walking while black - Trayvon Martin

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So... in a nutshell, George is a stick-his-nose-in-other-peoples'-business-type-neighbourhood-watcher-cop-wannabee who has a chip on his shoulder about the stereotypical standpoint that most hood rats get away with the petty crimes they commit before the cops get there; he's seen it a thousand times before. He's a bit amped up on whatever is in his system and he's like a dog with a bone and ten feet tall and bullet proof. He's sick of it and thinks to himself this one's not getting away. He pursues the black kid to the point where the black kid feels like a trapped animal and retaliates, scuffle ensues. George panics because all of a sudden he's in a jackpot that he's not sure he can handle anymore, he panics, draws his gat and said black kid is no more.

Did George pre-meditate it? I don't think so. Should the black kid be dead? No, I dont believe so at all. Was the black kid totally innocent just walking back from the store? This is where I'm not sure..maybe/maybe not, but all the fucking about he did just doesn't add up, unless he was actually scared of George. Should George go for murder? I don't think so. Should George go for Manslaughter (or whatever that lighter form of murder you all have is)? Hell yes.