Zimmerman not guilty

[royal]

Wouldn't be surprised if foxnews hires him as a panelist

[CbEagle]

Typical inequity of justice, dumb ass confronts the kid, starts a fight, gets his ass handed to him, and shoots him. Wow

[T.D-Bag]

One can only hope he is sentenced to a life of suspicion loneliness and scorn.

[Riccardo]

Wasn't the problem their self-defense laws?

Prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman was not in fear of severe bodily harm. Seemed to be a tough hurdle based on the evidence.

[udontknowme]

If I was on that Town Watch and saw anyone suspicious I would call 911 give the description and where I last saw him and when the operator told me to back off I would back off and wait for police. Also, I wouldn't have had a loaded gun! I'm all for Town Watches but you just can't profile people and there is no way to know if Trayvon was up to no good that night because he had a hoodie on and looked like he didn't belong.

Why have a gun if its not loaded?

[CbEagle]

Some people in the black community and athletes think he will be dead in a year, I have no problem if that happened.

[udontknowme]

Some people in the black community and athletes think he will be dead in a year, I have no problem if that happened.

Well then...wishing for death. That seems very reasonable and level headed.

[Hurricane Dean]

Some people in the black community and athletes think he will be dead in a year, I have no problem if that happened.

That's an ignorant statement.

[Melchior]

Guns are for pussies.

[Riccardo]

Idiotic comment

Same as saying surprised msnbc didn't hire Casey Anthony

[T.D-Bag]

Doughy Fat George (today) was 5'7" 205. He was helpless against a 160 lb teenager? GZ was a defacto security guard/ bouncer for private parties until he was fired for assaulting a drunk female. Cop wannabe douchebag.

Thank You ALEC and the NRA for making it legal to kill the unarmed. This country is doomed if laws like this expand, while the income disparities continue to grow and Congress decides to cut the Poor's access to food. Looks like a bad movie script

[Drama Queen]

TYeah. Jeb Bush sign the Stand Your Ground Law in 2005

Prosecution had to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Zimmerman was not in fear of severe bodily harm. Seemed to be a tough hurdle based on the evidence.

and I read were self defense claims went up 3 fold since.

[Riccardo]

I'm no lawyer

But from what I heard "stand your ground" and the self-defense element were not related. Even without a stand your ground law he could've gotten off on self-defense.

[udontknowme]

Guns are for pussies.

I guess the military and all our police forces are full of pussies. I learn something new every day.

[slag]

Everyone grabbing their pitchforks and torches should be as outraged at the prosecution fuck ups in this case as they were (or should have been) about the ones that let a murderer walk in the OJ Simpson case.

Just about every level headed attorney who I saw evaluating this case, and there were some heavy hitter criminal trial guys doing it, thought the prosecution misplayed it like you (McCarthy) outlined.