If I thought he was totally defending himself, I would STILL throw him in jail for the rest of his life to avoid a race riot.
Because, honestly, he's expendable. The world won't miss him.
Also, he's kind of stupid. He's pissed off the judge and the authorities on this case, and I just don't see him getting smarter in front of the jury.
If his lawyers had half a brain, they'd plead him down. My guess is that he's got some oppurtunists who want to appear on Court TV and don't give a damn about their client.
WTF???
Throw someone in jail to keep the vunnables from rioting!!!
You and your ilk are why our Constitution is nothing but a piece of paper.
The constitution is just a piece of paper.
Ask the Japanese Americans of 1942 how it was something other than a piece of paper.
Zimmerman shot a kid. Even if you uaccept that he was defending himself from a younger, smaller, less experienced kid when he blew a hole in him, the fact is, he created the confrontation by following the kid against Police instructions.
And frankly, he's just not worth all the lives of decent people that will be lost in a race riot if he gets off.
The police did not have the authority to tell him not to follow trayvon and as for trayvon being younger, smaller, etc, the FACT is that trayvon was a healthy, physicall fit, 6'+ young male in the prime of his life who was much more "experianced" than Ziimmerman was in physical confrontations, him being a gang banger and all. Meanwhile Zimmerman was an overweight, out of shape, old dude that trayvon thought would be an easy victim. Screw trayvon, screw you, and screw the negroes who will riot and loot. They will find another reason to riot and loot, it's what they do best. For you to say you'd convict him regardless of the evidence to avoid a riot, marks you as an un-American imbecile and a chickenshit scumbag.