New "Stand your ground" article on CNN

DasGuy · March 21, 2012, 02:17 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/20/us/flo...tml?hpt=hp_bn2

Warning: your blood pressure will most likely rise from reading it

The article stems from the recent incident where that "neighborhood watch" volunteer shot that teenager.

The majority of the article claims that "stand your ground" is about being able to start fights, shoot people and then get away with it. From CNN's own "legal analyst": "I think the law is basically an invitation to use deadly force under basically any circumstance"

Then at the end they give several little blurbs from opposing view points.

Enjoy!

BarryLee · March 21, 2012, 03:35 PM

Yes, Fair & Balanced like always.

This really is a tragic situation and it is a shame that so many folks are using this young man’s death to push a political agenda, but I guess it cuts both ways. Also, it seems like the Zimmerman guy made a lot of mistakes and was overly aggressive, but do we know for certain that he was not attacked? Everyone needs to let the investigation proceed to fruition before passing judgment on anyone.

Casimer · March 21, 2012, 04:03 PM

So in the last 1/3 of the article they allow that their characterization in the first 2/3rds, and by their own legal analyst, is factually incorrect. Though the writer doesn't acknowledge this.

icedog88 · March 21, 2012, 05:20 PM

It really is no different than the comments by posters found at the bottom of every article on the case. Instead of dealing with the law as written, it's about guns so the law must allow this to be. The thought that he may have broken that law hasn't occured to them.

**Frank Ettin** · March 21, 2012, 06:36 PM

However, we do not go in for condoning vigilantism here.

March 21, 2012, 02:17 PM	#1
DasGuy Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2011 Posts: 318	New "Stand your ground" article on CNN http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/20/us/flo...tml?hpt=hp_bn2 Warning: your blood pressure will most likely rise from reading it The article stems from the recent incident where that "neighborhood watch" volunteer shot that teenager. The majority of the article claims that "stand your ground" is about being able to start fights, shoot people and then get away with it. From CNN's own "legal analyst": "I think the law is basically an invitation to use deadly force under basically any circumstance" Then at the end they give several little blurbs from opposing view points. Enjoy!

March 21, 2012, 03:35 PM	#2
BarryLee Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2010 Location: The ATL (OTP) Posts: 3,946	Yes, Fair & Balanced like always. This really is a tragic situation and it is a shame that so many folks are using this young man’s death to push a political agenda, but I guess it cuts both ways. Also, it seems like the Zimmerman guy made a lot of mistakes and was overly aggressive, but do we know for certain that he was not attacked? Everyone needs to let the investigation proceed to fruition before passing judgment on anyone. __________________ A major source of objection to a free economy is precisely that it ... gives people what they want instead of what a particular group thinks they ought to want. Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman

March 21, 2012, 05:20 PM	#4
icedog88 Senior Member Join Date: April 16, 2011 Location: norwich ct Posts: 737	It really is no different than the comments by posters found at the bottom of every article on the case. Instead of dealing with the law as written, it's about guns so the law must allow this to be. The thought that he may have broken that law hasn't occured to them. __________________ "The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps"-LtGen. Holland M "Howlin' Mad" Smith, USMC,1949 Have you forgotten yet? Look down and swear by the slain of the War that you'll NEVER forget. [Siegfried Sassoon,"Aftermath,"1919]

March 21, 2012, 04:03 PM	#3
Casimer Senior Member Join Date: April 23, 2007 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 1,918	So in the last 1/3 of the article they allow that their characterization in the first 2/3rds, and by their own legal analyst, is factually incorrect. Though the writer doesn't acknowledge this.

March 21, 2012, 06:36 PM	#5
Frank Ettin Staff Join Date: November 23, 2005 Location: California - San Francisco Posts: 9,471	However, we do not go in for condoning vigilantism here.