We have people from 35 countries here. Many of them are Moslems and Buddhists, there are Hindus and Taoists, we have Protestants and Catholics, Orthodox Christians and Orthodox Jews ~ blacks, whites, East Asians, South Asians ~ latin Americans of all types.
I"m kind of drawn to this story because the neighborhood where the shooting occurred is not all that different than my own ~ except as an Haitian fellow told me recently "It's so great to live here where you don't need to lock your doors". (BTW, not my impression at all, having seen otherwise, but it's a relative value thing ~ he meant during the day when you're home).
Yes, I am drawn to it, also. In my case it is because I can easily place myself in either person’s shoes, and can easily envision a scenario fitting all the known facts - right up until the first punch gets thrown - where I might have done the exact same thing as either one of them. And up until that point, it is likely that neither one committed any criminal act.
It’s just really tragic. And it is entirely reasonable to believe both that Martin was innocent, and that Zimmerman committed no crime. Or even that he might have, but there’s no evidence to prove it.