# Why hasn't the Neighborhood Watch shooter been arrested? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 12, 2012, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-the-neighborhood-watch-shooter-been-arrested/615504 "2012-03-12T00:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3457
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-the-neighborhood-watch-shooter-been-arrested/615504/3457 "2012-04-09T14:56:17Z")
A small sampling of one side of the coin: > [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > He’s 250 lbs and she’s 140lbs. > > What then? Are we really supposed to let this man’s statement bias how we look all the other evidence that points to rape and homocide? > [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > At any rate, if a 250 lbs stranger came charging towards you, yelling “Who are you, and what are you up to?” in the dark of the night, you can’t convice me you wouldn’t be out of your mind in fear. > [@you\_with\_the\_face](#): > > At any rate, if a 250 lbs stranger came charging towards you, yelling “Who are you, and what are you up to?” in the dark of the night, you can’t convice me you wouldn’t be out of your mind in fear. > [@you with the face](#): > > That said, Zimmerman’s claim that he was confronted by Martin on the street doesn’t mesh well with the facts, even in the absence of this call. Even if we could accept that Martin was brazen enough to attack him without provocation, it is implausible that Zimmerman–an 250 lbs armed man, remember–would be too weak to stand up for himself > [@you with the face](#): > > I guess if Zimmerman had asserted that Martin bent down and carried his 250 lbs ass down the street, you’d think that’s plausible too. And here’s the post that apologizes for the errors and makes it all better: > [@Are you Team Trayvon or Team Zimmerman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-team-trayvon-or-team-zimmerman/616881/364): > > I will say this, Z doesn’t look as big as his mug shot would lead us to believe. A fight between him and Martin wouldnt necessarily be mismatched. > > That said, if he’s expecting us to believe he was in a fight serious enough to shoot his opponent to death, I’m gonna need to see some receipts. Some blood. Some scratches. Some bruises. Some black eyes. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-hasnt-the-neighborhood-watch-shooter-been-arrested/615504)._