Growing up learning that 30 minutes away from me, a kid that looked like me who was wearing a hoodie was murdered for being Black, Trayvon Martin, and seeing the outrage after that," he added.
Trayvon Martin wasn't "murdered for being black." He was shot in self defense because he decided to beat the shit out of George Zimmerman for being a nosy busybody. He died because he grew up in a culture that taught him that it was OK to get physical with people to "teach them a lesson". He would be alive today if he hadn't initiated the attack.
911 told Zimmerman not to follow Martin, and he did anyway. Zimmerman pursuing Martin was the act that the prosecution decided voided his presumption of self defense and allowed him to be brought to trial. As it turns out, Zimmerman was wrong about Martin not belonging there because he was a guest of his dad.
It's still a righteous shoot because Martin went thug life on Zimmerman and learned the hard way not to start a fist fight with someone concealed carrying. However, had Zimmerman stayed in his car like he was told to, Martin would be alive today and Zimmerman wouldn't have had his life ruined by the trial.
He died because he grew up in a culture that taught him that it was OK to get physical with people to "teach them a lesson". He would be alive today if he hadn't initiated the attack.
Trayvon Martin wasn't "murdered for being black." He was shot in self defense because he decided to beat the shit out of George Zimmerman for being a nosy busybody. He died because he grew up in a culture that taught him that it was OK to get physical with people to "teach them a lesson". He would be alive today if he hadn't initiated the attack.
911 told Zimmerman not to follow Martin, and he did anyway. Zimmerman pursuing Martin was the act that the prosecution decided voided his presumption of self defense and allowed him to be brought to trial. As it turns out, Zimmerman was wrong about Martin not belonging there because he was a guest of his dad.
It's still a righteous shoot because Martin went thug life on Zimmerman and learned the hard way not to start a fist fight with someone concealed carrying. However, had Zimmerman stayed in his car like he was told to, Martin would be alive today and Zimmerman wouldn't have had his life ruined by the trial.
"We don't need you to do that" is not a lawful order to stay in the car.
If you watched the trial, you'd know Trayvon made it all the way back to his house before he decided to head back and attack Zimmerman.
Trayvon was a piece of shit who would have caught a bullet or a sentence one way or another.
So he was killed for being black.