Texas ‘stand your ground’ shooter headed to prison...may also be Zimmerman's fate as well.
There are some eerie similarities in this insolent that happen in Texas with what happen in Florida with the Martin, Zimmerman case. It is clear that both Zimmerman and Rodriguez are bullies with a gun because both went out of their way to confront unarmed persons and created their problems which resulted in the deaths of their victims. Read on...here's Rodriguez, story...
A Texas man convicted of shooting
and killing his unarmed neighbor during a dispute over loud music
received a 40-year prison sentence on Wednesday.
Raul Rodriguez, 47, faced a minimum of five years and a maximum of life in prison. He claimed he shot schoolteacher Kelly Danaher in self-defense under Texas' version of the "stand your ground" law.
But prosecutors argued Rodriguez provoked the incident
by confronting Danaher, 36, and his friends with a handgun and
demanding they quiet down at a late-night birthday party in May 2010.
The Houston case captured more
attention in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death in Florida. There,
George Zimmerman says he was being attacked and cited the state's "stand
your ground" law after shooting the unarmed teen. But prosecutors
charged him with second-degree murder.
Two dozen states reportedly
now allow citizens to stand their ground even outside their home. The
specifics vary by state, but generally justify a person not retreating
and using deadly force when a threat is perceived.
As in Florida, Texas law includes public areas, "if a person has a right to be present at a location where force is used."
But veteran attorney Andy
Drumheller told Yahoo News that the Houston jury appeared to draw a line
with Rodriguez leaving his home and going down the street.
"The law is not designed to
create this bubble that you can carry with you everywhere you go," said
Drumheller, a former prosecutor now practicing criminal defense in
Houston. "The jury's verdict is a cautionary statement on the limits of
this defense."
After reading this...it clear Zimmerman is in the wrong....And this is how the court will see it in his fair trail.
Any opinions?....
What say you?
But neither cases has a damn thing to do with stand your ground.
Rodriguez went onto another person's property, refused to leave, and provoked a fight with them.
Zimmerman initiated a confrontation with Martin.
That said Florida law spells out use of force by the aggressor in another statute.
Provoking a fight in no way prohibits you from using deadly force if facing an immediate lethal threat.
If Trayvon did try to grab his gun, the shooting was Justified under Florida law.
There is no other way to read the law.
Or do you mean the 20-30 bloodstains Forensics found on Zimmerman's clothes?
By the way they confirmed it is Zimmerman's blood, and the blood of a young African American male.
So almost certainly Trayvon's blood.
It's 183 pages, but the reports about the blood stains are in there.
Forensics start on page 104.
The 5 page report that starts on page 110 is the one that states two DNA profiles in the blood stains on Zimmerman's clothes. It states plainly that the blood is Zimmerman's, and what is most likely the blood of an african american male, and then makes the claim the blood is Martins.
14 bloodstains on his shirt, and 17 more on his Jacket. So a total of 31 bloodstains on his clothes.
If Zimmerman lay under Trayzon's body for a few minutes your claim would be true.
But Gunshot Wounds that are only entrance wounds like the one in this case don't bleed right away. Muscles contract around the wound, trapping blood in the body, and slowing bleeding.
We know Zimmerman got up seconds after shooting, so it would be unlikely he'd have anything but the fine mist of Back Spatter on him.
Zimmerman did this by getting out of his car when advised not to..lost sight of Martin and then spotted him and chased Martin down... running after Martin....and then confronting him...that made Martin the victim.... That is the same... Rodriguez got into his victims space...Zimmerman got into Martin's space out side by chasing the kid down...and Rodriguez going on to his neighbor's house. Both actions taken by Zimmerman and Rodriguez deny them the Stand Your Ground Law as their defense...because they invaded their victims ground...understand?
I don't know enough about the Texas case except for what you wrote here. It sounds as if he went looking for an argument, but like I said, I don't know enough about it to give a logical answer.
Does the fact he happened to be a watch captain mean he can never posses a gun ever?
Zimmerman was attacked while acting legally.
Zimmerman did not video tape his *INITIATION* of a conflict, Zimmerman didn't *PLAN* the confrontation. To name just a few points.
The officer that wrote the report noted Zimmerman's injuries *ON THE POLICE REPORT*, in addition there is also the doctor's report of the broken nose and cuts.
Do *YOUR OWN* research.
Don't even let *ME* do your "thinking" for you!
Please, please, do your own research, so you don't stay a dumbass all your life.
This info has been public over a month.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement found Zimmerman's Blood and what is almost certainly Trayvon's blood on Zimmerman's clothes. I believe it was somewhere around 20-30 bloodstains all together.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/939...
Zimmerman's medical report listing a fractured nose and lacerations to his head should be in there too.
Just to warn you it's 183 pages so it requires some reading.