walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[HairOfTheDog]

The young man, who by the way, couldn't have been one of the "they who always get away" about whom Zimmerman expressed frustration because Martin had never visited the area before. Unless, Zimmerman's "they" was a reference to a type of person rather than individuals that had actually "gotten away" in the past.

I'm fairly comfortable with the scenario you've listed as fact, except for what I've highlighted.

How do you know he'd never cut through there before? I hadn't read that anywhere.

And, yes, I'm sure he was profiling.

Trayvon had just arrived in the area to visit Mr. Martin's girlfriend.

Seems unlikely, but I guess it's possible that Trayvon had cut through there sometime before during the short time since he arrived in the area - though that's not been reported. I see your point.

However, if he had done so, Trayvon had never encountered Zimmerman before. Even in Zimmerman's version of events, Trayvon was a stranger to him and not someone he recognized as having eluded him in the past.