While six women are deliberating the fate of George Zimmerman behind closed doors the rest of the world waits with bated breath.
But across the country others are loudly and sometimes violently voicing their opinions on what should happen to the former Neighborhood Watch captain who is charged with the murder of 17 year old Trayvon Martin.
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WorldzViralVideos via YouTube An anonymous YouTube user posted a rant to the site on Friday saying that Zimmerman should have stayed home and watched Disney rather than go out with a gun.One Chicago area 15 year old wrote on Twitter Friday If Zimmerman free imam shoot everybody in Zion causing a mass homicide and ill get away wit it just like Zimmerman (sic) read the tweet from Mark12394995.
The News Sun Times reports that the tweet from the Zion Benton Township High School sophomore was later deleted but not before several people reported the student to the FBI.
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Scott Olson/Getty Images A demonstrator wears a shirt with a picture of George Zimmerman as a target during a protest in front of the Seminole County Criminal Justice Center where a jury is deliberating in Zimmerman's trial on July 13 in Sanford Florida.Deputy Chief Steve Dumyahn told the paper that there was no credibility to the teen's threat.
He has no weapons and no access to weapons he told The Sun Times adding that the teen was brought into the station for questioning. He was later charged with disorderly conduct.
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John Raoux/APThe teen later took to Twitter defending his since deleted tweet saying things like im no killer (sic) and saying he would never really shoot up his school if Zimmerman was acquitted of murder.
The intense trial which has shoved race relations gun control and the controversial Stand Your Ground Law into the spotlight has many others on edge.
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STEVE NESIUS/REUTERS Demonstrators hold signs outside Seminole County Court where George Zimmerman's second degree murder trial is being deliberated by jurors in Sanford on July 13.A video of an old man ranting about Zimmerman's decision to carry a gun has also gone viral. In the three minute clip the bearded and balding man screaming into the camera. I don't give a rat's a as to what's happening. Big macho man go carry a gun You should have been home watching g d Disney
His problem appears to be not with the racial overtones but with Zimmerman's decision to carry a gun at all.
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POOL/REUTERS George Zimmerman sits with his defense attorneys during the continuation of jury deliberation on Friday. If convicted of second degree murder he faces life in prison.Meanwhile city officials in Sanford Fla. where the trial has taken place have been taking precautionary steps to prepare for protests or riots should Zimmerman be acquitted.
On his show earlier this week CNN's Piers Morgan speculated that Zimmerman's possible acquittal could lead to race riots.
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Facebook Trayvon Martin was shot and killed in February 2012 after he and Zimmerman got into a confrontation. The teen who was wearing a hoodie was walking home from a 7 Eleven carrying iced tea and a bag of Skittles.There is a concern that this will create a lot of ill feeling he said particularly in the black community around America. There may possibly be riots.
As the jurors deliberate groups that are pro Martin and pro Zimmerman have gathered around the Seminole County Courthouse at ideological odds with one another.
(Zimmerman) deserves some respect and appreciation 66 year old Casey David Kole Sr. said about the din of the crowd. It's a tragedy.
It's a tragedy that could have been avoided Patricia Dalton 60 yelled back at him.
Zimmerman 29 who identifies as Hispanic has claimed self defense in the February 2012 confrontation.
His defense painted Martin as a troubled teenager who confronted the volunteer who faces second degree murder charges.
The jury can also find Zimmerman guilty of manslaughter a lesser charge that would still condemn him to 30 years in prison or acquit him entirely.
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