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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm a lawyer with 20 years of court experience. There is [b]NO SET OF REASONABLE FACTS[/b] to support why an unauthorized citizen, without color of law, who had a clear intent to APPREHEND an unarmed individual would then be attacked by that person. Logic dictates that the person (TM in our fact pattern) would [b]likely[/b] flee from some [b]raging[/b], so-called "neighborhood watch person" and assume that they were in danger. Z set upon TM, got more than he was bargaining for in a fist fight and [b]retaliated[/b] by shooting the boy. THAT is a reasonable interpretation of the facts. However, agree that all of this may be sadly unprovable in a court of law, especially with the incompetency level of local Florida prosecutors. Hand it over to FEDERAL PROSECUTORS and you might get a conviction here. [/quote] Am I missing a fact that shows a "clear intent" to apprehend? He clearly intended to follow, but I'm not sure that he originally intended to apprehend? And what makes you conclude that Z was "raging"? And what makes you conclude that the gunshot was retaliatory? Even if the facts are as you describe them, retaliation as a motive should not necessarily be inferred. I do NOT support Zimmerman and I believe he should be arrested and I believe that the SYG law is fundamentally flawed and that the police have committed a travesty. That being said, I do remember the Duke lacrosse situation and I do think it is important to jump to conclusions. Moreso, I think it is important not to cast anyone who acknowledges gaping holes in the known facts as some sort of racist supporter of a murderer. [/quote] Z was chasing TM through the neighborhood! Since when do you chase a person with no intent to apprehend them, especially when you are armed? That is illogical. If TM threw the first punch after being chased then, if anything TM was responding in self -defense. If you are chasing me, with a gun, and I turn around and punch you, how is that anything but self-defense? When the fight continues and you are getting a beat down, you do not have the right to retaliate with a gun.[/quote]
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