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The guilty verdict by a jury in Florida of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin for attempted murder of neighbourhood watch leader George Zimmerman with a sidewalk has led to calls for stricter controls on use of pedestrian pathways in public and a total ban on walking on concrete paving slabs.
Among the pavement-control measures being suggested is the proposed Pedestrian Protection Act, which would limit use of pedestrian roadside areas in public places by civilians or private persons as well as banning the use of deadly weapons such as park benches and zebra crossings.
However, despite numerous studies which have shown large numbers of innocent pedestrians in the US every year are injured after tripping on hard concrete pavement slabs, critics of sidewalk control have argued for unrestricted public access to pavements, saying that the right by all US citizens to walk on the cracks between the paving stones is guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the constitution.
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syzygysue said:
‘Walking’ on the cracks between the paving stones is guaranteed by the 2nd amendment to the constitution in the US! They must be mad.. someone is bound to get hurt/killed even 😦
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rainbowwarriorlizzie said:
Reblogged this on HUMAN RIGHTS & POLITICAL JOURNAL.
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Tom Pride said:
I know. Extremely reckless of them to allow it.
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guy fawkes said:
Too serious for satire- how did Zimmerman get acquitted? How can pulling a gun and shooting someone who is unarmed be self defence?
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nuggy said:
well this is the usa so i think it can.
if he thought the guy was armed it count as self defence.
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guy fawkes said:
Nuggy
Thought and fact are two different things and he should have been tried on the facts not on what he thought.
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