What are your views on Trayvon Martin

I kind of want to put in my two cents on this subject that was so widely spread by the media. If anyone hasn't heard of him, he is a 17 year old black male that was killed by a neighborhood watch. The neighborhood watch, George Zimmerman, pursued the young teenager and then shot him after an altercation. Full Trayvon Martin Story I know everyone has mixed views on what actually happened, but I believe that this child was innocent of any wrong doing. They have yet to arrest Zimmerman for killing Trayvon because he claims it was in self defense. In my point of view, Zimmerman shouldn't have followed Trayvon and this said altercation would have never happened. I'm definitely on the side of the parents in this case. Trayvon was not carrying any weapon with him, just skittles and a tea. Yet Zimmerman had a gun. It is possible that Zimmerman started the altercation just to use as a reason to shoot Trayvon. I believe that what really went down was a hate crime toward the fact Trayvon was african american. The FBI have even started their own investigation because they believe it to be a hate crime also. FBI Investigation Begins All I know is that if I were the parent of the child shot that I would be beside myself right now. The person who shot their baby is free right now to do whatever he wants. I mean what kind of neighborhood watch carries a gun with them. Zimmerman seems like someone looking for the kill. On the other side, he might just have a major paranoia disorder. Maybe paranoia is what led him to follow Trayvon in the first place. The sad thing is that we can only take Zimmerman's word for it. The only other witness is dead. You'd think our justice system would do more about this tragedy. Here's another little piece of information I found on a newspaper website: Zimmerman has already escaped arrest for the Feb. 26 killing because of a Florida self-defense law that "grants people more leeway to attack and even kill someone who is threatening him," wrote the Wall Street Journal. This law is absurd that you can attack someone and kill them just from a threat. This needs to be changed! Hate Crime? Anyways, I feel this law allows for too many loopholes for a killer. Trayvon deserves justice and isn't getting it

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