George Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer for the condo association. As such, he was a puffed-up, self-appointed vigilante who claimed much more authority for himself than he was actually entitled to.
George Zimmerman decided to pursue Trayvon Martin, not the other way around.
George Zimmerman caught up with Trayvon Martin and provoked an altercation, not vice versa.
Maybe Trayvon spoke to George in a sassy, disrespectful way, but this is not a capital offense. Trayvon's rather understandable attitude seems to have been, "Who the hell are you, why are you following me, and where do you get off ordering me around?"
Things escalated. The teenager had a cell phone and Skittles. The adult had a gun, and he used it.
Were it not for George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin would be alive today. Were it not for Zimmerman's decisions to follow and confront a young man minding his own business, and to use a lethal weapon to impose his will, Trayvon Martin would be alive today. If Zimmerman wasn't "patrolling" his neighborhood with a fucking gun, Trayvon Martin would be alive today.
Soon we'll see if there will be any real justice from a Cracker jury in Crackerville, Florida. Will they buy Zimmerman's flimsy "self-defense" excuse? Will they say that Florida's awful "stand your ground" law allows it?
George Zimmerman used a gun when he really didn't need to, and he killed someone that surely didn't need to be killed. If there's any justice, George Zimmerman will do time.
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