I’ve been
debating writing about the Trayvon Martin case and decided to go on and get it
off my mind. I don’t think anyone reading this will not have heard about George
Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin in Florida. As with everything in this country
we are divided by politics. Like most things that I write, I’m speaking in
general. The people on the LEFT think it is murder and Zimmerman should be in
jail. The people on the Right think Martin attacked Zimmerman and the killing
was justified.
It should
not be a surprise to anyone that there is another divide along the race line. I
do see the RACE line but I think it is a BIGGER line with politics. History has
a lot to do with the way we think. Every person’s history is different and
because of that we think differently. I don’t think anyone would argue that
point. That’s just the way it is.
My thoughts
on the case are that I’m waiting on all of the facts to come out. Both sides
are saying things that may not hold up to fact checking. From what I have read,
I think Zimmerman should be held on manslaughter charges. I wonder if the fact
that his dad was a judge is what is keeping him out of jail. I would compare
this case to the O.J. case here in Las Vegas. He took the law into his own
hands when he should have waited on the cops. Zimmerman was told to stand down and he
ignored the police and someone was killed by his hands. O.J. is in jail for the
same thing and he was not even carrying the gun. No one was killed by his hands
and he is in jail. Maybe he is in jail because of that thing I called HISTORY.
History is
the thing that makes black people see the injustice with this case. Because of
HISTORY black people feel that we are not always treated equally in the justice
system. Also in this country you get the best defense you can afford. That’s
the legal system that we have and that is another story. I don’t want to get
off topic.
Zimmerman never
should have gotten near Martin because he was told not to chase him. Let’s look
at it this way. Say I had some stuff stolen from me and I was in my car and
thought I saw my stuff in someone’s garage. I called the police and told them
where my things were and that a guy was in the garage with them. The police tell
me to stay in my car and they are on the way. When the police arrive I am in
the garage and the guy is dead. I say he attacked me so I had to defend myself
with a gunshot. What do you think should happen to me?
By killing
Martin, Zimmerman guarantees only his story is told. Don’t get me wrong, I am
very pro guns. I’m getting one because there are too many people out there like
Zimmerman. You have to protect yourself from people like him.
