No. They were not asked that question.
Emmett Till / Trayvon Martin - An Awakening to Racist Evil in America
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No. They were not asked that question.
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Really?
...the answer is found in the 27-page jury instructions on two matters: justifiable use of deadly force and reasonable doubt. Jurors were told Zimmerman was allowed to use deadly force when he shot Martin not only if he faced actually faced death or bodily harm, but also if he merely thought he did.
Reasonable doubt can come from conflicting evidence and testimony, which jurors heard plenty of over nearly three weeks.
Some Martin family supporters may never understand the gap between the legal basis for the jury's acquittal and what they perceived as the proper outcome: Zimmerman's conviction for either second-degree murder or manslaughter.
"There is a difference between the law and what people think is fundamentally justice," said Barbara Arnwine, president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, a Washington-based civil rights group.
Under Florida law, jurors were told to judge whether Zimmerman was justified in using deadly force by the circumstances he was under when he fired his gun. The instructions they were given said they should take into account the physical capabilities of both Zimmerman, 29, and Martin, 17. And if they had any reasonable doubt on whether Zimmerman was justified in using deadly force, they should find him not guilty.
"Beyond a reasonable doubt" is the highest standard of proof prosecutors face in American criminal courts. It means the jurors believe there is no other logical explanation for what happened than the defendant is guilty. If faced with two plausible explanations for what happened, jurors are supposed to acquit.
"The danger facing George Zimmerman need not have been actual; however, to justify the use of deadly force, the appearance must have been so real that a reasonably cautious and prudent person ... would have believed the danger could be avoided only through the use of that force," the instruction read.
Jurors refused to talk to reporters after the verdict about how they reached their decision Saturday night. Their names are being kept secret...
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/c...ns-at-center-of-Zimmerman-verdict-4664900.php
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Taking racist fucks like you to task.
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Legion Troll
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Wasn't asking you, was I? I was asking Darla, who complained of nausea.
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Darla
Oh in that case, Darla told me to tell you to go fuck yourself. She doesn't answer questions about why she is walking somewhere. She goes wherever the fuck she wants to go.
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Pardon me? Wasn't he? You serious think he thinks of himself as "Hispanic"? Where is the evidence for that? He and his brother were brought up in a household, by a father, who harbors racist views about blacks, and passed that viewpoint onto his sons. They adopted "white privilege" as if they could. They look Hispanic, and therefore, in an ordinary mundane situation, would have been treated like "wetbacks" by your typical racist white conservative.
Excuse me, but I have to go, since you don't know what you're talking about.
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Conservatives can't do math, read, spell, think, or much of anything.
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Back atcha. Too bad you can't follow me. Get over it.
All I need is a vile lowlife racist calling me one.
poet
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I said it. I'm here to represent it. What you gon' do?
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You go! That bitch knows your name now.
Legion Troll
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Oh dear, the internet is a cesspool today, huh?
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Laugh at your racist ass. What else.
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Darla
How's your sock doing Yurt?
SmarterthanYou
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and woe to any who dare follow you, right?
SmarterthanYou
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can follow you anywhere in public you decide to go. get over it. not a crime.
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Darla
I would just call the police immediately. That is what women being followed by men do. I certainly do not answer questions random men on the streets demand I answer about where I'm going. I have a cell phone. That's all I need. I am not surprised you jumped to a violent conclusion, you appear to be a very violent man.
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Whereas Trayvon attacked Zimmerman. If he'd called 911 he'd be alive.
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Darla
LOL That's yurt, Poet. Mott called it first so props, and he was definitely correct.
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Come and do it, and watch what happens. My address shouldn't be that hard to find.
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