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Not guilty beyond reasonable doubt
By Patrick J. Buchanan
7/12/2013
That
the prosecution in the
Zimmerman trial asked the judge to allow a verdict of “third-degree
murder” —
i.e., child abuse, since Trayvon Martin was 17 — testifies to the
prosecution’s
failure and panic.
For
George Zimmerman’s defense has
proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that he shot Trayvon Martin not out
of
malice, rage or hate — but in a desperate act of self-defense.
Zimmerman
was being beaten “ground-and-pound,”
mixed martial arts style. His head was being banged on the cement.
Screaming
again and again for help, he pulled out his gun and fired.
Even
the prosecution is now
conceding Trayvon might have been on top, and is now scrambling for a
compromise
verdict on a lesser charge than second-degree murder, a charge that
never
should have been brought. Indeed, this trial should never have been
held.
What
we have witnessed in Sanford,
Fla., is the prosecution of an innocent man for murder because the
politically
and socially powerful demanded it.
That
Trayvon is dead is a tragedy,
and an avoidable tragedy. But it was not murder. And it does not
justify
railroading a man who, whatever his mistakes that night — and George
Zimmerman
made them — committed no crime.
The
case comes down to four
questions. And the answers, supported by the evidence, testimony and
common
sense, point straight to an acquittal.
First,
who was the aggressor?
All
agree it would have been better
if Zimmerman had never left his car or followed Trayvon that night.
Yet,
ask yourself:
Would
a pudgy, out-of-shape
28-year-old with a gun, facing a 17-year-old athletic kid, 4 inches
taller,
with a longer reach, throw a punch and start a fistfight with him?
If
Zimmerman threw the first punch,
what would be his motive? If you have a gun and your adversary does
not, is not
the sensible stance to keep your distance so you can be free to pull
the gun?
Who armed with a pistol starts a fistfight with a suspicious stranger?
Moreover,
Trayvon’s body showed no
signs of having ever been punched, while George’s nose looks like he
was
sucker-punched.
Second,
who was on top in those
final moments of the fight?
If
Zimmerman was on top and Trayvon
was on his back, Trayvon would have been found on his back. He was
found dead
on his stomach...
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the rest of the article at Human Events
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