So he's innocent, and now every self professed "expert" under the sun has an opinion. The funny thing is that many people want to take it a few steps into pseudo legal eagle territory and justify the verdict.The whole self defense thing is being made into a "plausible" and proper defense that really sums up the essence of this case. I want to take this opportunity to call out serious bullshit. While everyone is entitled to their opinion I think it's idiotic to say that Zimmerman should have been found innocent. People want to say that "Hey George stood his ground, he defended himself from the big bad black kid." Was big bad Trayvon inside George's house? Was Trayvon harassing George in any way shaper or form? Did Trayvon threaten to kill George with the deadly Skittles he purchased some time before?
Trayvon was a 17 year old unarmed kid walking down a neighborhood wearing a hood. George Zimmerman was a frustrated cop wannabe that found Trayvon's presence offensive and decided to call the police for no reason. The police said they would handle it and warned George Zimmerman not to go after Trayvon but George went after him anyway, he stalked him like prey. What did Zimmerman expect from the kid? Trayvon was a 17 year old kid and, like most teenagers going through a phase, he reacted by defending himself, ultimately though, Trayvon found himself begging for his life the minute he saw the gun. I think that Zimmerman could have just walked away, in fact Zimmerman could have simply just let Trayvon be since all the kid was doing was just walking.
People want to say that Trayvon was a problem child and threat as well as some sort of MMA expert that decided to ground and pound Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin was just a kid that was scared because he was being stalked by an armed man, simply because he was black and elected to wear a hood that night. To me what's most surprising is the fact that after screwing up with Casey Anthony, the state of Florida screwed up yet again.
My step father, an attorney with over 46 years experience, half of it as a prosecutor, said himself this was open and shut. It doesn't take an attorney to see George Zimmerman was pursuing Trayvon well after being warned not to do so by police. The chase was racially motivated as Zimmerman can be heard saying " These a......s always get away with everything" and taking off to chase the kid. The fact that Zimmerman is half Hispanic, a fifteenth Polish, One quarter Romanian, and full on jackass, doesn't mean that he is not supposed to be a racist. Racism is not merely about color and nationality when you really think about it.
I'm sure Trayvon's family will sue Zimmerman in civil court for wrongful death and probably win, but that will do nothing to bring about real justice. Trayvon Martin is dead and George Zimmerman is a free man that's being held up to the light as an example of a concerned citizen trying to stand his ground and act as a model of virtue. Yes, this is our justice system, an asshole with a record for domestic abuse is given a free pass while a kid is buried. What kind of peace can Trayvon have? The guy that killed him can walk on his grave if he choses to now.
Pretty much my same thoughts over here in Melbourne.
ReplyDeleteI've been saying all along that if anything, the man was guilty of pursuing the confrontation. Of course none of my white friends agreed with me...
Well, that just tells me much about those "friends". I'll take their thoughts under consideration in future...