Trayvon played huge role in his own death

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Trayvon Martin “played a huge role in his death,” one of the six jurors who acquitted George Zimmerman in the killing of the Miami Gardens teen said in an interview that aired Tuesday night.

“When George confronted him, he could have walked away and gone home,” Juror B37 told CNN’s Anderson Cooper. “He didn’t have to do whatever he did and come back and be in a fight.”

The juror conceded that Zimmerman had exercised bad judgment when he got out of his car to follow Trayvon, setting into motion the chain of events that led to the fatal shooting of the unarmed teen.

Zimmerman “started the ball rolling,” the juror said. “He could have avoided the whole situation by staying in the car.” But “when the end came to the end, he was justified in shooting Trayvon Martin,” the juror said, adding that she believed testimony from Zimmerman, who did not take the witness stand, would not have made a difference in the outcome of the case.

Juror B37 spoke to Cooper on Monday on the condition she would not be named. She appeared on the show obscured by a dark shadow.

All that is known about the woman comes from her pre-trial interviews. She is middle-aged, has two grown children, once had a license to carry a concealed weapon and worked for a chiropractor for 16 years.

The names of the six jurors, all women, will not become public record for several months. That doesn’t bar jurors from speaking out or revealing their identities if they choose.

On Monday, Juror B37 announced that she had inked a deal with a literary agent to write a book. She backed off her plans Tuesday, saying that the sequestration of the jury during the long trial had “shielded [her] from the depth of pain that exists among the general public over every aspect of this case.”

Speaking to CNN’s Cooper, the juror said she felt as if she had gotten to know Zimmerman. She called the defendant by his first name and said she knew what motivated him.

By contrast, the juror said she knew little about Trayvon.

“We basically had no information about what kind of a boy Trayvon was and what he did,” she said. “We know where he went to school. That was about it — and that he lived in Miami.”

When asked what she would say to Trayvon’s parents, the juror responded: “I would say, I’m terribly sorry for your loss. It’s a tragedy…. I didn’t know him, but I felt their pain because of his death.”

Fighting back tears, she added: “I felt bad that we couldn’t give them the verdict that they wanted. But legally, we couldn’t do that.”

The CNN interview also raised new questions about the role Florida’s Stand Your Ground law played in the jury deliberations.

Under the 2005 self-defense law, a person may use deadly force if the person “reasonably believes” he or she is in a life-threatening situation — and has no obligation to attempt to retreat from the threat.

Zimmerman waived his right to a Stand Your Ground hearing before trial, and did not invoke is as part of the defense strategy. But it was included in the jury instructions.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/16/3503657/juror-trayvon-played-huge-role.html#storylink=cpy
 
Juror B37 said she and the other five members believed Trayvon was the aggressor in the Feb. 26, 2012, confrontation.

“I think the roles changed,” the juror explained. “I think George got in a little too deep, which he shouldn’t have been there. But Trayvon decided that he wasn’t going to let him scare him and get one over up on him. I think Travyon got mad and attacked him.”

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/16/3503657_p2/juror-trayvon-played-huge-role.html#storylink=cpy
 
I think the jurors were wrong.... on one hand...you have an ADULT with a handgun in a role of responsibility as a Neighborhood Watch volunteer.

On the other hand, you have a 17 year old kid who's brain and emotional responses aren't going to be fully developed for another 4 years.

Who's burden is it to be the responsible, practical and reasonable party?
 
The jurors followed the law.

If a kid was beating you to death, what would you do?

Yeah....and they also said they felt that Zimmerman instigated the incident.

EDIT: it would have never gotten to that point because I would have drove off when Martin was circling my car.
 
Juror B37 said she and the other five members believed Trayvon was the aggressor in the Feb. 26, 2012, confrontation.

She also called Zimmerman 'Spanish or Puerto Rican'.

I listened to right wing media on the radio today for 30 seconds. During that time, the commentator totally agreed with B37 and suggested that without his gun Zimmerman would have been beaten up 'or robbed'. See what they did there?
 
She also called Zimmerman 'Spanish or Puerto Rican'.

I listened to right wing media on the radio today for 30 seconds. During that time, the commentator totally agreed with B37 and suggested that without his gun Zimmerman would have been beaten up 'or robbed'. See what they did there?

And?
 
You dodged the question by stating you would have driven off.

That's right....although it was not a dodge...I put myself in George's shoes on that particular night.

To take it to a generic level to try and validate the incident is kind of dishonest.... because you know that no one will say..."I'd let him beat me up".
 
That's right....although it was not a dodge...I put myself in George's shoes on that particular night.

To take it to a generic level to try and validate the incident is kind of dishonest.... because you know that no one will say..."I'd let him beat me up".

So you would defend yourself just like Zimmerman did if you had to?
 
Sure, I get that.

But if you were attacked by a 17-year old and thought they were goin]g to kill you, you'd do what?

Same thing anyone would do....protect myself....but like I said....that's putting the Zimmerman/ Martin incident down to a very basic level....and doesn't take into account of what was going on in Martin's head when the confrontation occurred.
 
Sure, I get that.

But if you were attacked by a 17-year old and thought they were goin]g to kill you, you'd do what?

Yup. A dead 17 year old is on trial here. For standing his ground. He was going to kill Zimmerman, huh? In what alternate reality?

As for being attacked, let's see...Zimmerman could have pushed him off. Used his fists? He's a fucking macho, racist coward. The only consolation in any of this is that he will never have a normal life. Neither will B37 for that matter.
 
Yup. A dead 17 year old is on trial here. For standing his ground. He was going to kill Zimmerman, huh? In what alternate reality?

As for being attacked, let's see...Zimmerman could have pushed him off. Used his fists? He's a fucking macho, racist coward. The only consolation in any of this is that he will never have a normal life. Neither will B37 for that matter.

Zimmerman could have pushed him off?

Used his fists?

You were there?

Are you going to join the racebaiters baying for B37's blood?
 
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