> I guess black boys in hoodies holding threatening bags of skittles
> candy are "a reasonable belief of a threat" to some racists. How very
> sad. I have talked about this case with everyone I know - family and friends - and we are all outraged. Everyone of us is emailing, signing petititons and doing whatever it takes to build national consensus to bring Zimmerman to trial and to get rid of these "Stand Your Ground" laws in the dozen or so states that have them. I urge everyone to do the same. Because next time it could be you or your child who "looks suspicious" and can be subjected to violence. Like President Obama correctly said the other day at the White House. Read on (from ABC):
Warren
>
>
>
> Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops Teenager Went For His Gun
>
> George Zimmerman Defense
>
> George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead
> 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written
> statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose,
> repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a
> police source told ABC News.
>
> Zimmerman had claimed he had called police about Martin, whom he found
> suspicious, then went back to his car when Martin attacked him,
> punching him.
>
> The new information is the most complete version yet of what Zimmerman
> claims happened on the night of Feb. 26 when he shot and killed the
> teenager.
>
> In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he
> saw a man fitting Zimmerman's description lying on the grass moaning
> and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that
> killed Martin.
>
> The initial police report noted that Zimmerman was bleeding from the
> back of the head and nose, and after medical attention it was decided
> that he was in good enough condition to travel in a police cruiser to
> the Sanford, Fla., police station for questioning. He was not
> arrested.
>
> Martin's girlfriend had said in a recording obtained exclusively by
> ABC News that she heard Martin ask Zimmerman "why are your following
> me, and then the man asked, what are you doing around here." She then
> heard a scuffle break out and the line went dead.
>
> Phone records obtained by ABC News show that the girl, who is 16 and
> asked to remain anonymous, called Martin at 7:12 p.m., five minutes
> before police arrived, and remained on the phone with Martin until
> moments before he was shot.
>
> ABC News has also learned that Martin was staying in Sanford at the
> time because he'd been suspended from Krop High School in Miami after
> being found with an empty bag of marijuana. He was staying at his
> father's fiance's house in Sanford.
>
> Family spokesperson Ryan Julison confirmed to ABC News that Martin was
> suspended for an "empty baggy that had contained pot."
>
> "It's irrelevant to what happened on Feb. 26, does not change material
> facts of the situation, specifically that had George Zimmerman not
> left his vehicle and heeded the police dispatcher's guidance, we
> wouldn't be here today," Julison said.
>
> During Zimmerman's call to 911, the dispatcher asked him if he was
> following the teen. When Zimmerman replied that he was, the dispatcher
> said, "We don't need you to do that."
>
> The new information in the emotionally charged case could complicate
> pressing charges against Zimmerman, which one veteran prosecutor has
> already said could be difficult.
>
> "The stand-your-ground law is one portion of justifiable use of deadly
> force," veteran State Attorney Angela Corey told ABC News. "And what
> that means is that the state must go forward and be able to prove it's
> case beyond a reasonable doubt… So it makes the case in general more
> difficult than a normal criminal case."
>
> Zimmerman shot Martin dead the night of Feb. 26 after following him
> for several minutes. Zimmerman told police Martin looked suspicious
> because he was wearing a hoodie, and when he confronted him the two
> fought -- ultimately resulting in a single bullet in Martin's chest.
>
>
> Zimmerman claimed self defense and this weekend the lawyer counseling
> him, Craig Sonner, told ABC News that he was likely to invoke
> Florida's controversial stand-your-ground law in his defense.
>
>
> Video and more here:
>
> http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-shooter-teenager-gun/story?id=16000239
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