To get back on topic, Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin and has not been arrested. He shouldn't be arrested because people are screaming for it. He should be arrested and let a jury decide if it was self defense. Had Trayvon shot and killed Zimmerman, Trayvon would be in jail with $2 million bail.

What the kid was wearing, what his past was, what Zimmerman's past was, whether or not Trayvon was hitting him or not does not matter. That's for a jury to decide.

Jeb and the author of the bill have stated that Stand Your Ground does not apply here.

FuzzNJ wrote:

In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories.

HockeyDad wrote:

To get back on topic, Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin and has not been arrested. He shouldn't be arrested because people are screaming for it. He should be arrested and let a jury decide if it was self defense. Had Trayvon shot and killed Zimmerman, Trayvon would be in jail with $2 million bail.

What the kid was wearing, what his past was, what Zimmerman's past was, whether or not Trayvon was hitting him or not does not matter. That's for a jury to decide.

Jeb and the author of the bill have stated that Stand Your Ground does not apply here.

FuzzNJ wrote:

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that the “stand your ground” self-defense law he signed while in office should not apply to the case of a teenager who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in his home state.

“This law does not apply to this particular circumstance,” Bush said after an education panel discussion at the University of Texas at Arlington. “Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn’t mean chase after somebody who’s turned their back.”

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/arlington/headlines/20120323-in-arlington-jeb-bush-says-stand-your-ground-invalid-in-trayvon-martin-case.ece 

FuzzNJ wrote:

Fuzzy believes Jeb now?

ZRX1200 wrote:

“Stand your ground means stand your ground. It doesn’t mean chase after somebody who’s turned their back.”

FuzzNJ wrote:

That is exactly correct regarding the law.

In this situation however, the question is did hoodie get hunted down or did hoodie assault the innocent Hispanic.

HockeyDad wrote:

Perhaps FuzzNJ will fly down to Sanford FL and take a dump on a police car.

HockeyDad wrote:

The authors of Florida's controversial "stand your ground" self-defense law say George Zimmerman should probably be arrested for shooting Trayvon Martin, reports the Miami Herald.

"He has no protection under my law," former Sen. Durell Peaden told the newspaper.

Florida's law, called "stand your ground" by supporters and "shoot first" by critics, was passed in 2005 and permits residents to use deadly force if they "reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony."

It is the fact that Zimmerman ignored the 911 operator's advice not to follow Martin that former Sen. Peaden says disqualifies him from claiming self-defense under the law.

"The guy lost his defense right then," Peaden told the Miami Herald. "When he said 'I'm following him,' he lost his defense."

Rep. Dennis Baxley, Peaden's co-sponsor in the Florida House, agrees with his former colleague, telling the newspaper that the law does not license neighborhood watch or others who feel "like they have the authority to pursue and confront people. That is aggravating an incident right there."

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57401619-504083/author-of-stand-your-ground-law-george-zimmerman-should-probably-be-arrested-for-killing-trayvon-martin/ 

FuzzNJ wrote:

Florida statute 776.013(3) says: (a) person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.



Did Zimmerman assault hoodie? That would be unlawful activity.
Did Zimmerman follow hoodie? That is lawful activity.

If hoodie turned on Zimmerman or jumped Zimmerman, was it reasonable for Zimmerman to believe he needed to use force to prevent great bodily harm to himself?

HockeyDad wrote:

Z started a situation where Trayvon was in fear for his life when he was following him. He said as much in his phone call with his friend, there's a strange white man following me or something to that effect. Seeing Z get within arms reach of him from behind, which Z has said himself, and this fear put Trayvon into the position of being able to claim stand your ground, not Z. He was in fear for HIS life and no matter if he attacked first, or reacted. He of course didn't have a gun so he's the dead one. It's not who survives or who is not black that gets to be covered by stand your ground.

FuzzNJ wrote:

Z started a situation where Trayvon was in fear for his life when he was following him. He said as much in his phone call with his friend, there's a strange white man following me or something to that effect. Seeing Z get within arms reach of him from behind, which Z has said himself, and this fear put Trayvon into the position of being able to claim stand your ground, not Z. He was in fear for HIS life and no matter if he attacked first, or reacted. He of course didn't have a gun so he's the dead one. It's not who survives or who is not black that gets to be covered by stand your ground.

FuzzNJ wrote: