Zachski, it's "he" not "she" -- and the news links from the first page of this thread do suggest multiple witnesses. They just don't specify who those witnesses are or what they did or didn't report to the cops.
Shane, I haven't read any right wing bloggers. What I linked was ABC news, not a right wing blog, and that information just came out Sunday. Meanwhile, considering how many people here and elsewhere on the net were busy focusing on Skittles and iced tea for the past few days, I doubt right wing bloggers or corrupt cop leaks had much to do with the way Martin was being portrayed up to this point, apart from the usual hate sites that are easily recognizable. Clearly, no one else mentioned it in this post at least up to this point. None of the links I've seen, apart from some hate in the comments section, are trying to smear Martin's reputation. Now that it comes out that Martin may not be as pure as the driven snow, those suggestions reek of backpedaling. In any event, as I said before, it doesn't matter. Martin could've been the next great juvenile delinquent, and it still doesn't make his killing justified.
Additionally, I'm not sure anyone here is necessarily making the case that Martin attacked Zimmerman. Even if that can be construed from what has been posted so far, certainly no one is making the case that Zimmerman is justified. What you might be regarding as the "opposition" is simply trying to say that there seems to be more to the story and it shouldn't be tried in the media. That's really all there is to it, as far as I can see. I don't want to speak for Nickerson, but I don't think he nor me is saying "Go, Zimmerman!" But some of the things in the media aren't exactly accurate, either, and it doesn't help to either propagate false information or ideas or try someone in the court of public opinion.
