I am sure most of you heard about the Trayvon Martin case. The young African-American male who was shot by George Zimmerman, a "neighborhood watch captain" who thought Trayvon looked suspicious. Zimmerman is hoping he can escape prosecution from this case because of Florida's Stand Your Ground law, where you can shoot someone if you feel threatened.
My thing is, if you feel threatened, then why follow that person and not wait for the police, who told you to back off. If you felt threatened, why did you even approach Trayvon? Why would to claim self defense, when the young boy was armed with skittles
and an ice tea?
The whole point of a neighbor hood watch person is to WATCH the neighborhood and report any activity to the police. Once reported, you let the police step in, because you have done your job. This story truly sickens me. And to add fuel to the fire, people are claiming that Zimmerman is Hispanic as if him being Hispanic no longer makes it racist.
Hispanic is not a race, because you have black and white Hispanics. And if you look at a lot of Hispanic countries, they have racial problems as well.
What I don't understand is when police came to the scene, and the dispatcher told Zimmerman not to shoot, the police took his side, saying he acted out of self-defense and that was that. Why did it take the protest of people, and the young man's upset parents for the police to look further into this case? This is just absolutely awful.
I found a video that explains the Stand Your Ground Law a bit further. Let me know what you think.
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