Don't really care too much about the trial at this point but still, i'd like to bring some points that a lot of people still don't realize then maybe bring my opinion on this.
First, before zimmerman shot that kid, he was on the ground being beaten by treyvor. One of the reason we keeps bringing the self defense excuse that's causing an uproar. Lots of folks think it's just zimmerman finding an excuse but you know what? I believe him. Just look up his profile picture when he got arrested, all bloodied and bruised and the eyewitnesses who all said the same thing, treyvor was on zimmerman on the ground before he got shot, yelling at him and punching his face in. Another evidence, Treyvor was shot at pointblank in the stomach with the bullet going upward. The only way to reenact that scene is to lay down.
Second, forgot which news media reported that incident first but the arrest pic was HEAVILY edited to make it look like zimmerman came out of the incident unbruised. Everyone bought that, even foreign news. We all got duped during the first month. And while we are at it, Zimmerman didn't run, he turned himself in. He didn't gloat about this either, he actually regretted he shot the poor kid when he was telling the story to the cops. Folks like to exaggerate that part.
And third, Zimmerman said multiple time during his arrest that he didn't know treyvor was a kid. It was dark, Treyvor was taller then him, wore a hoodie and he was being beaten up by him. Can't say he was lying when he claimed there was no way for him to check his age that night. The "Zimmerman shot a kid" was the result of the shooting, not the cause.
So... With all that said, it sounds like Treyvor really went out of line, kid or not, and assaulted the neighborhood watch while Zimmerman seem innocent, right? HECK NO!
When people list what i said up there they forgot some important details. Mainly, that treyvor was sent by his familly that night to pick up groceries/snacks. He had no plan to sneak in people houses that night and most of the houses in that neighborhood had the lights on (most cases of house break-in in suburban areas are spontanious unplanned acts but generally, the robber wait till there are no house lights in the neighborhood before he acts). Yet, Zimmerman, many times before the incident, called authorities and accused the kid of trying to cause crimes. Even though that the time of his first phone call and the time treyvor left his family's home was very short. Why did zimmerman think that? "Because he looked suspicious" he claimed. Yeah not buying it. Treyvor was just walking towards the groceries store and took a detour that night. It was unusual, yes, but it wasn't the first time he walk in that neighborhood.
Which also brings out this tiny important part. This isn't a case of "He shot him cause he's black" Treyvor and zimmerman met before that night. And i am not talking about met on the street. I mean treyvor knew zimmerman's name as he was questioned by the neighborhood watch before the incident, sometimes during the day, some other time in the night. Treyvor knew already that zimmerman was armed, what he looked like and that he patrols those street. Yet that night, he argued with zimmerman and started a brawl. So here's my opinion piece, why? What causes this? Why did zimmerman approached him, questioned him and then made Treyvor act violently?
The autopsy showed no substance in treyvor's body, he wasn't high and he wasn't drunk. There has been reported cases that treyvor had a short temper and got angry easily but there are no records that treyvor has an history of physically assaulting people, not even to strangers or to his close relatives. And yet, all the evidence shows the kid was beating up zimmerman, yelling at him too. So i'm gonna ask again, what happened before the brawl? Was taylor angry at him beforehand (familly and friends did say that trayvor got "Annoyed" by zimmerman's questioning) or did zimmerman harass him to the point he snapped? Maybe the protestors are right and zimmerman, though he is Hispanic (not that i matters really), really has a thing against black people. Still, I don't believe these two guys were villains beforehand but i doubt they were saints either. We might never know. In my neighborhood, i see LOTS of violence. Some cause by 40 years old, some by 16 years old but it's never random. There was always a reason these incident happened and people kept using excuses ("He called me a motherf****er", "He owed me money", "He jumped on me!" etc...). But this case is different from all those downtown brawl. Because zimmerman is an NRA member and has a gun.... and used it exactly like how the gun lobbyist is trying to promote.
And THAT'S the reason people are being fussed. That's the reason why this isn't random downtown shooting at 9 pm on mason street that people ignore everyday. Zimmerman is getting lots of publicity through the media because of his stance on guns. He is that one guy who used the gun in actual gun defense and not a random crime. He is portrayed like a hero to the NRA, the man who "stood up" to the problems in this country like the lobbyists that made the "stand your grounds" into a reality said in the interviews.
Yeah right... People forget the simple picture here. A black 17 years old kid got shot. Could he be a doctor? could he be the next crime lord? We'll never know. It's nothing to celebrate and sadly, it's nothing new. People get shot left and right in this country, people (that Eyebrows and Rakon can't find on google apparently) always protest against violence in the black community and despite all that no one will do a thing because we think this is normal. This case will close and people will forget this happened except for treyvor's familly and Zimmerman who's gonna face his term, be it manslaughter or self defense. The reason why i am giving up on this trial is that we won't care about this in 5 years. That's very, very sad.
When Zimmerman met Trayvor that night, he could of walked away, that kid would of been alive, no protest on the street... and this sucky thread wouldn't of been created. But nope, he had to do more then talk to the cops on the phone, he also had to mistrust them and take the law into his own hands.
