I have honestly heard enough about this case. I mourn with Trayvon's loved ones and I pray for them but I also morn for the loved one's of Oscar Grant and Sean Bell! I also mourn for all of the families of the children that I have to bury every year who never make the news and their George Zimmerman's look just like me!
Its time to acknowledge the reality that our system has failed us again. Our image is demonized and portrayed as villainous on a daily basis! Our community is deeply fractured and left in need of drastic repair! We have abandoned 'the village' and the God who created it! Now lets be honest with ourselves and have some honest dialogue about this case so that we can move forward!
Racial and generational bias legislation was passed in the form of Stand Your Ground and it allows registered gun holders to initiate and instigate altercations and justifiably kill individuals who they are in fact victimizing. Youth cannot carry guns legally and the NRA which is a majority white organization pays massive quantities of money for lobbyist to push these agendas. If Trayvon was Adam Schwartz and he was wearing a Yamaka under that hoodie Zimmerman would be serving time!
Race fueled Zimmerman to follow Trayvon. Race caused Zimmerman to get out of his car and approach Trayvon with less than favorable intentions(in part because he believed that Trayvon was in fact the vandal that was burglarizing in that area). Race based desperation and fear cause Zimmerman to kill 17 year old Trayvon Martin. And finally race and specifically the stereotyping and racial profiling caused 5 white women and 1 Hispanic woman to agree on a Not Guilty Verdict.
