Bricker
August 19, 2012, 9:48pm
5295
monstro:
Try walking up to a random stranger and physically restraining them. See what happens.
If you even look like you are about to restrain someone, the state has grounds to charge you with assault.
If you actually restrain someone? Battery.
It’s quite amusing to see you squirm.
If Zimmerman had been law enforcement, you would have had been authorized to physically restrain Martin. But he was a regular schmoe, no different from me or you. He had no right to lay a hand on the kid. After shooting Martin, his only “right” was to get his ass out of the situation. If the injured Martin had fled at that point, the cops were responsible for catching up to him. Not Zimmerman.
What if the bullet had merely grazed Martin? Zimmerman getting on top of him would been a Very Bad Thing Indeed. Surely even the most blind Zimmerman supporter can see this.
Wrong.
Not even sure why I bother, but wrong.
If the conflict began with Martin punching Zimmerman, continued to Zimmerman shooting Martin, and if the bullet had merely grazed Martin, following which Zimmerman had leapt upon him and restrained him… That would have been perfectly legal, both for a police officer and a “regular schmoe.”