walking while black - Trayvon Martin

[ramseycat]

Some people are absolutely determined to make this incident some fault of the kid that got shot.

...but, but, but he LOOKED suspicious, OP. He was wearing a hoodie, oh my gods.

The bottom line is if George had stayed in his vehicle as he was advised to do and let the police handle this, Trayvon would be alive. George would not be on trial for murder. Maybe Trayvon wasn't a skinny teenager. Maybe he was high. The fast still remains that George left his vehicle and went looking for him because he "thought" he was up to no good. Trayvon could have been a complete shit head high school drop out. It doesn't matter. If he was walking home from the store doing nothing wrong and George followed him despite being told to leave it to the police, he is ultimately responsible for killing Trayvon. Why the hell was George carrying a gun for a neighborhood watch anyway? That right there tells you he was looking for trouble on some level.