(05-12-2020, 11:23 AM)flsprtsgod Wrote:

(05-12-2020, 11:00 AM)Olive Wrote: Tell me the difference between this shooting, and the Trayvon Martin shooting. Guy with a gun follows person he believes may be committing a crime. Man with a gun follows Trayvon Martin … Martin attacks the guy with a gun that is following him and gets shot. The main difference is a video.

It is not illegal to follow someone. Well, unless a Judge has ruled on such a stalking, or distance requirement.

I could see this ending the same way it did in the George Zimmerman outcome. I hope not, but I can’t recognize how this is wildly different.

Zimmerman did not engage Martin as the McMichaels did, did not repeatedly attempt to interdict him with a vehicle as the McMichaels did, there weren't two of him as there were with the McMichaels, and was on the phone with the police when Martin attacked him unlike the McMichaels.

I'm not sure that will be wildly different enough to change the outcome. No doubt they are going to use some form of excuse that they felt allowed them to follow him, and possibly even confront him. Not sure if stopping your vehicle in the middle of the road will be considered a crime worthy enough to make a huge difference. In the video, I didn't see a gun aimed at him. Once he bolted over in front of the truck to attack the guy holding the shotgun, it was a fight for both of their lives. I think the McMichaels are scum, and should spend the rest of their lives in jail. Along with George Zimmerman, Casey Anthony, and OJ Simpson ... But, it doesn't always go the way I believe it should ... And I can easily see this one going against what I believe.

What was up with Dad in the back of the truck? Did he shoot? I don't see the point of stating there were two (actually three, but it didn't appear that he knew that).

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