[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by gidget529

Just to bring a point of view to the table (and I think some others here have also expressed it). I don't think this is a "race thing". That is not what has me outraged or others I know.

Mr. George Zimmerman was chasing a young person w a hoodie around a neighborhood w a gun strapped to him. He is not a police officer. He does not have police academy training for these types of situations. He does not have an understanding of ppl's rights, the law, etc. It is essentially like practicing medicine w/o a license. In most states, you cannot even cut hair w/o the proper licensing, let alone chase young ppl through a neighborhood w a gun strapped to you.

I don't care what color this young man was. It should not be assumed that a "young person" is trouble when they are walking through your neighborhood. This young man had skittles on him. I would also not appreciate it if a young person from this forum was hassled in a mall and thought to be a shoplifter just bc they were a young person in a hoodie. And to be shot/killed for this is ludicrist.

Mr. Zimmerman is the son of a retired district magistrate and has been given special treatment bc of this. To my understanding, even police officers are required to turn in their weapon until a full investigation of a shooting has been carried out. Unbelievable. It is time we send a message that it doesn't matter who your father is, the eyes of justice are blind to your family's background and are only interested in fact.

But that wasn't why he got shot. He got shot because he was bashing Zimmermans head into the ground.