re: Why Does Black Lives Matter Use People Like Michael Brown and Alton Sterling?

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You believed OJ killed Nicole despite the court ruling otherwise. Now you decide since Zimmerman was found not guilty by the courts it was a lawful shoot.

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This makes zero sense. You do realize that..right?

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You believed OJ killed Nicole despite the court ruling otherwise.

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Because the jury disregarded a shite ton of awfully good objective evidence. Now, there was enough sketchy shite going on that I don't fully blame the jury at the end of the day. There was A LOT of blame to go around. Clark and Darden just being woefully outmatched from day 1 was only part of the puzzle that was the OJ verdict.

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Now you decide since Zimmerman was found not guilty by the courts it was a lawful shoot.

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Again, I'm evaluating the evidence. Both guys contributed to the confrontation - Zimmerman will have to live with that (he's definitely a piece of work) - however - the evidence is pretty consistent with a story of - Zimmerman (almost certainly tinged by a hefty amount of prejudice) followed Martin - an act that was not, per se, illegal. Martin picked up on being followed and was concerned enough to call someone - not his father a few dozen yards away, mind you - but a girl. Instead of making a bee line home, he doubled back and confronted Zimmerman. He was winning the fistfight quite decisively until... a tragedy for the young man, but based on the evidence we have - the evidence we're actually able to evaluate, the shooting appears justified under the law.