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In reply to the discussion: Check in if you're a white person who thinks Zimmerman should have been convicted of something.... [View all]Spazito
(50,565 posts)he knew about Trayvon was that he was black, his words laid the foundation for murder two, imo. It was the color of Trayvon's skin and nothing else that Zimmerman thought (and it turns out the jury agreed with him) gave him the right to follow him, confront him and kill him.
Zimmerman, according to his story, was on his way to Target with a gun, concealed and with a bullet already in the chamber, to buy lunch stuff. A man looking for, hoping for a way in which he could use his gun, already primed and ready to go. He found it and Trayvon Martin is dead.
Murder Two was appropriate, at worst a compromise verdict of manslaughter.
Given where this happened and who the victim was, I was fairly certain Zimmerman would get off, not because he wasn't guilty but because it is Florida and the defendant was white and the victim was black. I was hoping I would be proven wrong, sadly that did not happen.