Florida stand Your ground law?

walking with his hood up on a warm florida night;

Kid should have told Zimmerman, "go ahead call the LEO"

A 140 pound 6'2" kid

You sure about that weight?
Do you know anyone of that height / weight?
I see skinny, strong climbers all the time, but I don't think I've seen anone that tall, that light. Not saying it's impossible, but that sounds fishy . . .

Police have not moved from their official statement of the shooting. But as the controversy grows, so does the number of voices disputing the official version that watch captain George Zimmerman gave to police: that the six-foot, three-inch, 140-pound teen assaulted him when Zimmerman, 28, tried to question him. In fear for his life, he pulled Kel Tek 9mm handgun from his waistband and shot.

unhinged; you know i was responding to the claims that zimmerman killed "a child", which, you know, implies zimmerman knew he was only 17

unhinged; you, again, claim zimmerman shot him because he was black, or, specifically, because "he looked...black"; you have no PROOF that this was a racially motivated crime (or a crime, at all) and, of course, ignore my repeated reminders that zimmerman has BLACK friends defending him (one who remains anonymous because he fears for his safety--oh, brave new world that a man fears for his safety if he speaks up for his friend)

"Because Zimmerman brought a gun to a fist fight!"

unhinged; again, you imply that zimmerman was "stalking" martin or was looking for somebody to "fight" or, since he was carrying his gun, somebody to kill

"All of which wouldn't have apologists now look like such scum bags for trying to justify why it's perfectly okay an unarmed youth is dead for no good reason."

unhinged; NOBODY is claiming it's "perfectly okay" that martin is dead; NOBODY is happy that he's dead; and NOBODY is claiming there's a "good reason" he's dead...we are, in fact, claiming there's a reason he's dead but NOBODY (besides zimmerman) knows what that reason is even though many people are claiming they do know; we're simply claiming there's no way, based on the evidence that has been made public, to know if zimmerman committed murder (1 or 2) or manslaughter or any crime at all; in fact, the evidence released so far indicates that he acted within the law (and that's not a defense of the law); we're simply trying to quell the rage before somebody else gets hurt

"And, before we get into that can of worms, I am pro-gun ownership, just not pro psycho idiot"

unhinged: you have no way of knowing if zimmerman is "psycho"; i agree, he put himself in a bad situation, but that's not a crime; and, yes, i'll take the word of his BLACK friends that zimmerman is a good man and a good citizen over the rantings of sharpton, jackson, farrakhan, spike lee, roseanne barr, doctor f, bruce kay, etc.

Forget the strawmen. Let's look at the best case scenario for Zimmerman. He left his car armed, pursued a kid who was guilty of nothing more than walking home. The kid confronted his stalker, got the best of the situation and got shot.

Nobody wants another lynching. What many want is thorough due process. For both sides.