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[QUOTE=Trayderjoe;1566809]Zimmerman was acquitted at trial. He was also investigated for civil rights violations by the Department of Justice for three years after which the DOJ concluded there was not sufficient evidence that he intentionally violated the civil rights of Martin. Had Zimmerman committed a crime at the start, before he was attacked, he would not have been able to claim self defense and most likely convicted (can't give an absolute here since we don't know, so please don't suggest that he still would have been acquitted). I am curious as to why there is an insistence that Zimmerman committed a crime by people who were not at the scene or on the jury, when the judicial system has returned an innocent verdict based upon self defense?

I believe that most people who want to get rid of SYG don't understand what the law entails, nor do they understand the requirements that need to be met in order for a valid claim of self defense to be made. This may be due to jumping on the band wagon, or a lack of researching a subject before taking a stance one way or another. Remember, in order to claim self defense, you are admitting you killed someone. If your claim of self defense doesn't hold water, you have just admitted to murder.

A person may be a loudmouth, but under the law, no one has the right to put their hands on that individual because they don't like what was said or how it was said. If someone doesn't want to hear it, they have at least two legal choices: they can call the police and ask them to intervene or they can leave. It may not be convenient or fair to have to leave if that is the choice, but then there is no confrontation.[/QUOTE]

As much as I normally disagree with you on things, your [B] makes sense. As I said in my original post, most of us a) wouldn't park illegally in a handicapped space, and b) wouldn't react violently to the loudmouth. The happenings here were wrong from the beginning to the end.

On the other hand, I don't think this anger-infused jackwagon should get away with murder. He probably will. But hopefully karma will take care of him the way it seems to have taken care of Zimmerman.