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  1. @seanlamontlove Agreed.
  2. @seanlamontlove anyone would've been suspicious. Doesn't make GZ a vigilante or a wanna be cop. Too many ppl do nothing these days.
  3. @seanlamontlove But, given it was raining & TM was wandering from house to house, & there had been a # of robberies in the neighborhood...
  4. @seanlamontlove Absolutely. He shouldn't have followed him. Doesn't make him guilty of anything.
  5. @BSidesNarrative Their conclusions have tainted the public's minds. It's evident even in our conversation. Now they're conveniently silent.
  6. @BSidesNarrative I'm ready for it to play out. I'm critical of the media who weren't willing to let it play out & jumped to conclusions.
  7. @BSidesNarrative You also just said "playing neighborhood watchman." Sounds like you're interpreting his state of mind.
  8. @BSidesNarrative Why does the fact that he saw someone acting suspicious & followed him as an alert citizen make him guilty of something?
  9. @seanlamontlove I may not have all the facts, but self-defense seems logical to me.
  10. @BSidesNarrative "as if he were a cop." You know what he was thinking?
  11. @seanlamontlove GZ says TM was going for his gun. GZ was the one being beaten. TM may have been younger, but was bigger. Why wrongful death?
  12. @BSidesNarrative Sure it does. He was following, they told him to stop, so he headed back to his car & got jumped is a logical sequence.
  13. @seanlamontlove Because @piersmorgan & all the media were only interested when it was a race story. Now, they're conveniently ignoring it.
  14. @seanlamontlove my point of calling out @piersmorgan is that HE declared himself the leader in covering the story. Then, he just stops. Why?
  15. @BSidesNarrative Zimmerman says he was heading back to his car & that's where he got jumped. Police report should show where it happened.
  16. @BSidesNarrative And where is the proof he didn't do so?
  17. @BSidesNarrative Is there evidence Zimmerman disobeyed the cops? If not, does that change your mind? I haven't seen any evidence.
  18. @seanlamontlove You would've gotten violent? Even if Zimmerman was getting in his car as he says? There is no evidence he disobeyed cops.
  19. @BSidesNarrative Wow. I have much sympathy for anyone to be put in that situation. It's no wonder he's needed therapy since.
  20. @seanlamontlove @piersmorgan It was certainly important enough to cover until the facts started to come out & weren't so black & white. Now?