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Thread #143916   Message #3328114
Posted By: Bobert
24-Mar-12 - 10:18 AM
Thread Name: BS: Killed for being black? Florida today
Subject: RE: BS: Killed for being black? Florida today
I've been reading a lot of stuff on these "Castle (stand your ground) Laws" and what strikes me is that they all seem to imply that the killer can be the one who initiates the confrontation??? Even here in North Carolina the Mecklinburg Prosecutor says that if you feel threatened you have the right to kill someone... The fact that you started the altercation isn't relevant???

Summation: Kill anyone you want as lontg as you say you feel threatened and you're good to go???

There is no sanity here...

This kid didn't start this confrontation... He was just walking home... Yeah, maybe after being confronted, even attacked, by Zimmerman he tried to ***defend*** himself but without a gun he was at a disadvantage against an armed Zimmerman...

I wonder how this would have played out if it was Martin who had the gun and was attacked by an unarmed Zimmerman and shot Zimmerman??? Me thinks he would have been arrested and maybe even shot and killed by the police trying to arrest him...

B~