07-18-2013, 10:21 AM
If my teen was being followed by a grown man in the dark, I'd hope that he/she would run and try to lose the guy rather than wait to be... who knows what?
As a teen male, I can see Trayvon being scared, perturbed, and at the same time not wanting to overreact. He had no idea what was going on; he couldn't have.
Zimmerman has never claimed that he thought Trayvon was a "thug". Not once. That's being introduced by people commenting, it's not part of the story.
Zimmerman only says he found Trayvon "suspicious" in light of burglaries in the area. Zimmerman profiled Trayvon as "suspicious" on first sight, not because he ran.
I agree that "thugs" would likely run when they see the police or someone in authority watching them. Zimmerman was neither and he never identified himself as NW or someone who'd called the police - by choice - in his own words. He chose to keep Trayvon in the dark, in more ways than one. That is a fact.
I disagree that only "thugs" run when being followed by strangers in the dark. It makes no sense. People run to avoid "thugs" and strangers who could be thugs, pervs...following them in the dark too.
As a teen male, I can see Trayvon being scared, perturbed, and at the same time not wanting to overreact. He had no idea what was going on; he couldn't have.
Zimmerman has never claimed that he thought Trayvon was a "thug". Not once. That's being introduced by people commenting, it's not part of the story.
Zimmerman only says he found Trayvon "suspicious" in light of burglaries in the area. Zimmerman profiled Trayvon as "suspicious" on first sight, not because he ran.
I agree that "thugs" would likely run when they see the police or someone in authority watching them. Zimmerman was neither and he never identified himself as NW or someone who'd called the police - by choice - in his own words. He chose to keep Trayvon in the dark, in more ways than one. That is a fact.
I disagree that only "thugs" run when being followed by strangers in the dark. It makes no sense. People run to avoid "thugs" and strangers who could be thugs, pervs...following them in the dark too.