They are not police except in the cases where it's an actual officer is acting as dispatcher and there is still zero legal obligation to do what a dispatcher tells you to do. They aren't there, they don't have all the facts and have no legal or moral authority to give you orders that you must adhere to.

And you're basing that on what? Surely not the law or what the majority of people would feel is an adequate response. You being followed is NEVER a reason to instigate a physical confrontation.

There is nothing showing that Zimmerman initiated the physical attack.

You had a shitty lawyer, would have been easy to argue that you were afraid for your life, that is unless you decided to throw the first punch.

Police didn't tell him shit, a 911 dispatcher did (hint, you are under no legal obligation to do a damn thing that a dispatcher tells you), his only response was "Ok". In 2 different posts you've made up completely different quotes of his, you can't even keep your false statements consistent even minutes apart.

Following someone isn't stalking them, it isn't hunting them down, stop using loaded phrases. If he suspects someone of illegal doing, he can legally follow them, if someone else initiates a physical attack on him, he's allowed to defend himself, even if it's with a gun.

The only thing that doesn't wash is your ability to fabricate every bit of "evidence" you've claimed.

So following someone gives them the right to assault you? But being assaulted isn't enough reason to defend yourself ?

How many other "facts" do you want to make up? Your entire post reads like a fantasy novel and takes away any bit of credibility you might have had. Shit, you even made up the supposed direct quotes from him you use.

A fist fight can easily end in the death of one of the parties. If you didn't start the fight, is your only option supposed to be lay there and take it? Hope you don't end up dead by the time the attacker stops?

Non-lethal self defense training or not, you pull a knife and get close to an officer, you're getting shot and rightfully so.

I really wish there was a mod option "Dumbass" as that's the only fitting description I can think of for your post.

The prosecution will make an issue during their case (and the media has tried this plenty) that Trayvon just wasn't an aggressive person, he wouldn't have started a fight as stated by the defendant, he doesn't have any history of violence or aggressive behavior. The defense has every right to disprove that notion especially if proof exists to counter that claim, the proof in this case comes in the form of Facebook, Twitter and school records. The point isn't that Zimmerman knew about the postings and records before hand but that the postings and records prove a history of aggressive behavior on Trayvons part.

If you can't figure that out then it would seem my desire to mod this post "Dumbass" has merit.

I think what bugs me the most is that the FTC announced they were looking into Google, Announcing that you want to look into them comes across more as a threat than anything else. No need to make some public show of it, you inform Google and you start your investigation, don't drag it into the public eye unless you have some proof and you're actually starting some sort of hearing/trial against them.

Aye I'm not sure why the poster decided to put that bit on the news stations when it was mainly the government that was holding to the protest gone bad story. The media got a hold of the real story rather early.

I just assumed Lincoln had all the bike trails because most the population couldn't afford a car.

As a counter point, if they found that Gnome was suddenly going in a direction that didn't serve their or their users needs and the Gnome team refused to work with them it makes sense to switch correct?

Now, the same problem they ran into with the Gnome team can easily happen with the above projects, they have little say in how they evolve and in which direction they go and it simply leaves them open to being screwed with again the future. It makes a lot of sense to simply run with your own project.

Liar! Previously to get to the start menu, all I had to do was push the windows key. With Windows 8 they made it so much harder, I have to push the windows key!

Wait a minute...

Shipped, with each product in a box, wrapped in plastic, typically stacked on a pallet which is also wrapped.

Which is basically what he suggested.

Would be rather nice if California could at least import their gas from out of state, yay for special regulations.

BTW we aren't switching to the winter blend yet, we can't switch off the special summer blend until the end of October.