin was an African-American young man who was shot and killed by Zimmerman, a community watchman in a Florida neighborhood who claimed self-defense in his trial. Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder in the incident under a Florida statute known as the “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows for deadly retaliation in cases of self-defense.

In response to continued national attention to the case, BSM organizers decided to host the series to provide students with a space to explore issues around the shooting.

BSM Political Action Committee Co-Chairwoman Summer Holmes said Wednesday’s discussion — “The Decision, The Law and Understanding Court Procedures” — will focus on legal terminology.

“We’re going to be talking about legal vernacular … basically any elements of the case that a normal, everyday person wouldn’t know,” Holmes said.

“Like, what is ‘proof beyond a reasonable doubt,’ or ‘burden of proof,’ things like that. What do those mean and how do those play into the case?”

Holmes said three law professors will attend the event to participate in the discussion and answer questions.

Exercise and sports sciences professor Deborah Stroman, chairwoman of the Carolina Black Caucus, said the case presents an opportunity to start a national discussion on racism.

“For as great as America is as a country … there (are) taboo subjects, and one of them, I would say, is race.”

“We have a very ugly history in terms of our mistreatment of various people, and the Trayvon Martin tragedy really brought up the issue.

“To me, it provides a wonderful case study or example of how we need to talk more about this and what it means to people.”

The second event in the series will take place on Sept. 11 and will focus on themes such as being black in America and media representation of the case. The third session will center around ways for minority youth to empower themselves.

“We want our generation to be more politically active,” Holmes said. “To know what’s going on, know what kind of laws are being passed in our state and our country.

“We want people to be empowered to change things that politically or legally they don’t like. We want people to take an active role in being a citizen of the United States.”
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http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2013/09/trayvon-series-0904

That was Zimmerman...the shooter who was on trial...not the victim.

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An amusing little fact..........

Nothing about the unnecessary death of an innocent . . .

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Had George Zimmerman simply remained in his car,
this young homicidal maniac would still be alive

Stop being an idiot, David.

Had George Zimmerman remained in his car, this young homicide victim would still be alive.

Frank Apisa wrote:

That was Zimmerman...the shooter who was on trial...not the victim.

The verdict indicated who
was the victim of travon.

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:

That was Zimmerman...the shooter who was on trial...not the victim.

The verdict indicated who
was the victim of travon.

Not by a long shot. (Irony intended.) [It was a very short shot. David]

Florida is a safer place.

Yes; fortunately the intended victim of the murder
succeeded in turning it around so that the predator
became the victim of his own initiated violence.

That is poetic justice

Frank Apisa wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:

That was Zimmerman...the shooter who was on trial...not the victim.

The verdict indicated who
was the victim of travon.

Not by a long shot. (Irony intended.) [It was a very short shot. David]

Because the killing was admitted,
(so far as I can see) the only justification
is the self defense assertion that defendant raised.

Perhaps I overlooked other possible defenses
that the jury might have favored, Frank?
Can u help us with that ??





David

Howard University School of Law’s Response to

State of Florida v. George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman is not innocent, he was found not guilty of the charges of Second Degree Murder or Manslaughter. This verdict was not about justice for Trayvon Martin which he deserved. We are profoundly saddened by this verdict because it means that there is yet another unarmed young black male’s death at the hands of someone relying on racial stereotypes. This is why last year, Howard Law students insisted on raising the profile of this case by creating a video, “Am I Suspicious,” which was posted on YouTube and why they rallied with others in Washington, DC, and in Florida to have Zimmerman charged.

The verdict does not mean that Zimmerman is innocent or that he did not kill Trayvon Martin. At best, the verdict means that the prosecution did not sustain its burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, which is a steep burden. As a former prosecutor, my experience with juries is that they take their responsibility quite seriously which means they conscientiously consider the evidence and follow the law as given to them by the court. Until we learn otherwise, we have to believe that this jury did its job.

This case has initiated a national conversation about race and especially about the power of racial stereotypes that so often adversely affect young black men, in Florida and all over this country. Although it has been over 50 years since the horrific death of Emmett Till, young black boys are still being senselessly killed because they are black and male which apparently translates into “suspicious” and results in the unthinkable – the death of the young black male. One positive outcome of Trayvon Martin’s death would be to continue this important discussion, to examine the laws that can lead to a not guilty verdict when an armed adult male kills an unarmed child who is lawfully where he should be. We must fight to change those laws so that they comport with common sense, fairness, and justice. This is why protecting the right to vote is so important. The electorate should vote for legislators who are more concerned about the lives of our children rather than protect those who carry concealed weapons. This is the surest way to truly give Trayvon Martin justice.

http://www.law.howard.edu/1697

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:

OmSigDAVID wrote:

Frank Apisa wrote:

That was Zimmerman...the shooter who was on trial...not the victim.

The verdict indicated who
was the victim of travon.

Not by a long shot. (Irony intended.) [It was a very short shot. David]

Because the killing was admitted,
(so far as I can see) the only justification
is the self defense assertion that defendant raised.

Perhaps I overlooked other possible defenses
that the jury might have favored, Frank?
Can u help us with that ??





David

"The verdict", David...does not in any way indicate there was any victim.

But, I suspect you will play with this for a while...and I will enjoy playing with it in return.