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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 1174486" data-attributes="member: 14668">Why?If someone is being attacked and fears for their life, should they not be entitled to defend themselves?Look, I&#039;m not defending Zimmerman. I have stated from the beginning that he was an idiot for getting out of the car and confronting Martin while armed. I think he is an overzealous wannabe who &quot;profiled&quot; Martin based not on race but on age, manner of dress and behavior. But the reality is that none of that is actually what he was on trial for. He was on trial for murder and manslaughter, and the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of either of those offenses under Florida law, and based upon the admittedly limited amount of information that I have I would tend to agree with that verdict.Ironically enough, it may very well have been the liberal media and the race baiters like Sharpton etc. who are indirectly responsible for Zimmerman being acquitted of all criminal charges. They are the ones who pretty much forced the prosecution to overplay its hand and charge Zimmerman with murder when the evidence was weak. I&#039;m just speculating here, but I&#039;d be willing to bet that Zimmerman might have been willing to plead guilty to a much lesser charge if the prosecution had felt free to offer such a deal, but the public outcry against such an offer (fueled by Sharpton and the like) would have been such that the &quot;safer&quot; play was to go ahead and charge him with murder even at the risk of an acquittal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 1174486, member: 14668"] Why? If someone is being attacked and [I]fears[/I] for their life, should they not be entitled to defend themselves? Look, I'm not defending Zimmerman. I have stated from the beginning that he was an idiot for getting out of the car and confronting Martin while armed. I think he is an overzealous wannabe who "profiled" Martin based not on race but on age, manner of dress and behavior. But the reality is that [I]none[/I] of that is actually what he was on trial for. He was on trial for murder and manslaughter, and the prosecution failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was guilty of either of those offenses under Florida law, and based upon the admittedly limited amount of information that I have I would tend to agree with that verdict. Ironically enough, it may very well have been the liberal media and the race baiters like Sharpton etc. who are indirectly responsible for Zimmerman being acquitted of all criminal charges. [I]They[/I] are the ones who pretty much forced the prosecution to overplay its hand and charge Zimmerman with murder when the evidence was weak. I'm just speculating here, but I'd be willing to bet that Zimmerman [I]might [/I]have been willing to plead guilty to a much lesser charge if the prosecution had felt free to offer such a deal, but the public outcry against such an offer (fueled by Sharpton and the like) would have been such that the "safer" play was to go ahead and charge him with murder even at the risk of an acquittal. [/QUOTE]

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