There were numerous robberies in Zimmermans gated community,it was night time and the kid wasn’t walking on the sidewalk, but up on the lawns near the entrances of the homes. That’s why he got out to follow him, to see what he was up too. The popo said they don’t need him to do that, hence he headed back towards his car, and was attacked.Zimmerman had every right to do what he did, Trayvon had no right even being at the gated community.
No one is defending Zimmerman as a conservative. He was doing his neighborhood watch thing. He trailed Martin while phoning in a report. The police officer on the phone told him to return to his car, which he was doing. Martin had spotted him and apparently got mad. He followed Zimmerman and was in the process of pounding his head into the concrete when Zimmerman shot him in self defense.
The local police investigated and treated it as justified, self-defense shooting. Time passed. Martin's parents saw a payday opportunity. They consulted lawyers and activist groups. They mounted a PR campaign accusing the Florida authorities of racism for failing to prosecute Zimmerman. To support this shakedown, they constructed a falsified narrative of the incident. They also rolled out the cute kid picture of Trayvon to mislead the public about the full-grown teen who was beginning to accumulate a criminal and drug history.
The point is, for the rest of our lives we are going to get the St. Trayvon myth waved in our faces as the left plays bloody shirt identity politics. I am already tired of correcting the lies and I am not looking forward to several more decades of doing so. But the fact is, we now face a radicalized left that lies habitually and strategically. This is a multi-front war, and one of the important ones is to refuse to let the left rewrite history. I have already stood up a couple of times as a parent in school assembly situations to, very politely, correct the record. I am prepared to do so on this, and other, subjects whenever necessary. I am no longer going to sit silently while professional liars do their thing. I am always civil. But no more backing down.