"I Am Not Trayvon Martin" - powerful message from a 'middle class white girl'

[magical thyme]

37. exactly. I chose as this young woman chose

to not be racists.

I think it is entirely possible Zimmerman is racist, and it's entirely possible that he is not, and that he followed Trayvon because there were police reports of burglaries committed by a black man and Trayvon was black, so fit the description.

If the letter published today, purportedly from a family member to the NAACP, is true about Zimmerman's past involvement with the black community, then he is not racist. That is, of course, a big if. And the police handling afterward was blatantly and unequivocally racist.

It is entirely possible he won't be charged, it is possible he will be charged and be convicted, it is sadly too possible he will be charged and be acquitted.

Regardless, I don't think he ever will be free. He will be in hiding and looking over his shoulder no matter the outcome of the trial, because no matter what that SYG law, this killing was a murder and is viewed as such by such a large number of people.