Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012 while walking through The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon was returning to the home of his father’s girlfriend when Zimmerman a community watch coordinator of Peruvian and White American decent observed what he felt was suspicious behavior by Trayvon and began following him. While following Trayvon, Zimmerman place a 911 call to Sanford Police and all we truly know beyond this is that Trayvon Martin is dead and George Zimmerman is claiming that he shot Trayvon out of self-defense. No matter which side you believe, it does not take away from the fact that Zimmerman who is not a Police Officer or other law enforcement agent but a community watch coordinator shot and killed Trayvon. What is more upsetting is that other than being brought in for questioning, Zimmerman has not spent a second of his life in prison for it, and at the moment there are no trial dates set in regards to it.
What’s
even more disgusting is that in the wake of Trayvon’s dirty past coming to
light people are really reacting to it as if Zimmerman did our society a favor
by shooting Trayvon.
The media reported that Trayvon had been suspended from school for being
in possession of a baggie or baggies containing marijuana, for either missing
school or being late too many times, and for writing graffiti on a hallway
locker at his school that lead to a search of his backpack that found him in
possession of burglars’ tools (a screwdriver) and a woman’s rings and earrings.
The
media was right in reporting this because it is their job to report as much
credible material as possible to the public but in the court of public opinion
knowing these facts true or not should not justify Trayvon being dead. We all have done wrongs in our lives; some
that we have been caught for and others only we will know about. Either way with that being said would any one
person be doing society a favor for shooting anyone of us? At days end like it or not, and whether or
not anyone cares to honestly admit to this, we are all opportunistic people who
given the right circumstances provided that we know we will 1000% get away with
it would do anything we felt like doing, and with that in mind Zimmerman is no
angel either. It’s been reported in the
media also that Zimmerman whose father is a retired magistrate judge has had
his troubles with the law also.
According to rolling out.com Zimmerman has been arrested on charges of
domestic violence, and in two other separate incidents he was arrested for
resisting arrest while also assaulting a police officer and also for resisting
arrest. In all three cases the charges
were ultimately dismissed.
Now
based on this I could make an argument that if Trayvon did in fact attack
Zimmerman on the night of February 26th he would have been doing
society a favor for beating on a man that has reportedly assaulted police
officers, resisted arrest, and attacked a woman or family member. I could sit back and make an argument that
the Sanford community that hired Zimmerman knowingly hired a perp who in the
eyes of some simply turned around and did society a favor by killing another
perp in Trayvon but I’m not. The fact of
the matter is that George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon
Martin. When the police are involved in
shootings like this right or wrong a thorough investigation is done, and discipline
is handed down. Depending on the outcome
further action may even be taken so what makes this any different? Had the roles in this unfortunate situation
been reversed Trayvon would be in jail awaiting trial right now with a bail
amount that I couldn’t even imagine, and if anyone thinks that I’m wrong for
saying that I challenge you to prove me wrong.
The
bottom line is that it appears right now that Trayvon was killed and enough is
not being done to make sure that this situation receives a thorough
investigation. George Zimmerman is still
a free man when if the shoe again was on the other foot Trayvon would be behind
bars and a plea of self-defense wouldn’t be a good enough defense.
