There is an interesting psychological subtext to this case.
Zimmerman cried for help from his neighbors, those people for whom he had sacrificed much of his own time to protect.
He was attacked in an area closely surrounded by numerous homes, and we know there were people in a number of those homes at the time.
No one helped him.
No one stepped outside and tried to pull Trayvon off of him.
The one person who acknowledged him, the witness John, told them to “stop” and went back to call 911.
The neighbors have a psychological bias toward it being Zimmerman as the bad guy. That way, they don’t have to feel guilty about doing nothing as a man was nearly beaten into a vegetable or to death outside their doors.
There is a parallel to the Vietnam War. Students were given deferments so that they wouldn’t have to serve, while those who couldn’t get into college or didn’t want to go to college were made to go.
As a guilt-avoidance mechanism, many of these students projected the US as the “bad guy” in the war and thereby avoided having to face feelings of guilt in that they were allowed to avoid service that others were made to do.
Huh??
Great observation
“The neighbors have a psychological bias toward it being Zimmerman as the bad guy”
Wrong.
Abadee Abadee you’re loony tunes.
It’s all about a common fear whites have of confronting an African American who is in the act of committing a violent act in public, whether the victim is the neighborhood watch, a kid on a bike, or an elderly person.
It’s just plain cowardice, and fear of being perceived as “racist” if they touch or confront the perp.
Fear.
Fear of being a victim themselves. Fear of being a witness.
Fear of a approaching a personality type who will KILL you if you look at them wrong or they think you have “dissed” them in some way.
Stay vigilant folks, these are dangerous times.
Occam’s Razor. You might outta keep yer day job!
JC
Yep, you make an excellent point but I haven’t heard of any neighbors specifically bashing Zimmerman, although a few certainly want to get their white-guilt consciences re-Obamanized by trying to be “helpful” to the nice black family. I suspect that most of the neighbors support Zimmerman but are loathe to speak out for fear of being politically incorrect.
Interesting...you’re right.
They watched him get beat up...why didn’t they help him?
I would have. It wasn’t like Zimmerman was a total stranger and he was clearly in a bad spot with a 6+ft guy on top of him...
If they were too afraid to help, what does that say about Trayvon and how badly he was beating up Zimmerman?
(I know we all like to think of Trayvon as a little 12 yr old darling just trying to enjoy his Skittles) /s
If Trayvon really looked like the picture I see on the news, why didn’t an adult go out there and pull the 12 yr old off of Zimmerman and tell him he was being bad and they were going to call his parents? I mean he was just a little innocent, right? /s
The Mrs