The Official Zimmerman Trial Verdict Thread

[NLT]

Yes Zimmerman is guilty but I am not shocked by the verdict.

Nope he shot down a thug in self defence, accept it before it destroys you

 

[pioneerpete]

Fed charges are geared towards actors of the state. There isn't any new evidence to support he is a racist or acted in a racist way. Be ready in a month or so to hear the DOJ say so.

Civil charges are out once GZ has a SYG hearing in a civil court. There is no beyond a reasonable doubt in civil charges. 51% is all that is required. He is almost guaranteed to win that ruling and immunity from civil charges.

Only suits that will clear going forward are GZ vs. NBC, Seminole County and State of Florida.

 

[Rozman]

When they notice and/or observe some creepy man following them?

Maybe call 911 instead of their GF.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Hey Quick,

Nearly everyone here "consider" me a fucking racist. Do I have a right to defend myself??? I am of the believe that every man, woman and child has the same rights.

I wouldn't cross the street to piss on you if you were on fire, that does not mean you do not have the right to defend yourself.

 

[NLT]

In Southern states.

I am sure most of the pro-gun people would support that.

They are already armed, they just choose to shoot each other.

 

[NLT]

When they notice and/or observe some creepy man following them?

Dont attack them, walk away or walk away, then circle back and sucker punch the creepy cracker and get shot down..

 

[ScienceRocks]

Talk, not attack.

 

[Warrior102]

Dead street thug
Good
Tissues anyone?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

that one can be pursued by an armed private citizen, absent any evidence of wrongdoing, even in the context of racial profiling,

Yup, you can follow people, even if they're black.

And once armed..they can turn around and shoot that person in the face.

Claim it was self defense..and go on Hannity to say it was "God's Will".

Yeah, you should shoot people who follow you, moron.

If you are being followed by someone who is armed, motivated solely by the belief that all male blacks are potential violent criminals, then any black person in such a situation should be armed himself and prepared to indeed defend himself using lethal force.

This is the current case law in Florida, blacks living in the state need to understand this and prepare accordingly to protect themselves as authorized by this case law.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Jesse Jackson, once again, proves he is a racist sexist.

"JACKSON: Well, it was a stretch, trying to avoid the obvious. There was no--you speak of jury of your peers: there was no man on the jury—Trayvon was a black boy—there was no man, no black on the jury. So at least the idea of jury of your peers was a stretch all the while."


The jury is for Zimmerman first of all not trayvon.
"there was no man, no black on the jury". So fucking what Jesse. Are white women incapable of understanding the law?

I wonder why there were no blacks on the jury.

Did anyone tell Jackson that the prosecution used it challenges to try an make the jury all white?

 

[ScienceRocks]

Martins family isn't being threaten but the black community is sure threatening violence. That isn't right.

 

[AyeCantSeeYou]

More post verdict media coverage:

The NAACP, the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other civil rights activists are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney Gen. Eric Holder to press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who was acquitted by a Sanford, Fla., jury Saturday in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

“The most fundamental of civil rights — the right to life — was violated the night George Zimmerman stalked and then took the life of Trayvon Martin," NAACP President Ben Jealous wrote in a letter to Holder shortly after the verdict was announced. "We ask that the Department of Justice file civil rights charges against Mr. Zimmerman for this egregious violation. Please address the travesties of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin by acting today.”

“This verdict represents a tragic miscarriage of justice," Barbara Arnwine, president of the Washington, D.C.-based Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said in a statement. "Yet, there is still the potential for justice to be served through a civil suit brought about by Trayvon Martin’s surviving family members, and also through civil rights charges being brought against Mr. Zimmerman by the Department of Justice."

The Justice Dept. launched a probe of the Zimmerman case earlier this year, but has yet to comment on Zimmerman's acquittal.
“If we find evidence of a potential federal criminal civil rights crime, we will take appropriate action," Holder said in April during a keynote speech to Al Sharpton's National Action Network convention. "And at every step, the facts and law will guide us forward.”
DOJ urged to press civil rights charges against Zimmerman

This is C.R.A.Z.Y.

Don't they have an economy to fix or something?

They're just too damn ignorant to realize that Z was already investigated by the Feds at the beginning of this incident and was found to have not broken any civil rights. Why do they think the FBI was here? They aren't going to bring charges on him for this. He was cleared. Not only that, they won't get him back into a FL court over it either.

 

[pioneerpete]

Civil charges are a stretch. Will get a SYG hearing that has a much lower burden of proof and after a not guilty verdict can see him getting this ruling in his favor. If this ruling is in his favor he has immunity from civil charges.

Fed charges are also a stretch. Hate crime laws are almost exclusively linked to government agents. If GZ would have been a cop there could be very good chance of charges. However, as a private citizen he is almost sure not to be charged by the Feds. It probably didn't help their case when the special prosecutor says this was never about race. There isn't any new evidence. It wasn't proven he was a racist in the trial, and the same burden of reasonable doubt would apply to Fed charges.

You are quite naive if you think that Obama and Holder have any respect for a fair application of the law. Just charging someone with a slew of violations leads to at least one of them sticking...a form of legal "compromise", which actually denies the defendant proper due process. This is the game they will likely play. With such a complicated legal buffet, the government can get anyone for something or other...and do it in such a way that the powerless defendant's life is ruined.

Won't happen. In a month or so, you will hear there isn't enough evidence to pursue Fed charges. Neither party involved was a state actor, so they don't have jurisdiction for murder charges. They have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he acted with racial motivations. Couldn't even prove he didn't act in self defense with this evidence.

GZ is a free man.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I think the defense thought women would be dumb and emotional. It's obvious Jesse Jackson thinks women are not capable jurors.

The prosecution did everything it could to seat six white women, and you are blaming the defense.

 

[Gardener]

Dead street thug
Good
Tissues anyone?

Zimmerman isn't dead.

 

[Missourian]

He could face charges from the Justice Department and still has the civil suit.

Haven't Obama and Eric Holder been wrong and embarrassed enough over this case, have a heart.

Obama will just say "I don't know all the facts...but those jurors acted stupidly."

Does Obama regret saying the police acted stupidly? Nope. - CSMonitor.com​

 

[NLT]

Pay back for oj, suck it.

 

[Ernie S.]

All 3 stooges look like they ate a bug now, must be the dread of the impending momma whipping.

Prosecution "disappointed" with George Zimmerman verdict - CBS News Video

I think what they may really be worried about is the hearing that is coming up about the evidence they kept away from the defense. The prosecutors have to answer to that. Not gonna be a great day for them.

Especially now that they fired their IT expert.

 

[April]

Right wing Zimmtards were begging, praying, salivating that angry blacks would riot en mass after hearing a not guilty verdict. They wanted to use their guns to shoot dead every black man on the street.

They are very very unhappy right now. Just goes to show you how guns are no friend of Liberty if they are used for tyranny by civilians.

Wow..really, is that fact?
Link, please.

 

[boedicca]

Civil charges are a stretch. Will get a SYG hearing that has a much lower burden of proof and after a not guilty verdict can see him getting this ruling in his favor. If this ruling is in his favor he has immunity from civil charges.

Fed charges are also a stretch. Hate crime laws are almost exclusively linked to government agents. If GZ would have been a cop there could be very good chance of charges. However, as a private citizen he is almost sure not to be charged by the Feds. It probably didn't help their case when the special prosecutor says this was never about race. There isn't any new evidence. It wasn't proven he was a racist in the trial, and the same burden of reasonable doubt would apply to Fed charges.

You are quite naive if you think that Obama and Holder have any respect for a fair application of the law. Just charging someone with a slew of violations leads to at least one of them sticking...a form of legal "compromise", which actually denies the defendant proper due process. This is the game they will likely play. With such a complicated legal buffet, the government can get anyone for something or other...and do it in such a way that the powerless defendant's life is ruined.

Won't happen. In a month or so, you will hear there isn't enough evidence to pursue Fed charges. Neither party involved was a state actor, so they don't have jurisdiction for murder charges. They have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he acted with racial motivations. Couldn't even prove he didn't act in self defense with this evidence.

GZ is a free man.

I would like to believe that GZ is free...and it will be quite interesting to see which part of his base Obama decides to please.