George Zimmerman was Right

[habsheaven]

The fact THC was found in his system is irrelevant to the case. For starters, it has already been established that traces of THC can remain in your system for days. Also, it is commonly known that marijuana does not produce violent behaviour. In most instances it has the complete opposite affect. And finally, Zimmerman's claim that he looks like he is on drugs was based on observing Martin from how far away? He couldn't possibly had any REAL reason to have that suspicion.

[ensbergcollector]

ok, so zimmerman, who using YEARS of evidence shows no signs of racial profiling calls 911 and says he sees a suspicious person who looks like they are on something. test confirm that there were drugs in his system. i could care less if they were from weeks ago or minutes ago.

yet all people here want to focus on is that even if completely high there is no way zimmerman could have known that. or that there wasn't enough to effect him. really?

is it really easier for some of you to believe that zimmerman decided to profile for the first time in recorded history and that the drugs in trayvon's system were weeks old than it is to believe that just maybe, trayvon was acting weird because he was high?

[tpeichel]

The fact THC was found in his system is irrelevant to the case. For starters, it has already been established that traces of THC can remain in your system for days. Also, it is commonly known that marijuana does not produce violent behaviour. In most instances it has the complete opposite affect. And finally, Zimmerman's claim that he looks like he is on drugs was based on observing Martin from how far away? He couldn't possibly had any REAL reason to have that suspicion.

THC is only in the blood for a few hours. Metabolites, the processed THC, stays in your system for a long time. The defense will certainly make the point that Trayvon under the influence would have impaired judgement, but I tend to agree that it is a minor point.

The more important evidence is the eyewitness who was nearby and saw Trayvon Martin on top of Zimmerman beating him MMA style while Zimmerman yelled for help.

This eyewitness account would match all the physical evidence that has been released and bolsters Zimmerman's claim of self defense.

[habsheaven]

ok, so zimmerman, who using YEARS of evidence shows no signs of racial profiling calls 911 and says he sees a suspicious person who looks like they are on something. test confirm that there were drugs in his system. i could care less if they were from weeks ago or minutes ago.

I could care less either because it is irrelevant. I assume this is why you could care less too, since if they are from weeks ago it doesn't bolster Zimmerman's claim.

yet all people here want to focus on is that even if completely high there is no way zimmerman could have known that. or that there wasn't enough to effect him. really?

How could Zimmerman know that? Explain it please.

is it really easier for some of you to believe that zimmerman decided to profile for the first time in recorded history and that the drugs in trayvon's system were weeks old than it is to believe that just maybe, trayvon was acting weird because he was high?

Where are you getting the profiling from? Who brought that up here? And for that matter, what concerned citizen approaches someone they consider "on something" when they know police are on the way?

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[hawk2618]

I find it hard to believe how people can say impaired judgement is a minor point.Although the eyewitnesses is the main evidence here,I still think impaired judgement by a substance is just as important.This was a huge find in Zimmermans favor.
~~Dave C.

[habsheaven]

THC is only in the blood for a few hours. Metabolites, the processed THC, stays in your system for a long time. The defense will certainly make the point that Trayvon under the influence would have impaired judgement, but I tend to agree that it is a minor point.

The info you have on THC is not what I have been told. But it's minor anyway.

The more important evidence is the eyewitness who was nearby and saw Trayvon Martin on top of Zimmerman beating him MMA style while Zimmerman yelled for help.

I keep hearing about this eyewitness account but every report is incomplete. It says when he saw them that it appeared the black guy was on top. Did the eyewitness stop watching? What happened after he initially saw them? Did he see the shooting? More importantly, this eyewitness acount does not explain how the altercation began. This is the most critical piece of evidence.

This eyewitness account would match all the physical evidence that has been released and bolsters Zimmerman's claim of self defense.

Again, if Zimmerman was the aggressor, anything that happens after that is hardly self-defense.

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I will add this because I don't want to give off the wrong impression. From all the evidence that is being released it appears that Zimmerman's claims are, at the very least, truthful. The test will be what evidence does the prosecution have that we have not seen and does it "technically" nullify a self-defense claim. I cannot believe these charges were brought based on public pressure alone. The DA must have something supporting the charges.

[habsheaven]

I find it hard to believe how people can say impaired judgement is a minor point.Although the eyewitnesses is the main evidence here,I still think impaired judgement by a substance is just as important.This was a huge find in Zimmermans favor.
~~Dave C.

Again, you guys must be hearing something I am not. All I have heard is that the autopsy results show that the level of impairment, if any, would have been minor.

And I don't see how it would be favourable to Zimmerman. What reasonable "armed" person confronts someone they think is HIGH?

[hawk2618]

Just because an armed person who's reasonable doesn't necessarily mean he won't confront another person,especially when he thinks the other person is acting suspicious,in his opinion.As far as the impairment goes.It would be very hard to determine what level of impairment would effect a particular person.By this,I'm saying whether its 1% or 50%,depending on the individual,impaired is impaired.Obviously the judgement of this imparity left a person dead,whether provoked or not.

[pspstatus]

THC is only in the blood for a few hours. Metabolites, the processed THC, stays in your system for a long time. The defense will certainly make the point that Trayvon under the influence would have impaired judgement, but I tend to agree that it is a minor point.

The more important evidence is the eyewitness who was nearby and saw Trayvon Martin on top of Zimmerman beating him MMA style while Zimmerman yelled for help.

This eyewitness account would match all the physical evidence that has been released and bolsters Zimmerman's claim of self defense.

I think you're right. It's usually out of the blood within 3 to 8 hours. It can stay in urine for longer. So having it in his blood means that he most likely smoked within the 8 hours prior to that. That being said even if he did smoke hours prior to the altercation that doesn't mean he was still high. Or maybe he smoked 10 minutes before he ran into Zimmerman. I don't know. But I don't think him maybe or maybe not being high should be a major factor in the case.

This debate has been going on for some time now. My opinion is this. I don't think that Zimmerman is necessarily a racist. But I do think that in this situation that Martin's race played a part in Zimmerman's suspicion. From everything I've heard I do think most of Zimmerman's story is probably true. BUT don't forget that the situation was instigated by this guy taking it upon himself to follow someone he deemed suspicious. Truthfully at that point Zimmerman himself may have seemed just as suspicious to Martin. And if you go by the stand your ground laws didn't Martin have a right to defend himself if he felt threatened by some guy following him in a neighborhood that he had every right to be in.

And even if it wasn't his race that prompted suspicion it's obvious that Zimmerman had made a quick judgement that this kid was a "punk". Why is that?

[theonedru]

Chances are we are probably not hearing half the story, who to say something more did not happen between them that led to martin attacking him, or defending himself whatever your view may be. Zimmerman could have said something to set him off like a threat, or who knows..But with Martin dead we will only really know a one sided story .