The thread and the discussion is about the issues of the case and the reporting thereof. Your response included a derogatory remark about Cheri, and there was no reason for it other than to be confrontational.
I think it's interesting that you stated her reply was ignorant and closed-minded and one-sided with regards to the facts that have come out, while at the same time you are equally ignorant, close-minded and one-sided in defense of Zimmerman ("and show more support for a Man that had to defend himself to an extent that caused the Death of another....." - seems like you've discovered some watershed "facts" there, Brisco). You have not altered your position on the case since your first posting about it, IIRC.
The trial will happen and the facts will come out.
The pictures on the phone are irrelevant unless they pertain to that night, since they are not in the context of the case. Disciplinary problems, drug use, tats, racks, while they may accurately show him as a "punk," unless they show a history of one-on-one personal confrontations, are irrelevant to that night. They aren't evidence relating to that night, and could only be emotionally inflammatory to a jury, which is why the prosecution wants them in.
On the Zimmerman side, he has a history of personal confrontations, and they are in the context of his volunteer neighborhood watch activities. In one phone call Zimmerman said he witnessed a theft, and he followed the car and blocked the entrance of the thieves neighborhood until authorities arrived, according to the police report.
In another case, Zimmerman was accused of tailgating and Zimmerman accused the other drive of spitting on him. Zimmerman then called police to report he was battered and chased the suspect in his car until authorities could stop him, according to the police report.
Zimmerman also has a very "Gladys Kravitz" (the extremely nosy neighbor from
Bewitched) history. He's made 911 calls on more than one occasion to report a man wandering around a residence in his pajamas on trash day. Turns out the man lived there. He's made 911 calls about kids playing in the street running out in front of cars. He's made 911 calls to tell authorities that someone left their garage door open.
Zimmerman's 911 calls about "suspicious" people weren't about black in "every single case", but according to the Sanford Police Department most of them were. Of his 46 calls since 2001, 9 were to report "suspicious persons," 8 of whom were black, the ninth was not identified one way or the other.
Neighborhood Watch is no weapons and no confrontations. The scorpion is what it is, the leopard can't change his spots, and human nature being what it is Zimmerman is what Zimmerman is, and I think Zimmerman's "Mrs Kravits" got the better of him and he went looking for a confrontation, found one, got more than he bargained for in Martin who confronted him right back. Zimmerman was prepared for the confrontation with a gun, Martin was prepared with a can of soda and a pack of Skittles.
Martin has a history, albeit a rather short one, of "being up to no good," and Zimmerman has a history, a rather lengthy one, of being nosy and confrontational. It would really suck to be Zimmerman if, like the boy who cried wolf, that he's telling the absolute truth in this case.
But, if I were on the jury, what I think would be totally trumped by the evidence presented in court, whether or not each side was believable, whether or not the prosecution proved their case. That's all that matters.
