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Schmiddy1234
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RIP Trayvon Martin, dead and gone

And i think Zimmerman should receive some prison time, for attacking an innocent teen/ young adult.

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It implies but doesn't mean he did. It does cat doubt because it doesn't erase the possibility that Zimmerman was not just outside his car when everything occurred but actually away from it.

Just because Martin didn't call, doesnt mean he perpetuated it. It's not logical to just call a cop whenever someone looks at you funny or follows you, that's overreacting. Also, we don't know Trayvons fitness level, but we do know that Zimmerman had been patrolling for years, nabbing people, so that shows a certain level of fitness. Also, since Martin called his girlfriend, that would give Zimmerman hypothetically enough time to catch up, even though Martin called when he probably thought he was a safe distance away, having tan for based on the call time, about a minute.

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It implies but doesn't mean he did. It does cat doubt because it doesn't erase the possibility that Zimmerman was not just outside his car when everything occurred but actually away from it.


How so? You are just guessing, it is equally as likely that he was standing next to his car, around his car, or similar.

Just because Martin didn't call, doesnt mean he perpetuated it. It's not logical to just call a cop whenever someone looks at you funny or follows you, that's overreacting


But running away from him as fast as possible is perfectly logical? He obviously thought that the armed man was following him, or he would not have run. He expressed that he thought the guy was following him in the call to his girlfriend. It isn't like he was just ignoring it.

Also, we don't know Trayvons fitness level, but we do know that Zimmerman had been patrolling for years, nabbing people, so that shows a certain level of fitness


We know that Martin was a young 16 year old man, so it is likely that he was more fit than the 30 year old man. Zimmerman had been "Nabbing" criminals as in calling the police and asking them to come, catching one thief. You don't exactly have to be fit to follow people in your car with a gun.

Also, since Martin called his girlfriend, that would give Zimmerman hypothetically enough time to catch up, even though Martin called when he probably thought he was a safe distance away, having tan for based on the call time, about a minute.


Eh? No. His girlfriend called him, before he ran. He expressed concern about a guy following him. His girlfriend then suggested that he run, which is when he ran.

You are probably reading the timeline wrong. Zimmerman started following Martin, who received his own call. Then after a few minutes, Martin found out Zimmerman was following him and told his girlfriend, who said to run. So then he ran. And what happened after that is disputed.
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Just like Zimmerman's account is by all means, a probability out of many.

We don't know whether Martin knew whether Zimmerman was armed or not. He knew that he was following him, but after running for a minute, he probably figures he was safe enough, which is reasonable.

We're merely speculating on fitness level. The facts are, he stoppe after running for a minute, called, which probably let Zimmerman have tine to catch up.

She called at 7 12 which was 3 minutes after Zimmerman called. Their call went dead at 7 16. You are reading it wrong, not me.

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@Nicho and 314d1

U guys sure do know a lot about the world events and stuff ^^

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Just like Zimmerman's account is by all means, a probability out of many.


Except for you are using T.V detective skills, while he was actually there. "You see, it clearly states that his seat was unbuckled, but you cannot hear the door open. Therefor, aliens took him out"?

We don't know whether Martin knew whether Zimmerman was armed or not. He knew that he was following him, but after running for a minute, he probably figures he was safe enough, which is reasonable.


Zimmerman claimed he thought Martin was armed in his apology. Running for a minute? Where did you get that? By my calculations, and assuming Martin's girlfriend's testimony is correct, he was running for about three minutes. And then the phone went dead, and apparently she didn't want to call the cops either.

We're merely speculating on fitness level. The facts are, he stoppe after running for a minute, called, which probably let Zimmerman have tine to catch up.


Where you paying attention? He called THEN ran. He made the call before he ran, then his girlfriend, on the phone, told him to run. He was apparently still on the phone when he stopped. He didn't stop to call anyone while he was running.

She called at 7 12 which was 3 minutes after Zimmerman called. Their call went dead at 7 16. You are reading it wrong, not me.


Three minutes after Zimmerman called. But Zimmerman didn't leave the car until he stopped calling, which was when Martin started running on foot, at 7:13 pm, a minute AFTER the call was made. Are you paying attention at all? That is why Zimmerman got out of the car, because Martin was running on foot, which you should know from listening to the call. 7:13 pm is when Martin started running, and he was stopped when his girlfriend's call ended, three minutes later. He was running for three minutes.
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Except for you are using T.V detective skills, while he was actually there. "You see, it clearly states that his seat was unbuckled, but you cannot hear the door open. Therefor, aliens took him out"?


Ambient sounds are heard which may be Zimmerman unbuckling his seat belt and his vehicle's ''open door'' chime sounding. The change in his voice and the sound of wind against his cell phone mic indicate that he has left his vehicle and is now walking. The dispatcher seems to pick up on these changes and sounds concerned when he later asks Zimmerman if he is following Martin.

Furthermore, when the dispatcher asked him if he was following Martin, to which he said yes.

So clearly, he was following him. Are you paying attention?

Zimmerman claimed he thought Martin was armed in his apology. Running for a minute? Where did you get that? By my calculations, and assuming Martin's girlfriend's testimony is correct, he was running for about three minutes. And then the phone went dead, and apparently she didn't want to call the cops either.


Zimmerman called at 7 09. 2 minutes in, he said Martin was running, at 7 11. Martin's girlfriend called at 7 12. Clearly, he ran for a minute.

Where you paying attention? He called THEN ran. He made the call before he ran, then his girlfriend, on the phone, told him to run. He was apparently still on the phone when he stopped. He didn't stop to call anyone while he was running.


stopped running for a minute, to pick up a call his girlfriend started*. Mistake in wording. Phone company records show that his girlfriend called him at 7 12.

But Zimmerman didn't leave the car until he stopped calling, which was when Martin started running on foot, at 7:13 pm, a minute AFTER the call was made.


Zimmerman called at 7 09. At 2:07 minutes into the police call Zimmerman says "he's running", putting it, after some wonderful arithmetic, at 7 11 where he ran, not 7 13.

Are you paying attention?
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Ambient sounds are heard which may be Zimmerman unbuckling his seat belt and his vehicle's ''open door'' chime sounding. The change in his voice and the sound of wind against his cell phone mic indicate that he has left his vehicle and is now walking. The dispatcher seems to pick up on these changes and sounds concerned when he later asks Zimmerman if he is following Martin.


Thank you, Mr. Conan. It is good to know that you can hear one conversation and figure out everything that is going on.

Furthermore, when the dispatcher asked him if he was following Martin, to which he said yes.

So clearly, he was following him. Are you paying attention?


Are you paying attention? We have had this conversation before. Exact conversation they had:
Dispatcher: Are you following him?
Zimmerman: Yeah.
Dispatcher: Ok, we don't need you to do that.
Zimmerman: Ok.

So obviously he said he stopped. He then talks about meeting up with a police officer, quite possibly returning to his car. Which would make since since he was planning to meat up by the mailboxes, but scrapped the plan and asked the cop to meat him at his current location, still making it likely he was returning to his car.

Zimmerman called at 7 09. 2 minutes in, he said Martin was running, at 7 11. Martin's girlfriend called at 7 12. Clearly, he ran for a minute.


That would go against his girlfriend's claim that:

"Around the time of the incident, Martin was talking on his cellphone to his girlfriend, according to her and confirmed by phone company records.[101] She called at 7:12 pm[102] She was interviewed by an attorney who has made a statement for her, and her parents requested her anonymity.

"According to the attorney's statement, Martin's girlfriend said that he expressed concern about a strange man following him, and she advised him to run. She says she heard Martin say "What are you following me for?" followed by a man's voice responding "What are you doing here?" She said that she heard the sound of pushing and that Martin's headset suddenly went silent, leading her to believe that he had been pushed. She attempted to call him back immediately, but was unable to reach him.[103]"

If he was already running, then why would she advice him to run again?

"Hello"
"Why are you so tired?"
"I was running from some guy who is chasing me with a gun"
"Oh. I suggest you run then"?

She would have to be a total moron for that to work.

And running after being "Followed" for two minutes? If he is paranoid enough for that, then why in hell didn't he call the cops?

Although I don't have a recording of his girlfriend's recordings, she says she is the one who suggested that Martin should run. Assuming her record is accurate, and that Martin would obviously be tired from full-sprinting for a minute, would mean that he had not run yet. This would mean that it would be impossible for him to have started running before the phone call.

May I remind you that the numbers are rather inaccurate? Assuming the call was late during 7:09 pm, that would mean about two minutes later, or 7:12 pm when Martin's girlfriend called he would start running, which would match up closer to the official records. A lot can happen in a minute, and after Martin told her his story she would suggest that he run, which would happen early in the call obviously, so he would start running right when Zimmerman says he is, and runs for three minutes until he is caught. That would be a better guess than yours. Or his girlfriend is a lier, for some reason.

Are you paying attention?
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Transcript by William Deutsch, a security expert, for Virginia State Police and the North Carolina Bankers Association. I heard the transcript, and there clearly is the sound of wind and unbuckling.

Are you paying attention? We have had this conversation before. Exact conversation they had:
Dispatcher: Are you following him?
Zimmerman: Yeah.

Dispatcher: Ok, we don't need you to do that.
Zimmerman: Ok.


Even if he stopped, he clearly was away from his car.

He then talks about meeting up with a police officer, quite possibly returning to his car. Which would make since since he was planning to meat up by the mailboxes, but scrapped the plan and asked the cop to meat him at his current location, still making it likely he was returning to his car.


No evidence to back this up.

If he was already running, then why would she advice him to run again?


That would go directly against Zimmerman's testimony that he ran, which he did say in his conversation if you're claiming he didn't run until his girlfriend told him to.

or 7:12 pm when Martin's girlfriend called he would start running,


He was already running at 7 11, if we are to believe that Zimmerman is right in stating he ran, 2 minutes into the call.

A lot can happen in a minute, and after Martin told her his story she would suggest that he run, which would happen early in the call obviously, so he would start running right when Zimmerman says he is, and runs for three minutes until he is caught.


I'm thinking he ran, then his girlfriend called. You're thinking, he ran after his girlfriend called. Zimmerman claimed he was already running at 7 11.

so he would start running right when Zimmerman says he is, and runs for three minutes until he is caught.


And even if your account is the right one, he ran for three minutes away from the car, so if there was a scuffle, even if we don't know who started it, it was clearly away from the car.
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Either way, I have had enough of DAing. Perhaps this provides a new dimension and shifts the blame more towards Martin. Ta.

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Transcript by William Deutsch, a security expert, for Virginia State Police and the North Carolina Bankers Association. I heard the transcript, and there clearly is the sound of wind and unbuckling.


There is. But all that means is that he left his car, which everyone already knows. The fight did, after all, happen outside by all accounts.

Even if he stopped, he clearly was away from his car.


But not by much, he obviously isn't to much out of breath, so he couldn't have gotten far, and was going back to his car. In the worst case he would have stayed where he is, since he was asking to meet the officer where he was at his current location.

That would go directly against Zimmerman's testimony that he ran, which he did say in his conversation if you're claiming he didn't run until his girlfriend told him to.


No it wouldn't. It would only require the times to not be exact, which is likely.

He was already running at 7 11, if we are to believe that Zimmerman is right in stating he ran, 2 minutes into the call.


You do realize that they didn't set this up to start exactly at 7:09 correct? There is sixty seconds in a minute. That means it lines up perfectly with the phone call if it was about 7:09 and 50 seconds. Looking at the phone call, it would line up perfectly, since it was much closer to 7:10 and would be more accurate to say so, two minutes later would end up at about 7:12, when the girl's phone call started. That would mean the girls testimony would be correct, and he would start running at that time for three minutes. Or are you calling into question an official court document?

Which is more likely, that the records are off 50 seconds or that the official records are lying?

I'm thinking he ran, then his girlfriend called. You're thinking, he ran after his girlfriend called. Zimmerman claimed he was already running at 7 11.


No he didn't. He claimed he was running two minutes into the phone call. The official testimony says he started running after his girlfriend called, and of course since the first minute is fifty seconds off, that means two minutes into the video would be about 7:12, when his girlfriend called. They probably exchanged a few words and she would then immediately tell him to run, which he would, two minutes into Zimmerman's phone call. Or, if my theory that they started late in the minute, about 7:12. Which lines up perfectly.

And even if your account is the right one, he ran for three minutes away from the car, so if there was a scuffle, even if we don't know who started it, it was clearly away from the car.


Which would mean that Martin had to return and committed the act by the car, wouldn't it? It is also possible that Zimmerman left the car.

Either way, I have had enough of DAing. Perhaps this provides a new dimension and shifts the blame more towards Martin. Ta.


Ill try to read it and see if I can respond in a few minutes. It is past midnight here and I am tired.
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That would mean the girls testimony would be correct, and he would start running at that time for three minutes. Or are you calling into question an official court document?


Court document doesn't state that he ran for three minutes. Furthermore, if he did run for three minutes, clearly that was some distance to cover for Zimmerman to get him.

No he didn't. He claimed he was running two minutes into the phone call. The official testimony says he started running after his girlfriend called, and of course since the first minute is fifty seconds off, that means two minutes into the video would be about 7:12, when his girlfriend called. They probably exchanged a few words and she would then immediately tell him to run, which he would, two minutes into Zimmerman's phone call. Or, if my theory that they started late in the minute, about 7:12. Which lines up perfectly.


Then we'll go by this. Still doesn't absolve Zimmerman of the blame that Trayvon's supporters are saying; That Zimmerman perpetuated the incident. The new link does however, crack their story up a bit.
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Court document doesn't state that he ran for three minutes. Furthermore, if he did run for three minutes, clearly that was some distance to cover for Zimmerman to get him.


No, but court documents do say that Martin's girlfriend told him to run. Which would mean he had to run for three minutes. It is possible that he was not full-on sprinting for three minutes, maybe sprinting than jogging a bit. It is also possible he went back, like your link looks like he did. To be honest I didn't get past the pictures.

Then we'll go by this. Still doesn't absolve Zimmerman of the blame that Trayvon's supporters are saying; That Zimmerman perpetuated the incident. The new link does however, crack their story up a bit.


No, but it does suggest that he ran for three minutes.

Now I am going to stop posting. I can't form a sentences from 1:00 to 8:00...
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Then we'll live it to the courts.

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You guys are going about this all wrong. See what ha' happened was...

(in stupid terms) Zimmerman sees a suspicious young male, the most common type of criminal, at a late hour going through his neighborhood. Zimmerman is a bit paranoid, naturally, but harmless overall and means well. Zimmerman proceeds to follow the suspicious young male, Trayvon Martin, for a while. Trayvon catches on, and hustles his *** at a quick pace away from Zimmerman, who he believes is possibly a threat. Zimmerman continues following. This is well established as fact. Now here's where my personal speculation begins: Zimmerman continues following Trayvon, likely on foot. Trayvon is not a white rich boy who has had the world handed to him, and is likely of a mind that Zimmerman intends to do harm. At this point, it is unlikely he sees a gun (as even a psychopath death-seeker would run when they have a gun pointed at them), and he turns to face the assailant. After quick assessment, he determines that fighting would be a much better option than running like a pansy *** *****. He proceeds to begin an assault on Zimmerman, who is just a paranoid but mostly harmless neighborhood watchman. As soon as the assault begins, Zimmerman quickly reaches for his gun (which I assume would be hidden), and beats Trayvon off of him, quickly followed by an instinctive single shot at the first target in his line of site: Trayvon's chest.

Trayvon dies, Zimmerman is beat senseless, and the whole situation turns into a distracting race-baiting cluster**** the likes of which have not been seen in a few years.

Trayvon felt threatened, and attacked. Zimmerman felt even more threatened, and fired. Could he have beaten Trayvon in a fist fight? Possibly, but who would take the risk when they have a gun? Use common sense, people. Trayvon was shot in the chest, implying that he was facing towards Zimmerman, and likely at close range. Zimmerman had facial injuries, as paramedics on the scene had treated him for a pretty vicious but not terribly life threatening assault. If he had not had such injuries, this would be one very open and shut case and he would likely be facing murder charges. Remember: The police know more than you do. They know more than the media knows.

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and he would likely be facing murder charges.

He already is, but I doubt he'll be convicted. He also just got out on bail.
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