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Re: Trayvon Martin - May 21st 2013, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Maverick. View Post
This whole case is centered around racial fusion. Had Trayvon been white, Zimmerman would have just assumed he was a resident of the community. Because he was not only black but wearing a hooded sweatshirt, Zimmerman just assumed he was up to good. That's racial profiling. It happens to me all the time.
Actually Zimmerman was suspicious of Trayvon because he matched the description of a thief that had been hitting houses in the neighborhood. That description happened to be of a black male.

Zimmerman made a mistake getting out of his car. Trayvon made a mistake confronting Zimmerman. A fight ensued where all evidence points to Trayvon having the upper hand. It's self defense. It is certainly partly Zimmerman's fault. But it is NOT murder 2. Not even a little bit.


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