It's this simple - George Zimmerman was stalking Trayvon Martin

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20. for a couple of reasons - anecdotally

One day at work these guys were playing basketball in the gym. Presumably not robbers, just there innocently playing basketball. Another couple was there with a toddler. Toddler, toddled on out of the gym, as toddlers do, and parents went after her.

Next thing you know, all the basketball players are gone, run out the back door of the gym.

Along with the mother's purse.

Another day I came around the corner and saw this guy walking away from my front porch. Well, what the hell was he doing? Just walking by and decided to check the door to see if it was unlocked and he could steal somiething.

So some people, even when they are walking home from the store, or playing basketball, will have their eyes open for an opportunity.

In fact, that was how I got robbed this weekend. Like an idiot, I forgot to shut my car trunk (either that or I slammed it shut and it did not latch). Some person, or people, just happened by, probably doing something else and said to themselves "Hey look some idiot left his trunk open, let's look through it and see if there's anything I/we want, and hey here's a can of tennis balls that I have no use for, but since they are here, why don't I just toss them across the street just for the hell of it?"

I recovered two tennis balls and the lid to the can. And another bag with some bumperstickers (of all things) and a computer keyboard was left on the corner, apparently too heavy to carry, or something.

Again, sometimes people are not "just walking" but have their eyes open to opportunity. I don't know that Trayvon would be that way, but I don't know that he wouldn't. Both he and Zimmerman are strangers to me.

I relate to Zimmerman because he was trying to help. Trying to keep his neighbors from getting robbed, trying to make sure the punks don't get away with it. He could have just gone to Target and not be on trial today, but perhaps Trayvon could have just answered a few questions or even told him to fuck off (but not thrown any punches) and still be alive today.