Sunday, 25 March 2012
Trayvon Martin murdered
17 year old Trayvon Martin was murdered on febuary 26 by George Zimmerman, who had called police earlier and said he saw someone he thought "was up to no good". He was following Trayvon and the dispatcher said to stop following him. They then heard over the phone yelling for help, and then a gun shot. That was the soound of Zimmerman shooting and killing Trayvon Martin. The terrible part of this event is that Zimmerman wasn't convicted, or even held in custody by the police. There have been acusations of police misconduct and a review on the case has been sanctioned. It was also later discovered that Zimmerman was a known racist, who frequently reported black men and frequently made 911 calls, and has done this 46 times since january 1st 2011. I personaly find this increadibly disturbing, and I dont think it woulden't be a safe assumption to think that if this had to do with a white boy, things would of turned out differently, the main issue here is not Zimmerman for commiting the crime, but the people responsible for NOT convicting this man for MURDERING a 17 year old boy. It is also worth noting that the Sanford police department were frequently accused of giving a `selective` treatment to violence cases involving black people. Although some never really think that this kind of racial profiling still hapens, we were still segragated 40 years ago, and although its an absolutely discusting thought, there are people who still have this very conservative outlook on other races and although it absolutly repulses me to think about there are still people, probably in our community that still think this way, and there probably always will be.
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