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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'll say it again. Before it's over, it'll be "the gun went off accidentally"
Watch.
That's the strategy in having everybody else speak for George but not George himself. Sending up trial balloons to see what sticks, all the while infecting the jury pool.
I think hate radio and hate tv are steering them wrong by trying to convince people that their story is reasonable.
It is not. Quite frankly it is ridiculous.
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)He's already come up with quite a few, but I'm sure there are more.
The accidental gun firing is a good lie for him to come up with.
Solomon
(12,324 posts)believe him. Then they'll point to the "liberal media bias" coverage of the case to show he was right to presume that people wouldn't believe the truth.
He didn't mean to shoot him. (But Trayvon kept screaming so loud...)
Sarah Ibarruri
(21,043 posts)SteveABG
(134 posts)And George was simply trying to get the gun back to save Trayvon's life, when it went off.
Why not? It's just as believable as the rest of the crap they're feeding us.
guitar man
(15,996 posts)I'll have to say it long and loud. Guns don't just "go off" somebody has to squeeze the trigger.
obxhead
(8,434 posts)It might reduce the charge he's convicted under, but it would nullify the SYG defense I would think.
Either it was an accident or he was in the right. Hard to play both sides.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Solomon
(12,324 posts)time. Going down for manslaughter is a lot better than 1st degree murder.
eallen
(2,955 posts)When you're holding a gun, you're responsible for the direction of the barrel.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)if he didn't comprehend finger on the trigger + safety off.
No cigar.
mzmolly
(51,019 posts)One website counted four stories so far.