Trayvon Martin Shooting

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin

Just over one month ago, a seventeen year old African American teen named Trayvon Martin was shot by a community watchman in his gated community in Sanford, Florida. The watchman said he shot out of self defence, but Trayvon was completely unarmed and did not make any threats or advances toward him. There are 911 and police phone calls that were recorded from the incident, and they prove that the watchmen had no reason to be suspicious of Trayvon, let alone brutally kill him.

Many think that the watchman, George Zimmerman, acted because of racial prejudices. If that is the case, I find this event sickening. Just because the wachman saw a black teenager on the streets gives him absolutely no reason to be suspicious.

Marchers seeking justice for Trayon

There have been some pieces of information brought to the surface to try to defend the watchman's case. They were trying to prove that Trayvon Martin was a delinquent, and could have been seen as a threat in the community. One of the main pieces of evidence they brought up was that Trayvon had been suspended from school for having drug paraphenilia, and experimenting with marijuana. I think that is ridiculous that they could use that against him. Just because someone had experimented with drugs before does not make them a bad person, or threatening in any way.

I am on Trayvon's family's side in this matter. It is completely unfair and discriminatory, and just downright awful that George Zimmerman could do such a thing. This issue needs to be brought to justice.