Trayvon Martin: Amazed no one has posted this....

[oladub]

Yep except in THIS regard Trayvon had ZERO in his background for criminal activity and we will never know if he would EVER have had one. In fact all we know is that he was making plans for college while the one people are trying to make out to be a hero had an EXTENSIVE criminal record.

Agreed. We don't know if Trayvon would have ever committed a crime and have no particular reason to believe he would have. The same could have been said for Goetz'z victims when he shot them. There was nothing in the Wikipedia article suggesting that any of them had previously committed crimes.

We only know that, "George Zimmerman has been accused of domestic violence, tussling with a police officer and for over-speeding. In 2005, Zimmerman was arrested and charged with "resisting officer with violence" and "battery of law enforcement officer." Both these felonies are considered third-degree. Due to his desperate attempts, the charges were reduced to "resisting officer without violence" and then the only remaining charge was also completely waived off when he entered an alcohol education program."

We also know that Trayvon was currently suspended from school for the hint of marijuana or graffiti; his third indiscretion along those lines. That doesn't, of course, qualify as criminal activity or suggest a history of violence on his part. My point was that the fate of Zimmerman might be similar to that of Goetz even though Goetz had more witnesses and didn't claim to be attacked.

[Detroit Stylin]

Agreed. We don't know if Trayvon would have ever committed a crime and have no particular reason to believe he would have. The same could have been said for Goetz'z victims when he shot them. There was nothing in the Wikipedia article suggesting that any of them had previously committed crimes.

We only know that, "George Zimmerman has been accused of domestic violence, tussling with a police officer and for over-speeding. In 2005, Zimmerman was arrested and charged with "resisting officer with violence" and "battery of law enforcement officer." Both these felonies are considered third-degree. Due to his desperate attempts, the charges were reduced to "resisting officer without violence" and then the only remaining charge was also completely waived off when he entered an alcohol education program."

We also know that Trayvon was currently suspended from school for the hint of marijuana or graffiti; his third indiscretion along those lines. That doesn't, of course, qualify as criminal activity or suggest a history of violence on his part. My point was that the fate of Zimmerman might be similar to that of Goetz even though Goetz had more witnesses and didn't claim to be attacked.

Actually in the previous incident it was implied that they have committed crimes....