[TrudyM]

The point of the article as I read it is not if Zimmerman is guilty (and he was found not guilty after it was written) it is how a segment of society is afraid all the time that someone will feel threatened and act against them and as they can not change the color of their skin they can't do anything to keep people from being afraid of them.

I understand the fear, have experienced it myself from both sides. When driving through Utah a couple of guys in a pickup with rifles on a rack asked us what we were doing in their town when we stopped at a café for a sandwich, they then followed us for 50 miles after we left and only turned around when we hit the state line. That was the scariest 50 miles of my life.

I have also crossed the street to avoid walking past a group of young males (black or white) hanging out as it made me uneasy. The point being I crossed the street I didn't follow them down it with a gun. When we as a society allow people to act with violence out of fear not in their own home or vehicle but on a public street we are in trouble. Cops we hope at least have some training.
I don't think the jury found him innocent they found him not guilty under the law big difference.
It is the justification that one has the right to accost anyone at any time because they don't look right that my family uses as a reason for us to move back to Hawaii instead of FLA as they are convinced it isn't safe in Florida.
By the way My husband isn't black he is Hawaiian born Japanese so doesn't get the same reaction as a black man if he was black I would never even consider living in the south, or any state with a stand your ground law and such easy gun laws.