Almalieque wrote:
According to the definition. I didn't make up the rules. Blame the English language.
I'm not going to get into a semantic argument (cause it's pointless), but you are misusing the term. Whatever.
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In any case, so we finally agreed to the following points:
1. Martin's future actions could have been "anything".
2. Due to #1, there are no facts, proof or evidence to support the notion that Martin was about to commit a crime.
Disagree. #1 only shows that there is no
proof that Martin was about to commit a crime. There are "facts" and "evidence" that Martin *might* have been about to commit, or planning to commit a crime. The facts being that it was raining and he wasn't walking in a manner expected of someone simply traveling home while it was raining, but going out of his way (in the rain) to check out people's yards and houses along the way. This is behavior that a reasonable person might see as indicative of possible criminal intent. Which is why Zimmerman called the police.
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3. Martin became suspicious of Zimmerman and ran.
Disagree. We don't know why Martin ran. We only know that he did. You keep insisting that it's because he was "suspicious of Zimmerman", I think that's too vague, and suggests some wrongdoing on Zimmerman's part. I would prefer, if we are to speculate that we speculate about exactly what Zimmerman was doing that caused Martin to run. I believe he ran because he believed that Zimmerman was calling the cops on him.
Why do you think Martin ran? And "he thought Zimmerman was suspicious" isn't a good answer. And if you can't get past that particular fixation on the word "suspicious", then tell me what was suspicious about Zimmerman that caused Martin to run.
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Is this accurate so far?
Nope. Not even close. You keep conflating "proof" with "evidence", and can't seem to get past the vague term "suspicious".
I also find it interesting that you insist on only assessing things that make Zimmerman look to be at fault. How about this list:
1. Martin was behaving in a strange manner given the time and weather conditions.
2. Zimmerman believed that this was indicative of possible criminal behavior or intent.
3. Zimmerman called the police to report this behavior.
4. When Martin became aware of Zimmerman and saw he was sitting in his car watching him and talking on his cell phone, he ran from him.
Can we agree on that set of events? Because I think those are a far more relevant set of events than what you keep blathering on about.