Baloney, indeed.
Baloney to act like you can't possibly make the judgement that someone looks like they're on drugs from a distance. Obviously the most significant way this judgement can be made is if they appear to be off balance, swaying, unsteady on their feet.
Also baloney to imply that the unavoidable, natural way you end up looking at houses as you walk through a neighborhood, isn't distinct from other ways a person can look at houses which can appear suspicious. This could be the case if they are glancing around in a way that seems like they might be trying to ensure they aren't being watched, and if they appear to be staring at a particular house (especially while stopped) for a prolonged period of time. Particularly when coupled with the indications of intoxication previously discussed, such behaviors can absolutely be suspicious.
I've said it a thousand times, and I'm sure I'll say it a thousand more. If black kids started wearing suits and ties as everyday, casual wear, people like you would *swear* that they were imitating the Goodfellas, and wanted to look like gangsters. There's literally nothing that black teens could wear as fashion, that would satisfy you.
That's one thing this case has exposed. Martin was wearing Khakis and a hooded sweater, in winter, in the rain. There's nothing remarkable about that, and yet you think it's still acceptable to chase him around, in the street.
A lot of people seem to want to assert that there is no possible way that Trayvon could have appeared suspicious based only on what George had the opportunity to see, I say that is really disingenuous or naive or both.
I saw a strong hint of it in the 7/11 video alone. He didn't look entirely steady on his feet, and he may have had more drugs in his system by the time GZ saw him, than he did at 7/11 (this seems likely given how long it took him to get to RTL from there.)
Yes, we saw the 7-11 footage, and we saw...a guy buying a couple of items from a store. Never mind that Matin had no active drugs in him, or that he apparently was walking home while talking to a girl. Nope. If you're black, and you look into a window that you walk past, you're a violent thug!
Now, here's a question. Even if Martin was stumbling about - and Zimmerman never notes this to the dispatcher - how does this justify Zimmerman tailing Martin by car and on foot?
The odd walking back toward the coolers moment after he'd already completed his purchases, is a good example of the sort of behavior.
Yes, I saw that. Martin started to leave the 7-11, but then returned and picked *something* off of the ground, and walked out agin. Good luck showing that he didn't pick up a random coin.
Human beings are built to be absolute masters of noticing anything weird or concerning about another human being's movements or behaviors. Evolution saw to that.
Um, no. we see faces in cliffs, in the moon, and so forth.
To pretend as though GZ can't possibly have seen anything in Trayvon's behavior which caused legitimate suspicion or concern, is just silly.
Sadly for you, Zimmerman did not notice anything suspicious about Martin, or at least he failed to relay it to the police. His entire source of anger was that Martin was "walking around, looking about" - in other words, Martin was walking down the street.
In any event, there's no evidence at all that Martin was doing anything wrong when Zimmerman began stalking him. What you call "silly" is just common sense. Zimmerman saw a kid walking down the street, and freaked out.
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