[Bodleian_Girl]

I know the media wrongly painted this as an innocent kid gunned down for no reason, but it still bothers me that Travon couldn’t walk to the store without Zimmerman trying to confront him for being black in the neighborhood.

It seems more to me it was Trayvon standing his ground.

Another shooting that bothers me, and a whole lot more, is the guy the cops gunned down in the Ohio Walmart carrying a B.B. gun he picked up to purchase.

Not long after I saw the video of the guy getting shot down I was in a Walmart and saw a tall black kid, maybe he was about 12-13, looking at a B.B. gun that had been placed in the clearance section.

He picked it up to look at it and the scenario of this kid being shot down by cops became very real to me.

I walked up to him and said, “son, let me put that gun up, someone might think it’s the real thing.”

He said “Yes ma’am,” very politely and handed it to me.

[mlo]

"I know the media wrongly painted this as an innocent kid gunned down for no reason, but it still bothers me that Travon couldn’t walk to the store without Zimmerman trying to confront him for being black in the neighborhood."

You say you know the media wrongly painted this, immediately followed by the picture painted by the media. I don't think you're connecting the dots here.

Trayvon wasn't walking to the store when he ambushed Zimmerman. Zimmerman didn't confront him for being black. This stuff is a matter of record in the trial. You are repeating the fake media version.

"It seems more to me it was Trayvon standing his ground."

Trayvon hid in ambush and jumped Zimmerman, and was beating his head onto the concrete. That's not "standing your ground".

[TigersEye]

I don’t know where you got your information but Zimmerman wasn’t following him because he was black but because he didn’t recognize him and Trayvon was acting suspiciously.

And Zimmerman did not confront Trayvon he was looking for him after Trayvon had disappeared when Trayvon, who had doubled back from his father’s condo, confronted Zimmerman. Confronted him with cursing, threats and a sucker punch followed up by jumping on top of him and ground pounding him including smashing his head on the concrete sidewalk.

[dirtboy]

but it still bothers me that Travon couldn’t walk to the store without Zimmerman trying to confront him for being black in the neighborhood.

Educate yourself. Zimmerman felt Trayvon was casing houses by walking up walkways and peering into the houses. That would get the neighborhood watch's attention just about anywhere.

[lepton]

In Martin's case, he wasn't just "going to the store".

He was spotted off the sidewalk, in yards, including peering into the window of a home which had been recently burglarized.

Zimmerman was following him, and called into 911 to report someone suspicious, but lost him in the dark and the rain, and when asked for a better description by the dispatcher, set off on foot to check between buildings (you can clearly hear the door alarm go off in the call recording).

Meanwhile, according to the testimony of Martin's friend, Martin made it all the way home - and then went back.

The dispatcher asks Zimmerman if he is following Martin, and then tells Zimmerman that he doesn't need to do that. Zimmerman heads back towards his truck and encounters Martin, who has circled back.

[tomkat]

You’ve been had.

[Sir Bangaz Cracka]

Everyone knows it was all Zimmerman’s fault because he got out of the car. Safari rules dictate you have to stay inside your car at all times when approaching roaming ferile youts.