Walking down the street talking on the phone is acting like a thug? Got it.............................
Profiling somebody looking and acting like a criminal is exactly what neighboorhood watch people and every good citizen is supposed to do. Don't want to get treated like a criminal?
Don't act/look like one.
Don't want to get shot dead?
Don't brutally attack somebody, pound their head into the concrete, and then mount them to continue the beating as they scream for their life. Or to keep it simple - don't attack anybody. That is illegal, that is a forcible felony, that could get you lawfully shot.
GZ had every right to call the police.
Whether the results would have been that TM was identified; that is for the future.
GZ profiled Martin and that matched up with previous incidents - profile was valid.
TM was supposedly going home; he did not.
Nothing is stating that he had to go home. He had the opportunity to go home after leaving the street and going down the walkway. There is no indication that that route was unavailable to him.
Did he go home and change his mind or did he wait for GZ to come by him while trying to understand the situation on who GZ was?
We do not know; there are indications that he may have gone home and then returned; are those indications accurate???
All indications are that he made the decision to confront GZ and up the ante.
Tell me why Trayvon had to deviate from anything he was doing? Or are you incapable?
The commentary contained within the bond revocation order.
LTR.
GZ had every right to call the police.
Whether the results would have been that TM was identified; that is for the future.
GZ profiled Martin and that matched up with previous incidents - profile was valid.
TM was supposedly going home; he did not.
Nothing is stating that he had to go home. He had the opportunity to go home after leaving the street and going down the walkway. There is no indication that that route was unavailable to him.
Did he go home and change his mind or did he wait for GZ to come by him while trying to understand the situation on who GZ was?
We do not know; there are indications that he may have gone home and then returned; are those indications accurate???
All indications are that he made the decision to confront GZ and up the ante.
He gave him bond which he posted in less than 24 hours. So, again show me a ruling he made that was fair or impartial to GZ.
Are you nitpicking about actual words or looking for the intent.
Lester got booted because of his words when issuing rulings which demonstrated bias.
Thats why his lawyers are doing this stuff w\ the judge... they don't want him on the stand. They want to make this about anything BUT the case. They want him off on a technicality. They don't want GZ up there having to actually tell the truth.
You are in an upper level graduate school course so you know this part by heart:
The defendant, George Zimmerman, is presumed innocent and remains innocent unless the jury unanimously finds him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
The defendant has no burden to produce any evidence or to testify in this case. He has a constitutional right to not testify and the jury may not assume anything regarding his silence.
The State has the burden of proving each element of the crime charged beyond a reasonable doubt.
Since the defendant admits killing Trayvon Martin, but claims he was legally justified to do so in self-defense, the State must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he did not kill Trayvon Martin in self-defense.
A reasonable doubt is a doubt for which a reason exists. It is such a doubt as would exist in the mind of a reasonable person after fully, fairly and carefully considering all of the evidence or lack of evidence.
He gave him bond which he posted in less than 24 hours. So, again show me a ruling he made that was fair or impartial to GZ.
And these points are going to what decides his fate. Does a jury believe he tried to confront the kid or did he happen to come across the kid? How or why he didn't make it home will also be up for debate. Here is where I disagree, his having injuries doesn't give him a free pass as many here suggest. This was still a minor.
There is nothing to support GZ had any right to call the cops or as you put it "keep an eye on Trayvon".
He did not have to deviate from anything.
He also did not have to confront GZ.
He was initially profiled; subsequent actions of TM supported the profile.
He could have walked down the street and made a left at the bottom. Nothing would have happened. Profile broken
He could have walked along the walkway between the houses, made a right and continued to the back of the house; nothing would have happened other than GZ going to the top of the T and seeing TM and the end of the walk. Profile broken - TM was not acting like he was trying to avoid being identified.
TM triggered concern by taking off at more than a walk and then no longer in sight when GZ made it to the top of the T.
At that point, profiling was accurate.
TM made multiple choices; which supported the conern and profile.
He made a final choice not in confronting GZ but to take it further by a physical altercation.
How is the bond revocation not a ruling?
I wouldn't say bias... how else do you look on zimmerman's actions?
He had his bond revoked for lying to the court. His wife was arrested and charged for that. It's understandable a judge have an opinion on that happening in his court w\ such a high profile case.
Him being removed for this is absolutely ridiculous and simply makes a mockery of our justice system. What they've done is turned a negative of zimmerman and used it to undermine the very court that's supposed to try him.
What is replacing the judge going to do? Are they simply rolling the dice and hoping for a gun toting brainwashed judge who'd be biased in zimmerman's favor?
What the hell country do you live in?
A ruling generally means the outcome.
The ruling was that he gave him a 1 million dollar bond which since he paid it in less than 24 hours seems fair. He can have an opinion of GZ being a liar, but it hasn't affected how he's ruled(outcomes) in every instance. He could have given him a 3 million bond or revoked his bond. Unless, I'm missing something, pls point to 1 instance that any of LEsters rulings (outcomes) have been biased toward GZ.
I don't understand why this is difficult. Lester has been fair to GZ in every ruling of his despite the fact he believes GZ manipulated the system. So it is hard to argue then that Lester is going to be unfair to him in the future when he hasn't been in the past.
Are you nitpicking about actual words or looking for the intent.
Lester got booted because of his words when issuing rulings which demonstrated bias.
The one where a person can walk down the street unabated or harrassed. Where a person's skin color or dress is not reason enough to warrant suspicous behavior and be subjected to any type of interrogation.
I live in America where the Constitution and Civil Rights laws were passed to protect people like Trayvon Martin, minorities, and women.
This is not 1950 and we don't live in Jerk Water, Texas. I also live in a country where a person should able to fight against a stranger who doesn't indentify themselves, starts to reach inside their coat for something after they have followed me.
The one where a person can walk down the street unabated or harrassed. Where a person's skin color or dress is not reason enough to warrant suspicous behavior and be subjected to any type of interrogation.
I live in America where the Constitution and Civil Rights laws were passed to protect people like Trayvon Martin, minorities, and women.
This is not 1950 and we don't live in Jerk Water, Texas. I also live in a country where a person should able to fight against a stranger who doesn't indentify themselves, starts to reach inside their coat for something after they have followed me.
Where the hell do you live?
THE REVOCATION IS A RULING. Even by your questionable definition, the outcome was zimmerman returned to jail. It meets your criteria.
So, let's get this straight.
The bond revocation order was the order that was used to send GZ back to jail.
The order setting bail was the order which set the new bail at 1,000,000.
The motion to disqualify Judge Lester was the motion filed by MOM.
Which action of the bond revocation order do u think was unfair? Do you believe the judge shouldn't have been concerned that GZ lied about the money he had available and hiding his current passport (having given to the court an older passport that was reported lost). You think it was unfair to order GZ to turn himself in, to figure out the facts and then subsequently give him 1,000,000 bond which he paid in less than 24 hours? Pls. which is unfair or showed bias on Lesters part?
The. Commentary. Was. Inappropriate. And. Showed. Bias.
He did not have to deviate from anything.
He also did not have to confront GZ.
He was initially profiled; subsequent actions of TM supported the profile.
He could have walked down the street and made a left at the bottom. Nothing would have happened. Profile broken
He could have walked along the walkway between the houses, made a right and continued to the back of the house; nothing would have happened other than GZ going to the top of the T and seeing TM and the end of the walk. Profile broken - TM was not acting like he was trying to avoid being identified.
TM triggered concern by taking off at more than a walk and then no longer in sight when GZ made it to the top of the T.
At that point, profiling was accurate.
TM made multiple choices; which supported the conern and profile.
He made a final choice not in confronting GZ but to take it further by a physical altercation.
The. Commentary. Was. Inappropriate. And. Showed. Bias.