{"id":1890,"date":"2013-07-18T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T18:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/wordpress\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2017-08-29T13:22:20","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:22:20","slug":"trayvon-and-zimmerman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/trayvon-and-zimmerman\/","title":{"rendered":"Trayvon and Zimmerman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"zimmerman_latino-thumb-640xauto-5775\"<\/a>George Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin of his own volition, even after being\u00a0advised to back off\u00a0by a 911 operator. I understand the acquittal due to “reasonable doubt”, but this case is not racially supercharged as the media likes to portray. It’s absurd really, since both men are a “minority” by definition and Zimmerman had a record of tutoring black children. I still hold some degree of skepticism regarding the various narratives and defendant accounts, but I see both sides of this story: One guy was simply patrolling his home while another was being trailed by an armed man. This confrontation may have even been between “innocents” as far as any of us knows, a situation that\u00a0ended in the worst way due to the presence of a death-dealing weapon.<\/p>\n

What I find interesting is how little we actually know about this case before formulating an opinion. The media is very responsible for not talking about\u00a0the security of this community in which both men stayed, the eye-witness statements, or the full version of communications held between the Defendant and police (most are edited to portray a particular POV), as well as Trayvon texting to friends prior to his death.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=bF-Ax5E8EJc<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wagist.com\/2012\/dan-linehan\/evidence-that-trayvon-martin-doubled-back<\/p>\n

The second link is an informative location map with call times, while the first is the best video that I’ve found to reasonably discuss the occurrence. In it, Stefan Molyneux from “freedomainradio.com” reveals facts that are rarely discussed, including Trayvon’s large\u00a0stature, combat training,\u00a0and drug use, as well as Zimmerman’s domestic record and previous interactions with the police. The point isn’t to prove one of the men solely responsible, but rather to define the law and what preceded the actual trial. Based on this evidence, I do find reasonable doubt in not only\u00a0the credibility of both parties but I truly understand how both must have felt during that fatal night.<\/p>\n

[Quick Edit: As of December 2013, Zimmerman is back in the spotlight for waving a shotgun at his short term girlfriend to vacate his house. I’m having a\u00a0harder time\u00a0seeing the defendant’s side of the debacle….]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

George Zimmerman followed Trayvon Martin of his own volition, even after being\u00a0advised to back off\u00a0by a 911 operator. I understand the acquittal due to “reasonable doubt”, but this case is not racially supercharged as the media likes to portray. It’s … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurbs-and-links"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3543,"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions\/3543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/skullduggery.us\/rants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}