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Originally Posted by Kevin
Stand your ground can lead to some absurdities. Now in this case, we have a bit more than Zimmerman just following Martin. We have a physical altercation which wasn't going Zimmerman's way and then the shooting. If you simply walked up to someone and shot him, that's not going to play out in your favor.
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Would there have been an altercation if Zimmerman did what the authorities told him to do?
I agree, it wouldn't play out in my favor because as many black men who are serving time in prison, I don't have the resources for it to play out in my favor. The point I was making is Zimmerman did just that. He pursued, shot, and killed someone who was not bothering him, or anyone else, which is wrong on all levels.
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Originally Posted by Kevin
The jury followed the law.
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I didn't say the jury didn't follow the law. I said they already had predetermined their decision long before the trial started.