It simply doesn’t matter if he was followed, chased or did the chasing himself. None of those activities are illegal in the State of Florida.
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Originally posted by: forkushVQuoteYou obviously don't know the difference between "assault" and "assault & battery." And Trayvon was chased for no justifiable reason, not just followed like you pretend.
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Originally posted by: forkushV
Because in a civilized society, Zimmerman's actions of profiling, following, and finally chasing Trayvon for no reason would be considered assault under the law as it is in the dictionary. And when a criminal act like Zimmerman's assault results in a death, the law tends to punish the criminal and exonerate the non-criminal.
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Following someone who you think is behaving suspiciously is assault? I don't think so.
From wikipedia's page on Assault: "At Common Law, an intentional act by one person that creates an apprehension in another of an imminent harmful or offensive contact." That may not be Florida's definition of assault, but it should be in any civilized society.
Black or white, when the paranoid, bigoted, profiling, cowardly chaser gets killed, it may be justifiable homicide. When the other guy dies, no.
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Originally posted by: ChilcootQuoteI doubt forkushV can do this, because chasing is inherently threatening.
Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Maybe you can give a single example of anyone in the history of the world ever being charged with 'Assault' for following someone in their neighborhood they felt suspicious or even chasing them where no words or actual threatening moves were ever attempted.
If someone you don't know suddenly starts chasing you in public, you're being threatened. Case closed.
QuoteSo now you're saying that Trayvon Martin had a "duty to retreat." Well isn't that special? I guess if Trayvon had been "respectful" and thrown in some "yassuhs," this whole thing would have ended peacefully.
Originally posted by: BobOrme
When was Martin being chased? Being chased would have to involve running away. When was Martin running away? There was no evidence that indicated he was running away...
QuoteWhy are you quoting my post? I didn't say Martin was being chased.
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Originally posted by: ChilcootQuoteI doubt forkushV can do this, because chasing is inherently threatening.
Originally posted by: alanleroyII
Maybe you can give a single example of anyone in the history of the world ever being charged with 'Assault' for following someone in their neighborhood they felt suspicious or even chasing them where no words or actual threatening moves were ever attempted.
If someone you don't know suddenly starts chasing you in public, you're being threatened. Case closed.
When was Martin being chased? Being chased would have to involve running away. When was Martin running away?
QuoteYou don't know any of this. You weren't there, Martin's dead, and Zimmerman didn't testify.
Originally posted by: BobOrme
Zimmerman was walking back to his vehicle after the dispatcher told him to stop following Martin. Martin didn't have a "duty to retreat" because any perceived threat was removed. He didn't even have to run away. All he had to do was keep walking away from Zimmerman because Zimmerman was walking away from him. Instead he turned around after talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone and went after Zimmerman. With Zimmerman retreating, Martin didn't even have to move. He could have stood his ground until the police arrived. As much as you want this to be about race, it isn't.
