The Murder of Trayvon Martin

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

So, basically, wearing a hoodie makes everyone look suspect?

That's not what she said. I tend to agree with her though, a group of teenagers at 1:30 a.m., with or without hoodies in a place they don't belong is pretty darn suspect. Having been a teenager once and been out at 1:30 a.m. a number of times, it's a damn miracle I don't have a rather lengthy juvenile record.

No one should ever get shot because 'they fit the description'. When it becomes ok to shoot people on sight for them being in the wrong place and not looking like the status quo for that area, then it just proves that we are moving backwards not forwards.

To be clear, are you suggesting that she was claiming it was okay to shoot those 5 hoodied teenagers in her post? I sure didn't see that.

Also, , his father (with whom he was staying with) also lived in that gated community so he had EVERY RIGHT to be there.

So did Zimmerman. The 'right to be there' aspect is pretty irrelevant on these facts. It's whether Zimmerman has a valid claim of self defense.

You say there are real hate crimes out there? Gunning someone down in cold blood for no other reason than they look suspicious IMO is a hateful action but I am not the court. If Zimmerman wanted to play hero, all he simply had to do was stay inside and let the cops do their job and we really wouldn't have to have this convo right now.

Not all the facts match up with your narrative. Of course it's not okay to gun someone down for looking suspicious. I don't think any of the facts of this case suggest it's quite that simple.