The reality of Trayvon back then:
Zimmerman was doing what when he got out of his car and started following Trayvon?
He’s 14 years old. Why doesn’t he have the right to be frightened and feel threatened that a grown man is following him?
Zimmerman says in the 911 call that Travon is suspicious because he’s looking around. Not looking in houses.
It’s raining, of course he pulled his hoodie up.
I hate everything that happened afterwards and I know the race pimps inflamed things. I know the media altered Zimmerman’s bloody head.
But does it not cross anyone’s minds that a 14 year old should not be in danger of being shot walking home from the store?
The guy police shot down in Walmart. It’s an open carry state. Is this not troubling to anyone?
The problem I see here is that black people don’t want to accept that the perception we have of their teen sons is somewhat an earned perception and white people never want to say, “Yeah, you know, Zimmerman should have stayed in the car.”
Except he was 17
The fact that Trayvon was 14 is almost totally meaningless.
He was a very large football player. Big enough to beat up most men.
I have no idea what the tape says as I have not heard it but it was definitely brought up at the trial that Trayvon, a hard core criminal was indeed looking in windows.
He had been caught red handed with stolen jewelry and burglary tools. They did not prosecute because the jewelry was never identified. He had a long criminal history.
Zimmerman almost certainly saved future people’s lives.
You have swallowed the liberal falsehoods about Trayvon hook, line and sinker, which is kinda pathetic on FR.
Trayvon was shot while attempting murder. Trayvon was bad to the bone until the instant he died.
He is a black hero because many many blacks view criminals in a favorable light.
He was 17-—one just one inch under 6 feet tall——not a little kid.
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He was on the phone with police, reporting suspicious behavior.
"He’s 14 years old. Why doesn’t he have the right to be frightened and feel threatened that a grown man is following him?"
Not relevant. He could feel frightened or not. So what?
"But does it not cross anyone’s minds that a 14 year old should not be in danger of being shot walking home from the store?"
He wasn't in danger of being shot walking home from the store. He was in danger of being shot when he started beating a man's head into the sidewalk.
"The guy police shot down in Walmart. It’s an open carry state. Is this not troubling to anyone?"
It is. I agree with you about that case. But you have your facts wrong about the Zimmerman case.
"Yeah, you know, Zimmerman should have stayed in the car."
Did Zimmerman deserve to be beat to death for getting out of his car?
The reality of Trayvon back then:
He also liked to street fight.
Travon Martin was 17, not 14. At this time, he's also bigger than Zimmerman, and an athlete.
Zimmerman has a documented history of standing up for his minority neighbors, and against the police when they try to paper-over malfeasance.
Here's the transcript of the call: https://archive.org/stream/326700-full-transcript-zimmerman/326700-full-transcript-zimmerman_djvu.txt .
In the recording, you can hear that Zimmerman only gets out of the truck when the dispatcher asks where Martin is and what he is doing.
At the end of the transcript, Zimmerman has no idea where Martin is, and is now calmly waiting for the police. Martin has successfully gone home.
The testimony of Martins friend who was talking on the phone during the time, portrayed Martin not as afraid or scared - which you've surmised from nothing - but rather that he thinks it is a gay guy following him, ditched him, then made it home.
You have so much of the story wrong, and are apparently ignorant of the back-story.