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Originally Posted by redwitch
I'm definitely a leftie (big surprise, right?). Do I think Zimmerman is innocent? No. Do I think he's guilty? Nope. What he did was legal and I think he knew it. I also think he had enough of his neighborhood being victimized; saw this punk scouting the housing; figured he could set the kid up so it would be deemed self-defense. Am I right? Who knows? I don't -- it's just my theory. Obviously, Zimmerman knows and he ain't talkin'.
I never thought Zimmerman was racist. I think he would have killed Martin if given the chance regardless of his color -- it was walking in Zimmerman's neighborhood that got Martin killed, not the color of his skin. I do think Zimmerman sees himself as being white but that's totally irrelevant. I think Zimmerman thinks he's a good guy and feels he is being victimized. He killed a teenager. He has to live with that and I sincerely hope he really can't justify that killing -- no matter what Martin had done in the past, he was doing nothing wrong while walking through the complex and he had every right to be there.
The one thing that will always bother me is why didn't Zimmerman ever identify himself to Martin? Why deny he was following him? To me, that screams that Zimmerman was trying to set Martin up to react and, tragically, Martin behaved accordingly.
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I don't think Zimmerman was smart enough to "set the kid up". Still think he was a wanna be--got jumped and reacted with a gun.