Replies to post #171686 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[PegnVA]

When one pursues his victim, the FL law does not apply - as we heard on the 911 call, Zimmerman told the police he was following the 17yr old kid and at which time Zimmerman was specifically told by the police not to do that.

Also, using common sense if someone had his "head slammed into the concrete" there would be serious injuries that could not simply be treated in the back of a cruiser by a fireman - he would have been transmitted to a hospital.

[oldberkeley]

I’m just about the only one in my family who’s not an attorney, but it’s a body of knowledge that has always fascinated me and I’ve managed to learn quite a bit about it.

One of my best friends in town is a well-known law professor, and to make sure that Peg and I were not talking at cross-purposes, I just spoke to him on the phone.

He laughed and said that to a large extent it’s a matter of semantics and common usage: any time a police officer stops you, you are technically arrested (stopped), but for all practical purposes the real meaning is reserved for when that officer takes you into custody.

He did agree that many people misunderstand the difference between being arrested and being charged.

I have no idea about the particulars of the Florida law.

More importantly, what I do know is that I abhor the disgusting racial slurs and stereotypes that have been so freely flying around, most of them from you.