It would appear that all kids who do bad things and look suspicious were open season in Zimmerman's complex (not to mention black). Just follow them until you provoke them enough to jump you, then shoot them, claim self defense and all is right with the world. There is something wrong with that scenario and as a gun owner and a concealed weapon permit holder for over 10 years I am sick that someone would put themselves in the situation GZ did. I have heard no testimony yet that does not at it's basic terms boil it down to those facts. Sure we can add kid was suspended three times from school, was out at 7:30 at night (egad!!!) was a guest at the complex (not a crime as far as I could tell) and that Al Sharpton got involved. There has been enough testimony in this case to warrant a trial. Not second degree, but surely manslaughter is a charge that holds some weight.
This if he was white there would be no trial is a crock because I think if he was white, Zimmerman probably would not have followed him, because the white kid did not look like he was trouble or up to no good in the cop wanna be mind of Zimmerman.
Ask yourself this question. Would GZ followed Martin that night if he did NOT have a gun? Or, would he have made the call and left it to police to handle?
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