“Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- A girl who overheard part of an incident involving Florida teenager Trayvon Martin can help prove he was killed "in cold blood," an attorney for Martin's family said Tuesday.
The girl, who was dating the 17-year-old, "completely blows (George) Zimmerman's absurd self-defense claim out of the water," Benjamin Crump said at a news conference…”
Weeks went by before I posted anything about the Trayvon Martin shooting. I only posted the video on the blog after I saw the attorney for the Martin family on TV.
He is stupid. It is a shame the family, at a time like this, had to end up with someone like him. Of course it could have been worst. They could have ended up with Al Sharpton on the case.
Everything the attorney is saying is wrong.
Now the attorney is saying that Trayvon Martin was on a cell phone with his girlfriend. When you stop and think about it you go wow… of course he was on the phone with his girlfriend. Young people walk around all the time talking on their phone or texting.
The girlfriend did not hear the shooting. According to the attorney the fact that he was on the phone with is girlfriend is proof that he was not doing anything wrong. I do not think anyone thinks he was doing anything wrong. It does not matter.
The girl, according to the attorney, said that Trayvon told her someone was following him and he was trying to get away from the person. Of course… that does not matter.
The girl says that she heard someone ask Trayvon what he was doing and Trayvon asked him why are you following me. Again… not real important.
Then she does not hear anything else.
On the above information the attorney bases his statement that this “completely blows” Zimmerman’s self-defense claim. It does not.
What matters is what happened THEN. For those few seconds right then. That is what matters. Did they fight? Was Zimmerman in fear of his life? Those few seconds are what matter in the self defense claim of Zimmerman.
Have you stopped to think that Trayvon might have been defending himself. Here it is dark outside and he is being followed by a strange man who by Zimmerman's own 911 recording was upset because he felt and I quote " they always get away". It is unbelievable how you continue to defend Zimmerman as he has taken this young mans life for me reason
Posted by: Liza | Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at 17:59
Oh yes... Sure I do not think Trayvon was doing anything wrong.
I am sure he was defending himself. Some big strange man following him and then getting in his face. I am sure Trayvon was defending himself.
I think it was Zimmerman screaming for help. The FBI investigation and hi-tech work on the 911 tapes will tell us the truth.
I know this is hard to accept and it does not seem right...
But I think Trayvon was kicking ass for a few seconds AND that Zimmerman was in fear for his life or great physical harm ...
AND that that is all he needs for his defense.
I know it does not seem right.. but that is the law.
The same sort of law could protect you or me.
Say you are at home and ... the police mess up and get the wrong address and break into your home in the middle of the night. They enter you bedroom in the night and you grab a gun and shoot. You kill a police officer. If you were in fear for your life the law would protect you.
Of course in the real world we know the police would say that they yelled out police and would say you could see their uniforms and badge etc. But still the law should protect you.
The law would have protected Trayvon if things had gone the other direction. But they did not.
If in the fight with Zimmerman if Trayvon had killed Zimmerman. He could use the defense of the Stand Your Ground law. He was being followed and did not know who the guy was and he ran and the guy followed him. Trayvon was not committing a crime and he had a legal right to be there. Trayvon would have said he was in fear of his life and it would have rung much more believable a big man 240 pound and Trayvon 140 pounds.
Yes I know.. I am sure the police would have arrested Trayvon and sorted it all out at the police station. Because of racism.
I know everyone wants a different out come but I think Zimmerman will get off of the charge.
But as I have said a number of times... His life is over... He will be sued and he will never have anything after this.
Posted by: Jim Howard | Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 00:23