Quote Originally Posted by BanginJimmy View Post
An investigation happened, no charges were filed. Politicians and black groups started getting uppity, then charges were filed. That was the real order of events.
What do politicians and "black groups" not directly involved in this ordeal have to do with anything? Charges were filed before the media outrage caught traction.



You implied that that it would be an open and shut murder conviction if the black guy lived.
How was that a racial implication? If all the events were the same and Martin killed Zimmerman first, would he be in jail? Even if both parties were white, or Hispanic, If an altercation occurred and Martin believed he was defending himself, since everything leading up to the altercation was irrelevant, according to the law, would he have been set free?

As I have said multiple times, I read the daily run downs I found online. At no point was Zimmerman's self defense plea challenged with evidence. The only challenges to that defense were presented with conjecture and what ifs.
That was during the trial, and that's why the prosecution lost. They didnt have enough evidence to convict. There was enough evidence to charge, and they do not have to be equal.

Killing someone is NOT enough to charge someone with a crime, especially when the shooter claims self defense.
Apparently it is, and it should be. That's why we have laws from Capital murder to justifiable homicide.