Trayvon Martin shooting: Zimmerman says Trayvon decked him, then began hammering him

[Iamtdg]

I've got a schtick and its a big one.

HEYOOOOOOOO!

 

[superpunk]

I don't know that assault is an option when your victim is dead. He didn't assault him he killed him.

 

[JBond]

and neither one will do jail time for it

whatever else you think about it, Zimmerman shot a kid and is getting off scott free.

The evidence says he shot an attacker in self defense. Stop making up your own narrative. It is silly people like this, that wish certain things were true rather than dealing with the facts, that the create problems. People need to learn to deal with reality.

 

[JBond]

I was thinking in the lines or aggravated assault or something in the those paramteters

Except he did not assault anyone. Trayvon was doing the assaulting according to the eyewitness.

 

[Irving Cowboy]

I don't know that assault is an option when your victim is dead. He didn't assault him he killed him.

The prosecutor also wanted the jury to consider child abuse, so what you are saying here isn't quite accurate.

 

[bkeavs]

I don't know that assault is an option when your victim is dead. He didn't assault him he killed him.

Actually that's in the definition of aggravated assault

 

[Midswat]

 

[superpunk]

Actually that's in the definition of aggravated assault

no it isn't.

 

[Midswat]

Obama says we have laws and the court has spoken. Zimmerman is innocent. Respect that.

 

[JBond]

no it isn't.

What is Aggravated Assault? | Jacksonville Florida Assault Attorney

Under Florida law, Aggravated Assault is an enhanced type of assault offense involving either the use of a deadly weapon or an intent to commit a felony. Aggravated Assault is classified in Florida as a third degree felony, with penalties of up to 5 years in prison or 5 years probation, and a $5,000.00 fine. If you are facing charges of Aggravated Assault, contact our Jacksonville Florida Assault Attorney for a free consultation.

Definition of Aggravated Assault- Florida Law

As defined under Section 784.021, Florida Statutes, Aggravated Assault consists of four factual elements:
1.the accused intentionally and unlawfully threatened, by word or act, to do violence to the alleged victim,
2.at the time the threat was made, the accused appeared to have the ability to carry out the threat,
3.the accused’s threat created in the mind of the alleged victim a well-founded fear that the violence was about to take place, and
4.the assault was made either with a deadly weapon or with a fully formed conscious intent to commit a felony.

Essentially, Aggravated Assault is an assault with an additional act consisting of the use of a deadly weapon or the intent to commit a felony.

http://www.husseinandwebber.com/aggravated-assault-florida.html

bkeavs is correct. That may have been a more reasonable charge, but I still do not think he would have been convicted.

 

[superpunk]

once the person you "assaulted" becomes "dead" it's not assault anymore.

if GZ took his skittles should he have been tried on the lesser charge of robbery

come on now drop the race shades

 

[Midswat]

Obama agrees he's innocent.

Respect your commander in chief.

 

[VTA]

Justice for Darryl Green??

On Thursday, July 11, police discovered the rotting body of 17-year-old Darryl Green, a black child from the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Green’s body was found behind a boarded-up house in the 6500-block of South Damen, face down on basement stairs. The body was so badly decomposed that originally, local news reports suggested that he had died of blunt force trauma. On Friday, an autopsy showed he had been shot to death. Relatives reported that Green had refused to join a gang at school.

Meanwhile, members of the media including Reverend Al Sharpton and Reverend Jesse Jackson focused on the “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman trial over Trayvon Martin. The only media outlets that have covered the murder of Darryl Green are The Chicago Sun-Times and ABC 7 Chicago. The New York Times’ Joe Nocera mentioned Green in passing in a blog post devoted to highlighting gun crimes across the country. President Obama has not commented on Green’s death. Neither have any other politicians, including local Congressmen Danny Davis and Bobby Rush, or Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Neither has anyone at MSNBC, CNN, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, The Washington Post, Associated Press, Reuters, or throughout the Hollywood community.

Link

 

[superpunk]

"its not about race"

keeps making it about race, cant stop talking about race, everytime a black kid dies "where is jesse jackson"

 

[superpunk]

 

[JBond]

It sure would be cool to see large organized protests bring attention to the murders in poor areas. Not just the murders hyped by the media and race monger and chief, but to the massive amounts of crime taking place on a daily basis. I would love to see fathers being held accountable for the children the choose to bring into the world. There needs to a be a complete shift within the poorer social-economic areas of our country were "snitching" is punishable by death.

 

[Midswat]

"its not about race"

keeps making it about race, cant stop talking about race, everytime a black kid dies "where is jesse jackson"

Who brought up race in this thread?

 

[peplaw06]

It's a blatant deflection of the real debate.

~Sees protests in a racially charged case.~

"Oh but look... you're not protesting here. Therefore, your protest is invalid." Even though the compared case doesn't appear to have a racial component to it.

Maybe they should be protesting all of these murders. But even if they did, it wouldn't change the facts of the Zimmerman case.

 

[peplaw06]

The prosecutor also wanted the jury to consider child abuse, so what you are saying here isn't quite accurate.

No he didn't... that's an oversimplification of the issue.

 

[peplaw06]

An aggravated assault charge still wouldn't overcome self-defense. Oh, but JBond did a google search of the statute... he probably knows more about it then.