Trayvon / Media

[likwid]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

not evidence, opinion. from people more educated and inexpericeced than you and Spence.
Opinion is all that is needed for reasonable doubt.

Ahhh yes, once again, the media doing the thinking for you.


This won't be a 'stand your ground' case due to the wording:

776.012 Use of force in defense of person.—A person is justified in using
the use of force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent
that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend
himself or herself or another against the such other’s imminent use of unlawful
force. However, a the person is justified in the use of deadly force and
does not have a duty to retreat only if:

(a) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent
imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to
prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony;

Getting the crap kicked out of you by a kid is not justifiable use of force.

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by likwid

Ahhh yes, once again, the media doing the thinking for you.


This won't be a 'stand your ground' case due to the wording:

776.012 Use of force in defense of person.—A person is justified in using
the use of force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent
that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend
himself or herself or another against the such other’s imminent use of unlawful
force. However, a the person is justified in the use of deadly force and
does not have a duty to retreat only if:

(a) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent
imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to
prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony;

Getting the crap kicked out of you by a kid is not justifiable use of force.

Ignorance is bliss

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by likwid

Getting the crap kicked out of you by a kid is not justifiable use of force.

What do you base that on?

I'm not saying I think Zimmerman isn't builty, because I don't know many facts. But your statement is insane. If someone is bashing my head into the concrete, and I have a gun, too bad for them.

I'm not saying that's what happened in this case. But I can point you to hundreds of cases where "kids beat the crap" out of their victims and either killed them or did grave harm.

You're saying that getting the crap beat out of you by a kid (which is irrelevent) isn't a justifiable use of deadly force. I bet there isn't a criminal lawyer in the country who would agree with you.