"The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman took place on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon Martin was a 17-year-old African American male who was unarmed; George Zimmerman is a 28-year-old Hispanic American, who at the time of the shooting was a community watch coordinator.

Martin was walking back to a home in a gated community where he was staying when Zimmerman began following him, while contacting the Sanford Police Department to report Martin's behavior as suspicious. Soon afterward, there was a confrontation that ended with Zimmerman fatally shooting Martin once in the chest at close range.

When police arrived on the scene, Zimmerman claimed he shot Martin in self-defense because Martin had attacked him. According to police, Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose and had a wound on the back of his head. Responding officers handcuffed Zimmerman, took him into custody, and transported him to the Sanford Police Department where he was questioned by investigators. Zimmerman was eventually released without being charged because police said they did not find evidence to contradict his assertion of self-defense. The lead homicide investigator reportedly said he did not believe it was self-defense and he wanted to charge Zimmerman with manslaughter, but the state attorney's office said there was insufficient evidence for a conviction.

The circumstances around Martin's death, including Florida's Stand Your Ground law, received national and international attention. Allegations of racial motivations and police misconduct triggered public demands for Zimmerman's arrest.

On April 11, 2012, State Attorney Angela Corey announced that she had filed charges" for murder in the second degree against Zimmerman and that he had surrendered to authorities in Florida and had been arrested."

There is a picture I found.
Tl;dr:
A African American called Travyon Martin was walking home and a person called George Zimmerman shot him to death because he was black. George claimed that Travyon had hit him in the nose.
What's your thoughts on this?

What's wrong with it?

He was charged with 2nd degree murder a while ago, actually.


Ah, but you see, the Stand Your Ground Law IS their main target. They know they can't get rid of gun ownership in he US so this is their main priority right now. There's no point in attacking it from the start when you can just get people to follow your cause through appeal to emotion in a case where we still don't know all of the evidence. Later on you can say that Trayvon died because of this law, and people will go with it just because they're so emotionally involved with the case. It's much easier this way.


It just goes to show how powerful US media really is when it comes to shaping people's opinions.


Because nowadays racism is hyped to be THE worst crime you can commit, nevermind that the definition was so skewed no one even knows what it means anymore. SEE: Bobby Fischer. A brilliant man that was completely dismissed by the media and others simply because he were 'racist'.


Not only one man: http://rt.com/usa/news/trayvon-man-white-watts-350/, and I doubt that this is a unique case.


Also,
For the people saying that the police told Zimmerman to stop following Trayvon:
That isn't true. He was told that it is unnecessary.
http://audioboo.fm/boos/717340-georg...police#t=2m23s

Okay so you want to know my opinion? Well. I wasn't there, so I don't know what really happened. It "could've" been self defense, I don't know. I'm not backing up anybody, taking any sides. But if you look at it from all angles. You wouldn't know what to believe. Maybe Trayvon was reaching for something in his pocket, and Zimmerman shot him because he thought he was reaching for a gun, wouldn't be the first time. My uncle was shot 3 times by a police officer because he was sitting on his driveway with his girlfriend and parents, and he went to reach into his jacket to pull out his cellphone, as the cop drove by. And the cop claimed that it looked like he was reaching for a gun.

Sometimes it may not seem like the truth, but what if it is the truth that Zimmerman is telling? What if he goes to jail as an innocent man? Now that would be wrong, I would think.

And I think that saying "Zimmerman shot him to death" would be inappropriate. He was shot once in the chest, shot to death making it sound like he was shot multiple times. (i.e: Tom was shot to death (17 bullet wounds) trying to escape from prison)...

But I do think that Zimmerman should be investigated a lot further in, because he does seem guilty, but like I said, I won't judge till I know all angles :P

Thats my thoughts if anybody cares :P