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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
However, this is how our judicial system works - innocent until PROVEN guilty.
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Of course. Then again, where was Trayvon Martin's trial? Zimmerman made himself the police, attorney, judge, and jury for Trayvon Martin.
I know the above can be said for all alleged self-defense (and the awful Stand Your Ground laws) situations. We are talking about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman in this thread.
It isn't just the general public who has issues with the outcome. There are attorneys and legal experts, some of whom sat in the courtroom everyday, who have issues with the outcome.
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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Why does this always have to be about race?
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Martin seemed to fit the profile of the alleged burglars in the neighborhood. That was a race, gender, and age profile.
People confuse the existence of a profile with permission to racially profile. I know the profile for all types of crimes, white men of certain ages fit quite a few of these profiles. I do not racially profile white men in the offchance they are about to commit one of these offenses.