Gblock;1472869 wrote:verdict was correct based upon evidence...and the charge im not sure murder was the correct charge. i was dissapointed however to see so many poeple justify someone following someone around and labeling them as "suspicious" just for walking down the street. "Suspicious" just because you re black. "
suspicious" just be cause you have a hoodie on. it wasnt late at night this is a kid walking down the street. lots of kids of all colors wear hoodies and if it was sprinkling they put the hood up. hell they put the hood up and put headphones on i see it everyday. its not suspicious. you dont call the police and start following someone. it caused someone to die.
whatever you say about TM and his pictures or whatever is irrelevant. GZ didnt know any of that. even if he did.. so a 17 yr old has tats, smoked some weed and got suspended twice and even got into a few fights...all in all seemed like a nice kid who didnt deserve to die. i know lots of people who play hard on the internet with gun pics and drug pics and wanna be thugs but in reality they are in the house by 9pm every night and go to work at 7 am. kinda like the internet personas on here arent even close to real life. just seems like if GZ wanted to put himself in that position he should have just took the ass whipping. his injuries werent much at all to escalate a street fight to a gun fight. no evidence that a smaller much younger person was going to kill him.
as far as the reactions of blacks they are individuals i cant tell you how to feel about something because i dont have the same history as you do . i just have to respect your feelings as you do mine. past and present profiling and such are elements that many people grow up with and it is a very sore subject with many people its prevelent in many ethnic backgrounds and each person interprets it differently. its not just blacks the same could be said for any poor people, but blacks you have to admit outside of oj who was rich, havent gotten much from the legal system.
blacks however need to stop killing blacks before they riot over this tho
It was late at night, and he was walking in between houses (not solely on the sidewalk).
If there was break ins in my gated community, and the description was younger black males, I might think something was suspicious to when I see a black male that I don't recognize, walking in between houses late at night.
It wasn't because trayvon was black that he followed him, it was because he matched description for previous suspects who had committed real crimes in the area.
Its an unfortunate situation that this couldn't be resolved in a peaceful manner between the two. But the evidence points to trayvon initiating the violence. Assault is a crime, following a suspicious individual is not. I fully believe Zimmerman acted solely in self defense.
