On July 13, George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Myriad people tried to dirty Martin’s reputation by talking about things like his reported marijuana use in attempts to make him look like a thug.
How does this justify the fact that he was killed, unarmed, by a man who happened to be stalking him? Well, if we are talking about criminal behavior, let’s take a step back in time and describe a man who got in trouble with the law and still rose up to become successful.
As others have noted, this man was charged with driving drunk, paid a fine, and later became president of the United States: George W. Bush.
I believe I would have made a better argument than the prosecutors in the Zimmerman case. Zimmerman was caught in a lie when he explained that Trayvon Martin jumped out of the bushes. That should have been a bigger deal in the trial. In his heart, Zimmerman knew he had done wrong.
It would take me a very long time to believe that race did not have anything to do with this case. Apparently, Trayvon’s appearance killed him, because he looked so suspicious in a hoodie that Zimmerman felt he could only live to see the next day by following him like some twitter bird or an animal stalking its prey.
What would have happened to the whole neighborhood if Trayvon had walked home that night without a chaperone? Was he going to do something drastic like adjust his hoodie?
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