George Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman, appeared on Piers Morgan to answer questions about the Trayvon Martin case from his family's point of view, and he helped give a clearer picture of that side of this controversial issue. More importantly, Zimmerman spoke calmly and carefully, and with an expression of compassion for both the victim as well as his brother, who he says, "had to take a life to save his own."
Sarah McKinley, the widow with a child who was forced to shoot to kill an intruder at her home last year, also took a life to save her own. And a nation applauded her for it. But her intruder wasn't a black male, and that has made all the difference, apparently.
The facts of the Trayvon Martin case are clear: Zimmerman was where he belonged the night of the shooting, as he lived in the community and was a designated neighborhood watch captain for it. And he, of course, carried a weapon to that end.
Martin, however, the facts show, was not a resident. And he had a history of criminal type behavior in the past, specifically being suspended from high school three times in the span of one year for defacing school property, possession of a suspected bag of marijuana and other infractions that school authorities deemed serious enough to garner three suspensions, according to ABC News.
Yet, despite the fact that the black young man ventured into a situation in which he knowingly took on another older male in a physical altercation, some across the country believe that he is the victim merely because he was the one to die—or because of his skin color.
If America applauded Sarah McKinley for protecting her life and home last year, why are they now attempting to crucify another person for doing the same thing, especially when Florida law supports "standing your ground"? After all, just as Sarah McKinley was in her home at the time of that shooting; George Zimmerman was in his home neighborhood at the time of his.
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Neither do I. It sounds to me the writer is very confused about two entirely different circumstances.
zimmerman was not suppose to be using a gun. Zimmerman was told to not follow the young man. He took actions that unfortunately killed someone. He did not have to do this. He was not defending his castle. The florida law has been expanded on to include an undefined area outside the house. No. Zimmerman had no right or need to act as he did.
As far see it, Zimmerman and his so called judge father are a duo of SOB"s.
That's obviously not the same as being in one's own home, & these 2 cases are not even close in comparison. I know you're a newbie (possibly why your post didn't get many comments), but your post is also BS & biased. Trayvon's school problems are totally unrelated to his sustaining a bullet to the chest. Read my post that starts, "If you believe in God"~it was meant for people like you!