Thread: Trayvon Martin (pardon me if this subject is verboten.)

Originally Posted by Bruno

Other than to point out that Zimmerman was probably not racist or targeting Trayvon for his skin color, is any of that relevant?

That he was not a racist is an extremely important point. It negates all the hate mongering.

Originally Posted by Crotalus

That he was not a racist is an extremely important point. It negates all the hate mongering.

Ok from the media circus 'racism' perspective you are correct.
I was just wondering if it had any relevance on the legal proceedings.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Ok from the media circus 'racism' perspective you are correct.
I was just wondering if it had any relevance on the legal proceedings.

#1 It would have relevance if they tried to turn it into a "hate" crime. Hate crime is a stupid idea IMO.

#2 They could use it to show that Zimmerman had a valid reason to be suspicious of Travon.

Originally Posted by Bruno

Ok from the media circus 'racism' perspective you are correct.
I was just wondering if it had any relevance on the legal proceedings.

Like Crotalus said, it's about motive. If he can be painted to have racial motivations then it can be argued that race was the cause of the shooting and not in self defense, otherwise the self defense argument is more believable.

This is where the media, sadly, really affected the case. NBC played the emergency call without context which certainly made it seem like he had racial motivations, but in the unedited version you can see that Zimmerman was answering a direct question from the emergency dispatcher.

I'm sorry but this topic is not appropriate for SRP. We are about shaving, etc. NOT this topic.

Originally Posted by LeBois

I'm sorry but this topic is not appropriate for SRP. We are about shaving, etc. NOT this topic.

Dear Member:

Being as you are pretty new, you might not realize that the Conversation Forum (this one) is NOT about shaving only it is here for gentlemen to discuss (almost) whatever we feel we want to..


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Now back to the topic

Originally Posted by Bruno

Ok from the media circus 'racism' perspective you are correct.
I was just wondering if it had any relevance on the legal proceedings.

According to the Arnold Law Firm, LLC website in Florida the following is required to convict a person of second degree murder:

"In order to convict a defendant in Florida of Second-degree murder, the State of Florida must prove the following three elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
The victim is dead;
The death was caused by the criminal act of the defendant;
There was an unlawful killing of the victim by an act imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life."

The information I cited could be relevant to the issue of whether or not Zimmerman was engaged in "an act imminently dangerous to another and demonstrating a depraved mind without regard for human life."

Originally Posted by LeBois

I'm sorry but this topic is not appropriate for SRP. We are about shaving, etc. NOT this topic.

Razorist!......

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

Razorist!......

LOL, nice one hog.

Originally Posted by LeBois

I'm sorry but this topic is not appropriate for SRP. We are about shaving, etc. NOT this topic.

I'm sorry, but it is not up to you to determine what is appropriate for SRP.

I realize that we are different in this than other forums, but up here we mange to get along and be polite to each other despite differences in political, religious, or other opinions. We are a gentleman's forum after all, and we can talk about pretty much everything without getting overly exited and insulting each other.