Why is the state's attorney smiling? There's nothing to be happy about here.
They didn't want to take the case to trial. They only pressed charges after a national outrage. They couldn't prove that a CHILD unarmed alone at night was not a threat to an armed man. I am pretty fucking sure this went exactly the way the state thought it would.
Seriously. I'm not over the Casey Anthony child killer business yet.
Me neither. Its pretty ridiculous how so much BS has gone down in Florida the last few years.
Have you heard about Marissa Alexander? African American woman who fired a warning shot at the wall when her abusive husband came at her. She did not kill him. She not even shoot him. She is serving 20 years for that warning shot on "aggravated assault". Also in Florida.
I live in FL and there was only one friend of mine on FB that cheered the not guilty verdict. I am not surprised because she is a hot mess. Everyone else is pissed. My husband has said "fucking murderer" at least 50 times now.
I really blame the prosecutor. They didn't do their job well, and I cannot help thinking it was a result of them not wanting to bring the case to begin with. It's too bad Zimmerman has no money and a civil suit would be pointless.
Aaaaand I'm fighting people on my Facebook. Normally I would quietly de friend, but they need to know they're fucking wrong. Then I'll defriend. Fuck them.
Aaaaand I'm fighting people on my Facebook. Normally I would quietly de friend, but they need to know they're fucking wrong. Then I'll defriend. Fuck them.
I'll friend them and yell at them.
Fortunately (or maybe sadly) I'm in Canada and most people I know aren't even aware of this case.
Me neither. Its pretty ridiculous how so much BS has gone down in Florida the last few years.
Have you heard about Marissa Alexander? African American woman who fired a warning shot at the wall when her abusive husband came at her. She did not kill him. She not even shoot him. She is serving 20 years for that warning shot on "aggravated assault". Also in Florida.
That is heartbreaking. What in the everloving fuck
They didn't want to take the case to trial. They only pressed charges after a national outrage. They couldn't prove that a CHILD unarmed alone at night was not a threat to an armed man. I am pretty fucking sure this went exactly the way the state thought it would.
This is false. The police felt it was self defense. When the state got the case they pressed charges.
Ok. They did want it to go to trial. I stand by the rest.
All of my fb feed is very disappointed in the verdict. So far I don't have to unfriend anyone.
I live in such an ass backwards town. All but three people that have posted on FB so far are happy about the verdict. I feel like posting something terribly mean, but will continue to bite my tongue.
Of course, my town is full of racist, gun-wielding rednecks. Well, at least my HS classmates anyway.
I really blame the prosecutor. They didn't do their job well, and I cannot help thinking it was a result of them not wanting to bring the case to begin with. It's too bad Zimmerman has no money and a civil suit would be pointless.
Agree.
As do most lawyers in my Facebook feed.
I agree insofar as the prosecutor agreed to those jurors. Based on my experience, I think they lost the case at jury selection.
If the state didn't want to take the case, couldn't it have been because it was a shitty case to begin with and pretty tough to prove since the only witness other than the defendant was dead? Or do they typically not care about that? I'm not a prosecutor.
For the most part, prosecutors would rather take a shitty, hard to prove case to trial rather than dismiss it outright because they're scared of losing.