In a court of law - Two innocent people had a altercation and one ends up dead. Manslaughter at the very least (except Florida)
Morally - One adult with a gun aproaches a child without a gun a gets punched in the nose and then shoots to kill. I quess by Florida law he's innocent. It was not premeditated (unlike OJ) nor can you say he's a racist. You can say this man is an IDIOT. He will have to live with the fact he killed a child that was doing nothing legaly wrong when HE initiated the altercation. Since no witnesses saw the altercation start, it's hard for me to take the living mans word over the dead mans version. Zimmerman is a guy that felt empowered by owning a gun as many people do. He felt the gun made him a tough guy and gave him a sense of authority (Barney Fife). He is definitely responsible for the death of another human. Martin was a kid with a bad attitude and liked to get high. I know many bad attitude high school stoners I grew up with that are productive republican citizens now. Ultimately I have to put the majority of the blame on the adult who did not need a gun to be in the neighborhood WATCH (not shoot) and should have listened to the 911 dispatcher. Instead "he wasn't going to let him get away" and sure enough he was right. Race is not the issue. Stupidity is! We all racial profile to a degree but don't take it to the level that Zimmerman did. In the end, no one wins and the Martins will never see Travon again. The people who are looting and acting like idiots are doing the same thing Zimmerman did. Taking advantage of situation they have no business being involved with.



























