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ScooterSissy wrote:If you've been around young people who use "street lingo", "get off" has nothing to do with physically being atop someone. It's akin to saying "get out of my face".
Consider the phrase, "Step off my grill, dawg." It's an idiomatic expression, not intended to be taken literally. 
Can't we all just get along?WildBill wrote:I offer an ice cold brew and all you have to offer is a "gold" star?sjfcontrol wrote:We were probably looking for something more substantial.
IANAL but I believe there was no need for a Miranda warning. Officer Smith specifically says, "At no point did I question Zimmerman about the incident that had taken place."jmra wrote:4. Everyone has been in an uproar from the beginning of this thing because Zimmerman was not "arrested". According to the police report he was cuffed, placed in the back of a police car, and taken to head quarters for questioning. I have never been arrested so I don't know what technically constitutes an arrest, but that sure sounds like one to me.
5. Maybe this information is not typically included in a police report, but I don't see in the report where anyone read Zimmerman his rights. Seems like the first officer would have done that while putting the cuffs on him. Again, I have no experience in this area so my assumption may be way off.
Despite that, the local police haven't arrested him for this. Perhaps they know a few things that aren't in the press coverage.matriculated wrote:Watch guy has an arrest record with battery on a police officer.
Personally, I don't know enough yet to have an opinion of his guilt or innocence, but perhaps you know a few things I don't.matriculated wrote:Watch guy needs a comfy cell to reside in for the next several years
I read "him" as Zimmerman but you may be right.Oldgringo wrote:snip...snip..."Zimmerman told police officers that he had shot Martin and officers found a semiautomatic handgun on him."