#mark o'mara

[melissatatum14]

'People Emboldened': Stand Your Ground Laws Face New Scrutiny

Mark O'Mara, the lawyer who helped put "stand your ground" in the national lexicon when he defended George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, is quick to point out that he didn't use the defense and isn't an avid fan of Florida's law.

[brupins]

We have to stop having officers who think that it's better to cover another officer than it is to tell the truth

Mark O’Mara (Lawyer for the family of slain driver Sam DuBose)

[disinformer]

Shelter Island Blog: A battle of CNN Op-Ed pieces about the polarizing aspects of anti-bullying legislation.

[celeboftea]

George Zimmerman’s Attorney, Mark O’Mara, Quits

By Sandra Rose George Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, quit one day after Zimmerman was briefly taken into custody following a domestic incident with his estranged wife. O’Mara represented Zimmerman who was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin in July. ABC News reports that O’Mara announced his decision to no longer represent Zimmerman one day after he [&hellip http://dlvr.it/3xgZq5

[thechanelmuse]

Holllll the hell up!!!

Zimmerman's father is a retired judge.

George Zimmerman took criminal justice classes in college where he learned about self-defense and the Stand Your Ground law. He ultimately wanted to be a police officer and was allowed to go on ride alongs with the Sanford Police Dept. The same police dept. that was involved in the case and didn't see fit to charge Zimmerman with anything the night he murdered Trayvon.

Juror B37's husband, who is an attorney, allegedly went to school with George Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara.

A jury of 5 white women and 1 Latina (whose race is most likely white) in the year 20 fucking 13.

This shit was def rigged!

[pakhara]

What I don't understand is how O'Mara can call the George Zimmerman case an open an shut self defense case. Let's review the facts for a minute. Trayvon Martin was walking home at 7:09 pm, pursued by a strange male in a car. Trayvon Martin notices the strange man following him, and breaks into a run. The strange man then gets out of the car and confronts him. Okay, so I'm a woman, and if I was being followed by a man like that, I would feel threatened. I would run away. Because that is what you do. You try to avoid a conflict. And that's what Martin did. And if he still persisted, I would have every right to assume that my follower is a potential assaulter or sex offender, and I would attack him, and that would be self defense. Trayvon Martin was threatened and he had every right to self defense. So yes, actually, O'Mara is right in one respect. It is an open and shut case of self defense. Only Zimmerman is the aggressor.

[odinsblog]

It would seem to be that Trayvon Martin overreacted to what he perceived to be something going on, and he overreacted in a violent way.

Mark O'Mara... word for word. Actual. fucking. quote.

textbook projection

[kenyatta]

O’Mara’s statement echoed a criticism that began circulating long before Martin and Zimmerman encountered each other. Thousands of black boys die at the hands of other African Americans each year, but the black community, it holds, is concerned only when those deaths are caused by whites. It’s an appealing argument, and widespread, but it’s simplistic and obtuse. It’s a belief most easily held when you’ve not witnessed peace rallies and makeshift memorials, when you’ve turned a blind eye to grassroots organizations like the Interrupters in Chicago, who are working valiantly to stem the tide of violence in that city. It is the thinking of people who’ve never wondered why African Americans disproportionately support strict gun-control legislation. The added quotient of outrage in cases like this one stems not from the belief that a white murderer is somehow worse than a black one but from the knowledge that race determines whether fear, history, and public sentiment offer that killer a usable alibi.

George Zimmerman, Not Guilty: Blood on the Leaves : The New Yorker