By now you all should be well aware of the case regarding the murder of Travoyn Martin, the 17 year old who was murdered by a neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, after appearing to be "suspicious and on drugs" and as if he were about to commit a crime. All Martin was carrying was an iced tea and skittles.
The fact that this guy's murderer followed went out of his way to follow him because he looked "suspicious" while making racial slurs such as "coon" and saying things like "people like him always get away" and is still not charged in his death due to an "ongoing investigation" is pure buffoonery. Not only did he have no right to follow him NOR have a weapon, but his account of what occurred is obviously inaccurate. This case has been passed from police district to police district to now the feds getting involved and it took place almost 1 MONTH ago.
Here are a few links to look further into the case.
I felt it was appropriate after discussing African American adolescents last week.
1. http://bossip.com/559416/newly-developed-trayvon-martin-shooter-calls-him-a-c00n-during-911-call-video69691/
2 http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-trayvon-martin-cell-phone-conversation-20120320,0,6034511.story
3. http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/20/911-calls-paint-picture-of-chaos-after-florida-teen-is-shot/?hpt=hp_c1
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