Here's my take from CTH:
Wow. Just wow. Nelson actually wrote the following in her decision:
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Based upon the undisputed facts as stated herein, this Court finds, as a matter of law, that Zimmerman became a limited purpose public figure. He voluntarily injected his views into the public controversy surrounding race relations and public safety in Sanford and pursued a course of conduct that ultimately led to the death of Martin and the specific controversy surrounding it.
Obvious grounds for reversal, and recusal.
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He voluntarily injected his views into the public controversy surrounding race relations and public safety in Sanford…
This statement applies to Zimmerman’s efforts to start a neighborhood watch program at RATL. To claim that such efforts make him a limited-purpose public figure is asinine. First of all, as has been stated, a Homeowner’s Association meeting is a private, not public, meeting. Second, the claim that such efforts constituted injecting views into the public controversy surrounding race relations is factually incorrect. The neighborhood watch program did not involve race. Further, at the time of those private HOA meetings, there was no particular “public controversy surrounding race relations…in Sanford.”
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…and pursued a course of conduct that ultimately led to the death of Martin…
This statement in itself is libelous. Zimmerman was found not guilty in [redacted]‘s own courtroom. His actions were determined, by a jury of his peers, to be an act of self-defense. Martin died because of his own actions. In case you’ve forgotten, Debbie Dipwad, let me remind you of the words of 5DCA (you should know them well by now; they’ve slapped you down enough):
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That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook.” – 5th DCA,
Stinson v. State (Fl)Martin is dead because he decided to commit a felony assault against an armed victim, whom he put in mortal fear justifying the use of deadly force in self-defense. It is thus Martin, and not Zimmerman, who pursued a course of action that led to his own death.
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…[and pursued a course of conduct that ultimately led to] the specific controversy surrounding [the death of Martin].
Again, factually untrue. Zimmerman was in hiding, trying to avoid all of the hounding media and actionable death threats against him and his family. He was not making public appearances or public statements.
In fact, a key point of the lawsuit is to demonstrate that the malicious defamation of Zimmerman by NBC fueled the very controversy Dunderhead Debbie now blames on the victim: Zimmerman.
Nelson lays bare her own bias, for the entire world to see – bias that is so prejudiced against the Petitioner, George Zimmerman, that Nelson demonstrates who abject disregard for blind justice and the utter inappropriateness of her continued presence on the bench if any Zimmerman is in the courtroom.