"Male fantasies, male fantasies, is everything run by male fantasies? Up on a pedestal or down on your knees, it’s all a male fantasy: that you’re strong enough to take what they dish out, or else too weak to do anything about it. Even pretending you aren’t catering to male fantasies is a male fantasy: pretending you’re unseen, pretending you have a life of your own, that you can wash your feet and comb your hair unconscious of the ever-present watcher peering through the keyhole, peering through the keyhole in your own head, if nowhere else. You are a woman with a man inside watching a woman. You are your own voyeur."
Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride (via helplesslyamazed)
this ‘trusting your intuition’ stuff is not for the bitch-made.
true.
Tonight is a Billie Holiday kind of night.
ARREST GEORGE ZIMMERMAN!!
HERE ARE THE FLORIDA “SELF-DEFENSE” STATUTES:
776.012 Use of force in defense of person.—A person is justified in using force, except deadly force, against another when and to the extent that the person reasonably believes that such conduct is necessary to defend himself or herself or another against the other’s imminent use of unlawful force. However, a person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if:
(1) He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the imminent commission of a forcible felony; or
(2) Under those circumstances permitted pursuant to s. 776.013.Under 776.012, George Zimmerman can ONLY USE DEADLY FORCE IF HE REASONABLY BELIEVES SUCH FORCE IS NECESSARY TO PREVENT IMMINENT DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM.
- This kid had no weapon (Black skin, skittles and iced tea, alone or in combination, aren’t deadly!!
- This kid is outweighed by George Zimmerman
- George Zimmerman brandished a gun and fired a first shot
- This kid screamed for help and Zimmerman fired a SECOND AND FATAL SHOT.
There is no REASONABLE BASIS for Zimmerman to have believed he was in danger of IMMINENT DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM.
At the most, Zimmerman was only authorized under this statute to use NON-DEADLY FORCE and even that wasn’t authorized because he was not in danger and he was the first aggressor.
At the least, Zimmerman should be arrested and his actions judged, by a jury of his peers, as to whether those actions were “reasonable”.BELOW IS HOW THE FLORIDA STATUTE DEFINES WHAT CONSTITUTES REASONABLE FEAR OF IMMINENT DEATH OF GREAT BODILY HARM
776.013 Home protection; use of deadly force; presumption of fear of death or great bodily harm.—
(1) A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another if:
(a) The person against whom the defensive force was used was in the process of unlawfully and forcefully entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle, or if that person had removed or was attempting to remove another against that person’s will from the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle; and
(b) The person who uses defensive force knew or had reason to believe that an unlawful and forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred.
(2) The presumption set forth in subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a) The person against whom the defensive force is used has the right to be in or is a lawful resident of the dwelling, residence, or vehicle, such as an owner, lessee, or titleholder, and there is not an injunction for protection from domestic violence or a written pretrial supervision order of no contact against that person; or
(b) The person or persons sought to be removed is a child or grandchild, or is otherwise in the lawful custody or under the lawful guardianship of, the person against whom the defensive force is used; or
(c) The person who uses defensive force is engaged in an unlawful activity or is using the dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle to further an unlawful activity; or
(d) The person against whom the defensive force is used is a law enforcement officer, as defined in s. 943.10(14), who enters or attempts to enter a dwelling, residence, or vehicle in the performance of his or her official duties and the officer identified himself or herself in accordance with any applicable law or the person using force knew or reasonably should have known that the person entering or attempting to enter was a law enforcement officer.
(3) A person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony.
(4) A person who unlawfully and by force enters or attempts to enter a person’s dwelling, residence, or occupied vehicle is presumed to be doing so with the intent to commit an unlawful act involving force or violence.
(5) As used in this section, the term:
(a) “Dwelling” means a building or conveyance of any kind, including any attached porch, whether the building or conveyance is temporary or permanent, mobile or immobile, which has a roof over it, including a tent, and is designed to be occupied by people lodging therein at night.
(b) “Residence” means a dwelling in which a person resides either temporarily or permanently or is visiting as an invited guest.
(c) “Vehicle” means a conveyance of any kind, whether or not motorized, which is designed to transport people or property.Section 776.013 of the Florida statute provides examples of what would constitute FEAR OF IMMINENT DEATH OR GREAT BODILY HARM. None of these examples can be translated to cover the instance of an outweighed child walking in his neighborhood, carrying black skin and skittles and iced tea in his pocket.
WHY IS ZIMMERMAN STILL FREE??
e2k8:
I had to say goodbye to Miss January,
She had a hold on my mind for so long and
I learned a lesson in life from Miss January.
The weight left on my heart is less heavy.
When the first light shines, the first light shines in June.
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