It's happened again:
http://www.news.com....v-1226525359103
And this guy's lawyer says he will use the "Stand Your Ground" defense. The lawyer says the killer thought he saw a gun in the car, felt threatened, and that's why he fired his own weapon.
Not even close to the same situation.
One case where a guy is beat the crap out of someone and another where someone sees something which is not there. Just because they are using the same defense does not mean their cases are even remotely similar.
There are those of us who don't buy that George Zimmerman was "beaten the crap out of" and never have. IMO, these cases are strikingly similar as they involve lame excuses for racially based murder.
The evidence more than backs up his claim. Only the degree to which he was being beaten is debatable.
Similarity is this:In both cases, shooter is emboldened to confont victim because he is carrying a gun. If Zimm wasn't packing, damn good chance he never leaves his car. In this case, I would bet all the money I have this 45-y-o businessman does not approach the young black teen had he not been packing heat.
In both cases, men acted in a manner that is more aggressive than they would have without a firearm, and in both cases these men ended up shooting and killing someone. In both cases they created situations that ended up with an unarmed teen getting killed.
The primary difference being that Martin appears to much more of a co-agressor in his case than Jordan does in his.
Both men created situations that had no need to be created and shot and killed unarmed victims. Both should serve serious time for doing so, no matter what the laws say. If you want to try and be some badass but you're such a ##### that the only way you can get yourself out of the situation you created is by shooting someone, then you do not value human life and are a threat to society which society should not tolerate, and you should have your freedom removed. My opinion.