zimmerman is a jerk that was not a reason to shoot him he needs t grw up &&” he needs life in prison

Why do sensible Americans think it’s sensible to allow
people to wander the streets with side arms? We have
racism, vigilantism, and people bent on violence in
Canada too - and that’s precisely the reason we don’t
let citizens carry guns - unless they’re off to target
practise, hunting, or on-duty police officers. No
matter what Zimmerman and Martin thought, or what they
did, or said to each other, if Zimmerman hadn’t been
carrying a gun, it’s unlikely Martin would be dead. What an avoidable tragedy.

Mr. Zimmerman was clearly out looking to hurt someone when he murdered the boy. Mr. Zimmerman was not a public official and while he may have had a question about who the boy was, the police had already told him not to follow the boy further and that they would take care of the situation.

We don’t know the attitude of Zimmerman when he confronted the boy, but from his own mouth it seems he was probably belligerant, but even if he wasn’t, here is a large man confronting a child who was only returning home from a store. He must have made the boy think he was likely to be attacked and therefore anything the boy did to Zimmerman was triggered by this self appointed neighborhood patrolman. He had no right to shoot the boy and it was clearly a case of murder.

Now are we going to have justice are is one more gun nut going to be turned loose back into the public life after proving he can not be trusted?

Please, Rodney, please. You don’t mean cowboys. Cowboys are cattlemen, as hard-working folks as you will ever meet. My father’s family is full of them, members of the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association. You mean GUNSLINGERS. There’s a world of difference. For example, George W Bush is no cowboy. He’s a gunslinger.

Jeb Bush signed into law “Stand Your Ground”; since 2005 there have been 93 case/ 65 deaths. The investigation load is so heavy that local officials aren’t investigating. They just refer the cases up to the state. Jeb Bush joins Sarah Palin with her crosshair gun rhetoric (which only stopped after the Arizona Congresswoman Gifford incident and deaths); both have blood on their hands.

I’m a little disappointed that the expletive was deleted from this report as it is quite germane to Zimmerman’s possible state of mind when confronting Mr. Martin.

When the woman (in the complex) had something to say that did not agree with the police she was dismissed and then the police said it was Zimmerman crying but as the woman stated the crying stopped when the shot rang out.  I am sure the police did not know how many witnesses there were because they wanted the problem to go away.

Therefor they wanted this swept under the rug and did not notify the next of kin through his cellphone but if the victim had been white things would have been different.

That is why justice must be done and I hope the jury looks at the crime as a hate crime because the tape did say fu**ing coon and anyone who says different is trying to just justify the self defense claim.

I keep waiting to read or hear someone say the obvious: there was, from all accounts, absolutely nothing “scary” about Trayvon Martin except that he was black. So not prosecuting his killer, even with the Florida Stand Your Ground law taken into consideration, says that it was reasonable for Zimmerman to be afraid of the boy’s blackness.  What does it mean for our society if we legitimate fear of blackness?

Stupid, stupid. When I was young I thought the police where on the street to defend us, but incidents like giving a pass for murder? That is very disturbing.

Mr. Zimmerman by his actions and words clearly killed the boy because he was black. The one thing the police officials did right was to tell him not to continue to follow the boy”. But, Mr. Zimmerman continued to follow the boy and in fact confronted the boy and killed him.

I believe that this was a murder. That it was a murder that happened because of the color of the boy’s skin. If it were not than Mr. Zimmerman would have obeyed the police instruction not to continue following the boy.

Mr. Zimmerman should either be in prison or on way to execution. He forfeited control of his life when he decided to commit murder.

In America we have driving and walking while black.
In stores while shopping’ we are followed for being
black. There is still a huge fear of black people in
the country. The darker you are, the more you are
feared.I know the reason most states, particularly
southern states allow cowboys to carry their guns is
because of their fear of blacks. They want to be able
to intimidate or kill any black person that they
perceive to be a threat. No matter how innocent that
person is. Just like the 1800’s they use their guns
to keep blacks in their place during slavery,guns and
intimidation are used to keep blacks out of
neighborhoods. One thing I know if George Bush or any
other Republican were President, the Justice
Department would not investigate this incident. They
would chalk it up as cowboys being cowboys and one
less dead nigger they have to worry about!