The US Department of Justice is going to investigate the recent (February 26) murder of a black
teenager named Trayvon Martin in a suburb of Orlando. A
Florida grand jury is also going to look into the matter. The killer was a
self-appointed vigilante named George Zimmerman who was from all
accounts a one-man neighborhood watch patrol in his gated community.
Zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense after Martin attacked him. See
this story for a voice recording of Zimmerman's call to the cops. His story of what happened is bullshit, of course. Read here
for more breaking information. The kid was on the phone with his
girlfriend, and he told her that he was being followed. The guy was
carrying candy and a can of iced tea, for Pete's sake, and as the voice
tape with the dispatcher proves, Zimmerman followed this kid, even after
he was told not to do it. NY Times story is here; it has voice recordings of several calls to 911 reporting the shooting. No charges have been filed in this killing. Hence the growing outrage.
I read about this a couple of days ago. Since, it has gone viral. Good!
This is the kind of incident that should be known in every hamlet and
town in this country . . . and especially heeded by all those deluded
out there who think racism isn't alive and well in this land of the
free. There's not a doubt in my mind that if Trayvon Martin had been
white, he's be walking the streets alive and well right now.
2 comments:
As gun sales began to sky rocket, there was a dimwitted theory of Mutually Assured Destruction, which held that a gun-toting citizenry would not kill indiscriminantly, since they could themselves be shot in reprisal.
Of course, that is not going to work.
As these outrages continue to occur, we shall find revenge and vendettas taking place: two can play at being vigilante.
It is all outrage.
As long as we allow any bozo with the cash to buy just about any firearm he or she cares to, we're going to have bozos killing innocent people. How much you want to bet that if the shooter had been black in this instance, and the victim white, the cops would have handled it the situation differently?
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