Blog-In For Trayvon Martin..

It seems every couple of months something is happening to a "minority" that gives us, the majority, a legitimate reason to rise up against the powers that be.

I can only hope by now, weeks after Trayvon Martin was MURDERED that you are all familiar with the story that has covered abc, msnbc, and every news station and website for the past 3 and a half weeks. 

If not, Trayvon was a 17 year old Florida teen walking through his step-mothers gated community to go home after having walked to the store for a pack of skittles and a Arizona tea during the all-star game for his little brother. While walking home he was followed and shot in cold blood by 28 year old George Zimmerman. George was a part of the neighborhood watch and had contacted the local police to report Trayvon for "Suspicious Activity" George was instructed by the 911 operator to NOT follow Trayvon. Against these orders he followed Trayvon, confronted him, then shot him one time, point blank, in the chest.

You would ASSUME George was then arrested, charged, and placed in jail with NO bail as most people being charged with murder would be, yet George is walking the streets as a free man while a family and community has just lost a son. A brother. A friend.

To look at the two parties involved you automatically see another race driven act of violence, assuming Trayvon was a BLACK hoodlum in a hoodie, and George was a WHITE concerned citizen. BUT.. George is said to be of Latino decent. HOW can a Latino be racist against a BLACK? Easy. Racisim is not exclusive to white people in case you did not know this before.

Lets go back to 9/11 .. Every ethnicity in america was against anyone who even LOOKED like they could be of middle eastern descent. Be they black, white, hispanic, asian, it did NOT matter. A fear of middle eastern people was instilled in them from the actions of a few. So you see, ANYONE can be racist, all it takes is a disdain for people of a certain culture, background, or look. 

Was George a Racist? I do not know. An over zealous disturbed man, I can conclude he must be. 

Though Georges actions are appalling, I find that I am even more upset with the Sanford police departments treatment of the case. The investigation was not thoroughly conducted. Had it been the police would of known that he had been charged with assaulting an officer in 05, been reported by neighbors for taking his role as a Neighborhood watchmen too seriously, and had been accused of domestic violence by a former girlfriend. Had they investigated the 911 call he had made where he was told to NOT follow or the calls between Trayvon and his girlfriend at the time he was being followed they would of seen through his claim of “Self Defense”.  

If they simply LOOKED at the stature of this svelte 17 year old BOY ON FOOT against this rotund 28 year old MAN IN A CAR. The pocket concealing candy vs the pocket carrying a loaded gun. Where was a need to defend himself? 

This was simply a man making a decision to kill a child of a certain skin tone and attire that he had a hatred for. George is not justified. He is not insane. He is a KILLER. 

I don’t care what Trayvon Martin was wearing or what color his skin was, passing discrimination based on looks alone is intolerable to me.

I understand stereo-types exist and they will continue to, so if someone wants to choose their friends, neighborhood, job, etc based upon what they FEEL is the way the type of people they want to surround themselves with should LOOK, so be it. But to kill someone off those assumptions that their skin tone and attire automatically places them into a stereo types category is OUT OF POCKET! Period!

The fact that George Zimmerman is still walking the streets as a free man is absurd. To SCREAM for JUSTICE sign the Petition:

“Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin”. 

Shout out to the website For Harriet for starting the  

“Blog-In for Trayvon Martin"

Feel free to leave comments,  share your thoughts on this situation. 

Rest. In. Paradise. Trayvon.