Trayvon's killer said to make self-incriminating statements

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70. I respect your opinion, but I think the underlying contexts you perceive have been hyped as well

There are stories about killings that are or appear to be racially motivated in the news almost every day, and stories about questionable claims of self-defense, but most of them die on the vine.

I believe this one took off because of the convenient availability of compelling images, specifically the snapshots of Zimmerman and Martin that were for weeks the ONLY pictures we were shown of the two.

I also believe the story will end badly not only because the two primary competing hyped narratives can't both be true, but because it may turn out that neither of them is true. A large number of people in the general public are going to end up feeling that a terrible miscarriage of justice has occurred, or figure out that they have been taken for a ride.

Or maybe some convenient distraction will cause the story to fizzle - A wildfire outbreak, a hurricane, or a national election.