>>This case seems pretty cut-and-dry: An armed man follows and confronts an unarmed teen and then shoots and kills him. Everyone should be outraged. This appears to be one of those stories in which the family and their supporters are justified in their outrage.<<
You are exactly correct. Remove “black kid” and the shooter is a murderer. Some people have no business to have CC. This guy got his license and was looking to use it.
Truthfully, the black kid could have shot and stabbed the white guy and the “black community” would be up in arms if the white guy had killed the kid in self-defense...that’s the problem with crying “wolf” 24-7: people run out of “give a damn”...
Zimmerman was arrested in 2005 for resisting an officer with violence and battery on a law enforcement officer. The case was dismissed because no evidence could be found. Zimmerman attended a pre-trial diversion program and a deal was made with his attorney to get the case dropped.
Other articles are quoting his neighbors as saying they've had trouble with him, too. It seems this guy has a history of getting away with things...
The poor kid - he had his whole life ahead of him.
Remove “black kid” and this doesn’t even make the news.