Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
YOU need to THINK beyond excerpts, STY. Was Zimmerman “on-duty” as a Watch volunteer, or was he just a guy walking around the neighborhood? If the former, then he was doing something that was AGAINST the rules….if the latter, then he was STILL in violation of disregarding a 911 dispatch instruction NOT TO FOLLOW Martin, and thus acting like a vigilante. You can’t have it both ways, but since the local police were PREVENTED in arresting Zimmerman BASED ON THE EVIDENCE, these little Catch-22 questions will go unanswered.
and you need to THINK period. violating 'rules' is not the same as violating 'laws', so you're notion of wondering why he wasn't charged with the gun crime is stupid on it's face. a dispatcher did not instruct him NOT TO FOLLOW, he simply said 'we don't need you to do that'. that is an advisory, not a lawful order. you need to be able to distinguish between little things like this is you wish to talk legalese with the big boys.
STY has bent over backwards to defend Zimmerman and put his head up his own ass. Let me deconstruct his BS: Because the dispatch did not say “you are ordered by law enforcement not to follow”, STY says that essentially gave Zimmerman the option to continue to follow Martin. This is a typical game apologist like STY like to play whenever they’re caught doing wrong. Suddenly, they have the mental comprehension skills of a 5th grader…..unless you S-P-E-L-L it out for them, they literally just follow what you say. But the transcript of the conversation tells a different story, as the dispatch told Zimmerman that the cops were on the way, and when the dispatch told Zimmerman “We don’t need you to do that”, Zimmerman replied, “Okay”. So being TOLD that cops were on the way and there was no need for further pursuit, Zimmerman decides to continue DESPITE acknowledging to the dispatch that he would follow the direction NOT to follow Martin. And again, if you violate the rules that allows your organization to function with law enforcement’s sanction, you are in violation of a law. Period. Again, was Zimmerman acting in the capacity of a Neighborhood Watch or just a “private citizen? A “Catch-22” that’s up in the air due to the lousy police work and intervention by the State Attorney.
http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/326700-full-transcript-zimmerman.html
Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
TWO ARRESTS are on record…..both involving temperment issues. Not exactly a sterling record when asking to carry around a gun. I would like to know what Zimmerman does that is so important that he needs a CCWP?
I don't know what totalitarian state you live in, but Florida is what they call a 'shall issue' state, meaning that as long as he doesn't have any of the prohibitive restrictions, the state cannot deny him a ccwp. Florida is like this because in 87 they prohibited open carry, which would have gotten them a lawsuit for violating the 2nd Amendment.
Here, let me dumb it down for you: HOW FUCKING STUPID IS THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO GIVE A CCWP TO A GUY WITH TWO COUNTS OF TEMPERMENT RELATED ISSUES THAT BROUGHT HIM BEFORE THE COURTS? So any schumck can get a gun in Florida so long as he does “community service” for resisting arrest and coming close enough to beating his girlfriend that the judge orders them to stay away from each other? Jeezus!
Originally Posted by Taichiliberal
Riddle me this, my willfully ignorant neocon parrot… why would Wolfinger, the State Attorney who overrode Det. Serino (despite his filing an affidavit) REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE CASE AFTER HE PREVENTS ZIMMERMAN FROM BEING ARRESTED?
it's called political CYA. the national outrage from idiots who don't like the law when it doesn't suit them prompted the state attorney to remove himself. and FYI, zimmerman was arrested at the scene and even transported to the police station in cuffs, under arrest, but wasn't charged. details matter and it seems you have them all wrong.