So Zimmerman is accused of following a suspicious black teen, while his neighborhood had a rash of houses broken into by black teens and then defending himself.

I'll grant you, he did those things. That doesn't make him guilty. The only thing that made him guilty was that people thought he was white. Watch as interest in this story evaporates as his real racial heritage becomes clear.

stories evaporate and get replaced with new ones as the 'natural' cycle of media,, nothing to do with racial heritage

anymore than the jobs he has held or the privileges he has been given had to do with his (unknown and unassumed)'racial heritage'

I grant that following someone 'suspicious' doesnt make him guilty,

but following him excessively,(even after he had run in another direction) while calling him names, and expressing disgust that he might 'get away',,,does make him look 'suspicious' himself,,

What names did he call him?

Do you have proof that he "excessively" followed Trayvon? Why do you think that he did? Why don't you believe him and the other witnesses?

If Zimmerman thought that Trayvon was breaking into homes, why wouldn't he be disgusted that he might "get away"?

The real tragedy in this statement is the "acknowledgment" that black on black crime is not news worthy.

It's a real tragedy, but a 9 month old baby boy being killed in a drive by doesn't get as much attention as Trayvon.

well , lets see,, he was ON his way to the store but he decided on the way to WATCH this person while in his car,,,,,

so the boy changed direction and went the opposite way and in response this man EXITED the car to continue following him but (by his own words) lost sight when the boy RAN AWAY

so THEN the man follows him again ,,,,,,,thats pretty excessive to me

if I were walking and some man did this to me,, I would feel quite concerned about his intentions,,,,

and if he was disgusted that he might get away, why wouldnt he DO WHAT HE COULD to see that didnt happen , up to and including following, confronting, and trying to detain the 'suspicious' male...?

its news worthy, its on the local news ALL the time in the areas it happens,,,,

its not a NATIONAL story because crime is not unusual and same race crime is the LEAST unusual of all,,,

and the thousands of women killed by their spouses each year dont get AS MUCH attention as OJ did,,,,

but news cant be expected to cover every story happening every where at every moment,,,,

He had lost Trayvon at that point, by his own admission on the 911 call. Why didn't Trayvon simply go home? Why did Trayvon come up to Zimmerman and attack him? Why do you give him a pass on his illegal assault of Zimmerman, but are outraged by Zimmerman legally following Trayvon?



After you lost the man, would you then seek him out and attack him or go home? Would you stay on the phone with a friend or would you call the cops?



Zimmerman is a fat 28 year old man, Trayvon was a teen athlete. Zimmerman was out of breath after only a minute or two of following Trayvon. Trayvon choose the confrontation, he had already gotten away.

He had lost Trayvon at that point, by his own admission on the 911 call. Why didn't Trayvon simply go home? Why did Trayvon come up to Zimmerman and attack him? Why do you give him a pass on his illegal assault of Zimmerman, but are outraged by Zimmerman legally following Trayvon

because this seems like a BS story,,,,basically

Z had the frame of mind of someone making sure a messed up AHOLE didnt get away

M seemed to have the mind of someone trying to get rid of their pursuer

how, why, or when,, within one minute of hanging up from dispatchers,
Z would have changed his frame of mind and simply 'given' up to return to his car,, and at the same time M would have changed his frame of mind of 'getting rid' of his pursuer to follow him and confront him,,,,,, will most likely never be explained adequately enough for most people

Z was the pursuer, M was trying to retreat, Z ended up shooting M,,claiming at some point M pursued AND attacked him after trying several times to lose him instead,,,,fishy story, and I will wait for what the evidence shows,,,,


I dont give anyone a 'pass' in this, I dont know that M did anything but try to talk on the phone with his girl and get rid of some creep following him around. I was outraged that someone shot a kid that was unarmed and there was almost NOTHING done about it. i was outraged that someone within a couple hours of such an incident was released without charge. I was outraged that such a hyper paranoid adult was permitted to carry a weapon after THREE violence related incidents in his police record, one involving violence against a COP.


Im no longer outraged because this boys death is being taken more seriously than just chalking it up as a 'thug' getting what they deserved because they had written on their locker and had marijuana residue on them at school,,,,,and because there were black teens committing robberies in the area. That shouldnt give people open season on all black teens there, who just by that similarity will be considered 'suspicious'.

I will wait on the evidence.

If I thought I lost someone, the threat has passed, what would I call police for then? and in my experience and many other peoples (no doubt Treyvons, being from the hood) the police are hardly gonna come out for some paranoid claim that Im suspicious of someone who happens to be behind me in a public place,,,(unless they are familiar with you already and you are a magistrates son.)

Zimmerman was not FAT, even when being taken into the police station he doesnt appear anything like FAT to me. He wouldnt be someone I would want to tussle with as a woman. It is yet to be seen if Treyvon chose the confrontation,,,

Actually, you would be suprised on how quick they do respond to a suspicious subject. I have even seen NHP be the first on scene because they are the closest and it was a high crime area(where one of my stores is, where normally work 3 or 4 Agents at a time on a shift because it is a bad area, honestly as bad as North Vegas over by Jackson to F street).