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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]

[b]Am I missing a fact that shows a "clear intent" to apprehend?[/b]  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]

Not the poster you are talking to.  But I'd think that saying on tape, "f-ing coons, they always get away" and then following TM despite the strong suggestion of the 911 operator that "we don't need you to do that" would indicate a clear intent to apprehend.  [/quote]

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