Florida Sheriffs Association unanimously supports Stand Your Ground

[gejohnston]

19. I don't think the law was with Martin

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But then, I'm skeptical of the media, especially when the use a picture of a 11 or 12 year old kid instead of a recent picture. Besides, when it comes to trial by media, the media is always wrong.
There is also his history of violence, which is why he was suspended from school. The evidence pointed to Martin ambushing Zimmerman as he described. I base that on the fighting technique he learned, and talked about it in his text messages, match what Zimmerman described. Martin also had a habit of decking bus drivers.
While Martin was a hot head, and probably made paranoid from "lean" usage. Like I said, based on watching the trial, Martin was the aggressor.
I do agree that Zimmerman getting out of the car instead of telling the operator "have the cops look for themselves" was a poor choice. I mean, if I'm stopped at a light and some guy circles my car a couple of times giving me "the look" before walking slowly between houses and looking in windows as Zimmerman claimed, my ass isn't getting out of any car. I'd call the cops and give them a description, but that is me. Of course, that is only his word, but there is nothing to contradict it, or at least the State didn't find any.
According to this, Virginia is SYG by common law, like Washington and California
http://www.volokh.com/2013/07/17/duty-to-retreat/

Out of the liberal legal blogs, Talk Left did the best coverage that I found and explained several things that would be lost on a nonlawyer like myself. The coverage matched what I saw.
http://www.talkleft.com/

Like I told Krispos, what might have happened, and what is proven are two different things. If the empirical evidence conflicts my earlier assumptions and/or the conventional wisdom of those who I share an ideology with (both being the case here), I have to accept the reality of the situation and deal with it. That's the way I'm wired.