What the heck is going on here? Do you guys think Zimmerman is a hapless victim? I'm genuinely shocked if that's the case. If you guys believe that Zimmerman is a poor, blameless victim, I think I can begin to understand some of the miscommunication going on in this thread.
hapless victim?
no.
just one of two guys who made mistakes.
And he did what each and every one of us would do in a similar situation: Do what it takes to go home to the family.
People who do make mistakes. It is easy to pass judgment after the fact.
The point is, that the other party was also no hapless victim, but another player in the game.
and in the end - and please, note the examples from homicides that happened at the same time - the only thing that was CZ grave mistake was being not black.
http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsport...ol-wounded-two-ex-players-killed-in-shooting/
It was rather astonishing to hear and read the excuses that were made for the shooter, leaving to return with a loaded gun and ill intentions, taking three lives, with no claim of self defense.
I find the Zimmermann case fascinating though.
As long as we discuss the merits of fighting (and 'street' is such a popular selling point in MA) in a vacuum, we are all tough talk.
We are all about the 2nd amendment, but heaven forbid, a fellow legally carries a gun and is forced to use it.
Not that I gave three figs about the trial past what I could not avoid come across....but it seems that GZ had disengaged.
If that was indeed the case, then yes, he would qualify as victim. Not hapless tho.
would have could have should have....
he follows a long line of people madder than hell, unwilling to take it anymore.
Instead of standing in front of a TV camera, demanding police to fix his neighborhood, he became proactive.
Win, lose or draw.
Did he make mistakes? Sure. Because the guy in the hoody could have also very well packed a gun.
how would that have played out?
family man gunned down in his own neighborhood, nobody saw nothing....