Anybody Else Amazed At the Amount Of Support For Zimmerman And Stand Your Ground ???

[Just Saying]

34. Should I assume from your flag that you're across the pond?

The reason racism is part of this case is that if the victim had been white, most of us don't believe that the accused would have called the police and followed him in the first place. And we certainly don't believe the police would have dragged their feet about bringing charges if an unarmed white teenager had been killed just trying to walk back to where he was staying.

There is still a good portion of the US population that are afraid of black men and boys and assume they are all criminals. This group overlaps with gun "enthusiasts" who want to be able to carry their gun anywhere and use them at their discretion. They are getting laws passes with the help of the NRA which is backed by gun manufacturers, to allow them greater ability to shoot people on their property. In this case, they are not using what is called "Stand Your Ground," but laws like this have seen a large increase in "justifiable homicide." Basically they made murder much easier to justify.

But I digress, in this case, the accused couldn't make it as a cop so he was a neighborhood watch captain (maybe, there are conflicting stories). Now the neighborhood watch tells people to be the eyes and ears and call the police but they are not supposed to question, persue or carry weapons. The accused has a concealed carry permit and had his gun when he went out to go to the grocery store. He spotted a 17 year old black kid on his way back from picking up candy and a drink at a store, talking on his cell phone and heading to his dad's fiancé's place. He called the police and told them the victim looked like he was on drugs (he wasn't) and was up to no good (no proof of that.). When the victim saw a guy following him in a truck he ran between the buildings (which was on his way back to where he was staying.). The accused on the phone with police called the victim a "fucking punk" and said "these assholes always get away." He then tried to find the victim, at some point locating him still on the phone but we don't know what happened exactly then except a fight broke out and the victim was subsequently shot and killed.

I believe the accused, Zimmerman, profiled the victim Trayvon because he was young and black so he assumed he was a criminal.