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Old 07-14-2013, 08:09 PM
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It'll be interesting if NBC is held liable for defaming Zimmerman. What they did certainly was a breach of journalistic ethics, not that I expect much in terms of ethics from broadcast journalism anymore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...inst-nbc-news/
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Old 07-14-2013, 08:15 PM
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"A verdict of not guilty is not a finding of self-defense or that Trayvon Martin did anything wrong; it is a verdict of not proved beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Old 07-14-2013, 08:20 PM
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It'll be interesting if NBC is held liable for defaming Zimmerman. What they did certainly was a breach of journalistic ethics, not that I expect much in terms of ethics from broadcast journalism anymore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...inst-nbc-news/
I don't see why they felt it necessary. One read of the 911 call transcripts reveals what he is.

Remember, a finding of innocence due to unclear evidence at some point doesn't necessarily mean he is not guilty. It just means he can't be convicted.

The guy we let go when I served on jury duty was guilty as hell and everyone in the courtroom knew it. We just couldn't convict him because of that one little shadow of a doubt.

Zimmerman stalked and killed Treyvon Martin. The young man had done absolutely nothing to warrant being followed in the first place. Nothing.

The system didn't punish him, but the people will. For a long, long time.

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Old 07-14-2013, 08:34 PM
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I don't see why they felt it necessary. One read of the 911 call transcripts reveals what he is.

Remember, a finding of innocence due to unclear evidence at some point doesn't necessarily mean he is not guilty. It just means he can't be convicted.

The guy we let go when I served on jury duty was guilty as hell and everyone in the courtroom knew it. We just couldn't convict him because of that one little shadow of a doubt.

Zimmerman stalked and killed Treyvon Martin. The young man had done absolutely nothing to warrant being followed in the first place. Nothing.

The system didn't punish him, but the people will. For a long, long time.

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Perhaps so, but I find the show trial spectacle based upon the media/special interests deliberately injecting their proxy issues highly distasteful. The whole thing was a sorry media spectacle and I refuse to give in to them trying to manipulate me by pulling the right strings with their 24/7 coverage.

If it happened in my community, I'd care and be interested. It didn't and I'm not.
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Old 07-15-2013, 06:29 AM
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I don't see why they felt it necessary. One read of the 911 call transcripts reveals what he is.

Remember, a finding of innocence due to unclear evidence at some point doesn't necessarily mean he is not guilty. It just means he can't be convicted.

The guy we let go when I served on jury duty was guilty as hell and everyone in the courtroom knew it. We just couldn't convict him because of that one little shadow of a doubt.

Zimmerman stalked and killed Treyvon Martin. The young man had done absolutely nothing to warrant being followed in the first place. Nothing.

The system didn't punish him, but the people will. For a long, long time.

Dave
"A verdict of not guilty is not a finding of self-defense or that Trayvon Martin did anything wrong; it is a verdict of not proved beyond a reasonable doubt."
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Old 07-15-2013, 08:16 AM
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Hey no fair being reasonable Finn!

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Precisely.

In sum, those who would support Zimmerman are merely protecting their own metallic phallus and similar (fearful) ideology.
Our metallic phalluses are safe, for now. I will remain fearful about them into the future though.

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Amen. Also pray for the Martin family as they mourn the loss of their child.
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Oh, spare me your ".....prayers for the Martin family ".....sanctimonious drivel. You don't give a shit about them. You guys make me want to vomit. That kid was killed for no good reason and YOU DON'T CARE.
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At the risk of sounding even more apathetic, it's because it's of no consequence.

People are killed every day. And while I may go to Hell for saying so, the sanctity of human life is overplayed.

The cheapest commodity on the planet is human life. Simply because we're the only species which can appreciate just how precious life is, but continue to murder not only one another, but anything else that pleases us.

For being the epitome of intelligence on Planet Earth, we are as dumb as a day old pig.

We pass judgment. We believe in good or bad. The one thing which we refuse to admit to ourselves is that we're really no different than the wolf...other than we drive better automobiles.

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Agreed. Although there are those who like to believe human nature is changeable.

I'd like to give kudos to the black community for their restraint.

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Old 07-15-2013, 10:47 AM
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I'd like to give kudos to the black community for their restraint.

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That is mighty white of you Pete.

Talk about insulting.
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I'd like to give kudos to the black community for their restraint.
They possess a reasonable fear of being shot with no consequence.
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Hey no fair being reasonable Finn!



Our metallic phalluses are safe, for now. I will remain fearful about them into the future though.



Hear hear.



As you wish.



Agreed. Although there are those who like to believe human nature is changeable.

I'd like to give kudos to the black community for their restraint.

Pete
My first comment upon hearing the verdict was "Burn baby, burn!" but then I'm a lefty cracker...I'm with Noone in that I think you're being insulting.
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It'll be interesting if NBC is held liable for defaming Zimmerman. What they did certainly was a breach of journalistic ethics, not that I expect much in terms of ethics from broadcast journalism anymore.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...inst-nbc-news/
Hardly defamation by editing out the dispatchers question, imo but then I'm no lawyer.
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