The Truth Of The Matter

            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 26^th 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.