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ALEC Responsible For Trayvon Martin Murder
George Zimmerman was found not guilty in court, and the verdict has left a lot of Americans feeling angry. Social media was abuzz in the days following the verdict, protests and vigils took place all over America, and more importantly, Trayvon Martin’s family was denied justice for the murder of their son.
Make no mistake – George Zimmerman got away with murder. Whether justified as he claimed or not, Zimmerman took it upon himself to end the life of another human being. To say that Zimmerman took the law into his own hands shows a gross misunderstanding of the incident. Zimmerman was told by the 911 operator to remain in his vehicle and not approach Martin. He defied that and approached an unarmed teenager who was not breaking any law, instigated a confrontation, and killed Trayvon Martin. The police were on their way to investigate the possibility of wrongdoing, but George Zimmerman took that opportunity away from them. He didn’t help the law, he made a mockery of it.
Make no mistake – George Zimmerman got away with murder. Whether justified as he claimed or not, Zimmerman took it upon himself to end the life of another human being. To say that Zimmerman took the law into his own hands shows a gross misunderstanding of the incident. Zimmerman was told by the 911 operator to remain in his vehicle and not approach Martin. He defied that and approached an unarmed teenager who was not breaking any law, instigated a confrontation, and killed Trayvon Martin. The police were on their way to investigate the possibility of wrongdoing, but George Zimmerman took that opportunity away from them. He didn’t help the law, he made a mockery of it.
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