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Message: <blockquote data-quote="travisman1994" data-source="post: 3278527" data-attributes="member: 105906">I think a lot of people feel the way I do: that the verdict reached by the jury was the right one given the facts of the case, but that something down in my gut wants Zimmerman found guilty of something because of the overzealous and irresponsible way he acted. The thing is, being overzealous and irresponsible isn't a crime.A lot of people in this thread (and in the world at large) seem to think that Zimmerman is getting away with murder, and the facts simply don't bear that out. What happened here was not a murder. It just wasn't. The fact that a weirdo is following you does not give you the right to attack him, and does not make it a crime for that person to defend himself if you do. And we in the martial arts community should know that better than anyone. Zimmerman isn't blameless, but he isn't a criminal.</blockquote>