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To clarify, I am not arguing as to whether or not Zimmerman is guilty or not. However, because of death is listed as homicide with gunshot wound in parentheses. While homicide comes from the Latin, homo, meaning man, and cidium, meaning act of killing, and it is technically correct, it can be misleading, since it is connotatively tied to murder. Missing it as the cause of death can be misleading to someone who doesn't read the full article, seeing that the jury acquitted him. Again, my issue with the word is not in its definition, but in a misleading connotation. I am not arguing about the justice of the event, simply the use of the word. 2600:1011:B16A:4089:64B6:DE96:76C1:ED5F (talk) 03:46, 20 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
"Homicide" is accurate and matches the sources. There is no misleading connotation. We don't need to pander to those who don't understand what the word means and doesn't mean. VQuakr (talk) 18:40, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I agree. People need to remove personal feelings. It technically wasn't homicides. Super (talk) 17:29, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Law and morality are not the same. The cause of death is listed as a homicide because Martin died as a result if Zimmerman shooting him, regardless of how you feel about it. June Parker (talk) 20:13, 11 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The use of the word is homicide incorrect. A jury ruled the Zimmerman shot in self defense. Regardless of what anybody thinks Zimmerman was not convicted of homicide. Fromtheguard (talk) 12:40, 27 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Zimmerman committed homicide in causing the death of Trayvon Martin by shooting him. He was found not to be legally culpable because the homicide was found by the jury to be justifiable as an act of self-defense. It does not cease to be a homicide because it was found not to be murder. General IzationTalk 00:04, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
On the Kyle Rittenhouse talk page, it's been argued very strenuously that we cannot say the jury found him not guilty due to self-defense. But I see that's a phrasing type which appears you consider apt for such a verdict. Do you have any suggestions about how we can arrive at a standard verbiage method for such references in the various articles? Tondelleo Schwarzkopf (talk) 02:58, 24 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
"Convicted of homicide" is not a thing. Zimmerman was found not guilty of murder 2 and manslaughter. VQuakr (talk) 00:47, 10 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
in the sentence "When Martin was nine years old, he pulling his father," 'pulling' should be 'pulled.' I'd change it but I can't, and it's really annoying.
--131.91.4.32 (talk) 17:51, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Thanks, IP! VQuakr (talk) 18:57, 25 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
The article mentions Trayvon Martin getting shot, but fails to mention he beat the holy hell out of George Zimmerman. 64.71.110.54 (talk) 01:20, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
yes, this article is totally biased. it fails to mention all sorts of lies the defense presented about the girlfriend's identity. it fails to mention the other myriad crimes trayvon committed and was accused of committing. complete liberal bias, per usual from wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.222.253.54 (talk) 23:16, 10 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Don't just call it an altercation, Martin attacked Zimmerman, there are evidences of this online of the aftermath, Zimmerman couldn't have broke his own nose before gunning down his assailant. 175.143.58.222 (talk) 20:03, 19 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
How about your source which lists the several injuries Zimmerman faces and his first hand recollection where he describes "a life and death struggle that Martin initiated by accosting him, punching him in the face, then repeatedly bashing his head into the pavement." You can call it biased, but it's a more evidenced than what the you describe given his injuries. 82.40.81.216 (talk) 19:30, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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the word later in one of the headings is spelled as latter. Poopybuttshart69 (talk) 07:24, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]
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Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Actualcpscm (talk) 20:56, 19 March 2023 (UTC)
